PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Forever War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spinbob Cantrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). War comes to the cage accompanied by Slayer - War Ensemble. Cantrell has chosen Dio - Holy Diver as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

War
vs
Cantrell

186 cm
19
184 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

177 cm
21
179 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Forever War!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spinbob Cantrell!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cantrell throws out a leg kick but War moves out of range and Cantrell only half commits.
A telegraphed right hand from War misses the target.
Cantrell tries to clinch up but War circles away and keeps his distance.
War swats away the attempt to clinch by Cantrell.
Cantrell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
War jabbing away but nothing is landing.
War avoids a kick to the body.
Cantrell throws a body kick that misses.
War misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cantrell throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cantrell throws a push kick but War slaps the foot to one side.
War throws the left hand but Cantrell avoids the punch easily.
Cantrell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
War checks a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from War misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cantrell misses with a body kick.
Cantrell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
War throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cantrell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Cantrell has taken the fight to the clinch.
War is trying to force a seperation but Cantrell has the dominant position.
War softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
War takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantrell throws an elbow that misses.
War looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cantrell blocking some punches.
War blocks an elbow strike from Cantrell.
Cantrell prevents War from breaking the clinch.
War digs a right hand into Cantrell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cantrell's gas tank.
Cantrell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
War pushes Cantrell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

War breaks the clinch.
Cantrell throws a head kick that misses.
War thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cantrell with a jab.
Cantrell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cantrell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
War misses with a jab, cross combination.
A slow jab from War misses its intended target.
Cantrell swings away with a leg kick that misses.
War misses with a wild body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as War checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cantrell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
War checks a leg kick.
Cantrell blocks a jab.
War bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cantrell's head backwards.
Cantrell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cantrell is looking to clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by War as he connects with a hook.
Cantrell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
War scores with a nice right hand.
Cantrell throws a wild body kick that War sees coming a mile off.
War uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cantrell is looking to clinch but War is avoiding it.
Cantrell ducks right into an uppercut from War.
War throws a right and a left that both miss.
War lands a head shot.
Cantrell throws the kick towards the body but War avoids it.
War tests Cantrell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
War swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
War takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cantrell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cantrell tries to clinch up but War circles away and keeps his distance.
War throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cantrell slips a jab from War.
War displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cantrell!
War throws a series of punches but Cantrell avoids them all with ease.
War is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cantrell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Cantrell.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cantrell.
War is breathing heavily.
Cantrell wants to land a leg kick but War is out of range.
Good exchange - Cantrell coming out on top.
War pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
War throws a right and a left that Cantrell avoids nicely.
Cantrell doesn't manage to clinch there - War circles away.
War throws a nice looking combination but Cantrell bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big right from War misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell swings for the body but War moves out of range.
Cantrell with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
War looks to throw the jab but Cantrell is out of range.
War is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Cantrell has closed the distance and engaged War in a clinch.
War throws a punch but it's blocked by Cantrell.
War lands a right hand.
Cantrell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
War can't find room to land a body shot as Cantrell controls the action.
War doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cantrell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it misses.
Cantrell lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Forever War has been cut.
War blocks the elbow strike.
Cantrell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cantrell lands an elbow that stopped War in his tracks for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on War's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cantrell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
War has had enough of the clinch but Cantrell keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for War.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Spinbob Cantrell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Forever War's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cantrell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
War connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cantrell in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Cantrell tries to clinch up but War circles away and keeps his distance.
Cantrell moves in looking to clinch but War pushes him off.
A big right from War misses.

Cantrell moves into the clinch.
Cantrell misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cantrell just misses with a elbow thrown towards War's brow.
Cantrell takes a shot to the head.
War fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.

War breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Forever War is winning the standup battle so far.
War throws a jab but it's blocked by Cantrell.
Cantrell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cantrell throws a head kick that misses.
Spinbob Cantrell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
War just misses with a punch to the body.
Cantrell throws a body kick that misses.
War ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cantrell moves away.
Cantrell throws an overhand right that lands on War's shoulder, as War tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Cantrell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantrell tests War's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cantrell wants to clinch up but War keeps it at a distance.
Cantrell cracks the inside of War's front leg.
Cantrell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
War avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cantrell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from War.
Cantrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
War tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cantrell lands a nice leg kick that just misses War's sensitive parts.
A head kick from Cantrell lands but War takes it in his stride.
Cantrell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cantrell throws a head kick that misses.
War scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cantrell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by War.
Cantrell scores with a hook to the body. War takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
War blocks the body kick.
Cantrell tries to clinch up but War circles away and keeps his distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cantrell.
Cantrell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from War.
Cantrell misses with a hook.
Cantrell doesn't manage to clinch there - War circles away.
War showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cantrell.
Cantrell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cantrell misses with a kick to the body.
Cantrell throws a head kick but War moves out of range.
War on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cantrell. Cantrell obviously looking to wear him down.
Cantrell throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cantrell looks to land a body kick but War moved away.
Cantrell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
War avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Cantrell misses.
War swats away the attempt to clinch by Cantrell.
War misses with a looping right.
Cantrell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cantrell is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cantrell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
War misses with a looping left.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cantrell.
War is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
War is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cantrell.
Cantrell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
War takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cantrell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but War paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cantrell walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. War checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cantrell tries to clinch but War is having none of it.
War circles away from the clinch attempt.
War misses with a few strikes there.
War throws a looping overhand right but Cantrell ducks down to avoid it.
Cantrell doesn't manage to clinch there - War circles away.
Cantrell wants to land a leg kick but War is out of range.
War connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cantrell is looking to clinch but War is avoiding it.
Cantrell throws a sloppy head kick and War moves out of range easily.
War misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell slips under a jab.
Cantrell is looking to chop away at War's legs.
Cantrell misses with an uppercut.
War thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cantrell tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but War paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cantrell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cantrell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

War tries to keep at a distance but Cantrell has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cantrell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
War works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cantrell throws an elbow that misses.
War wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
War swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cantrell manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
War tries to circle away but Cantrell has him pinned against the cage.
War tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cantrell's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spinbob Cantrell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Forever War's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cantrell tries to close the distance and clinch but War swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cantrell looking to land some kicks to the body here.
War avoids the head kick by Cantrell.

Cantrell rushes War and presses him up against the cage.
War lands a body shot.
Cantrell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
War lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cantrell throws an elbow but misses.
War lands a shot to the body.
War pushes Cantrell back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cantrell misses with an elbow over the top.
War can't break the clinch.
War cracks Cantrell with a nice body shot.
Cantrell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
War blocks the elbow strike.
War tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
War lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
War throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantrell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cantrell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
War can't find room to land a body shot as Cantrell controls the action.
War is leaning against Cantrell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
War throws a punch but it's blocked by Cantrell.
War lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
War swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
War can't find room to land a body shot as Cantrell controls the action.
Cantrell throws a knee to the head but misses.
War swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cantrell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
War struggles to land a body shot inside as Cantrell controls his hands.
War lands with a light punch inside.
Cantrell working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from War - that landed with a thud.
War misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
War tries to break free but Cantrell pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from War on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by War.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cantrell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A frustrated look appears on War's face as he tries to break the clinch.
War wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cantrell has him pressed against the cage.
Cantrell throws a head punch that misses.
War tries to break the clinch but Cantrell is controlling the position.
War blocks an elbow strike from Cantrell.
War throws a head punch that misses.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Cantrell.
Cantrell misses with an elbow over the top.
Cantrell lands an elbow inside.
War tries to throw a body punch but Cantrell avoids it by throwing War back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for War.
Cantrell lands an elbow just above War 's eye.
Cantrell prevents a body shot from War.
War swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell takes a shot to the head.
War can't find room to land a body shot as Cantrell controls the action.
War blocks the elbow strike.
War misses with a short punch on the inside.
War dodges an elbow strike from Cantrell.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cantrell throws an elbow but misses.
Cantrell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
War can't find room to land a body shot as Cantrell controls the action.
War lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
War misses with a hook from the clinch.
War misses with a punch on the inside.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Cantrell.
War on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
War on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
War lands a body punch in the clinch.
War is leaning against Cantrell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
War misses with a punch on the inside.
War is working Cantrell over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
War swings away with an uppercut that misses.
War fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Cantrell.

Forever War's cut is getting worse.
Cantrell looking to throw knees to the head but War is blocking nicely.
War is trying to break the clinch but Cantrell is controlling him.
A short left from War.
War tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cantrell's elbow.
Cantrell misses with a short punch on the inside.
War pushes Cantrell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
War is trying to force a seperation but Cantrell has the dominant position.
Cantrell has a couple of punches blocked by War.
Cantrell pushes off an throws an elbow but War leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cantrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cantrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cantrell pushes off an throws an elbow but War leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
War scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Forever War has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
War lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
War tries to throw a body punch but Cantrell avoids it by throwing War back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Forever War showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cantrell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a draw!