PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Cambiasso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liege comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ecstasy of Gold kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cambiasso
vs
Liege

178 cm
25
175 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

183 cm
23
183 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esteban Cambiasso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caeas Liege!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liege throws a body punch but Cambiasso moves out of range.

Liege closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cambiasso to the mat! Cambiasso manages to get full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Liege's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Liege drops back, looking for a kneebar! Cambiasso looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Cambiasso looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Cambiasso!

Cambiasso is trying to get an arm triangle but Liege is defending well.

Cambiasso wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Liege, who protects the arm well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Cambiasso wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Liege, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cambiasso goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Liege rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Cambiasso's guard! Nice work there by Liege!

Liege gets to his feet. Cambiasso looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Liege shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Liege uses his free foot to push down on Cambiasso's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cambiasso.
Liege cracks Cambiasso with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cambiasso is trying desperately to improve position.
Liege with good strikes from the mount here!

Liege goes for an armbar but Cambiasso turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cambiasso.

Liege uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Cambiasso is breathing heavily.

Cambiasso tries to keep at a distance but Liege has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cambiasso pulls guard.

Cambiasso has his foot on Liege's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Liege works his way back into a safe position though.

Liege stands up and waves to Cambiasso to follow him.
Liege throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Liege scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caeas Liege dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Liege has closed the distance and engaged Cambiasso in a clinch.

Liege manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Liege keeping full guard, as Cambiasso tries to pass.
Liege has Cambiasso pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cambiasso prevents Liege from getting back to his feet.
Cambiasso has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Liege manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Liege raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like Esteban Cambiasso has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cambiasso is trying desperately to improve position.

Liege goes for an armbar but Cambiasso turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Cambiasso.

Liege has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cambiasso off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liege shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cambiasso manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Liege working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Liege gets to his feet - Cambiasso follows without any prompting.

Liege shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liege is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cambiasso defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Liege is trying to work for a kimura but Cambiasso is defending well.

Liege is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caeas Liege showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Esteban Cambiasso'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Liege is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cambiasso sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cambiasso gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Liege counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cambiasso's guard now.

Liege thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Liege is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege looking to sit in guard and control but Cambiasso gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Liege keeping full guard, as Cambiasso tries to pass.
Liege looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Liege is on top in guard.
Liege trying to control but Cambiasso is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Liege stands up from Cambiasso's guard - Liege perhaps looking for a knockout.
Esteban Cambiasso is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cambiasso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Liege.
Liege paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Liege shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Liege showed some decent athleticism there.

Cambiasso looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Liege working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Caeas Liege is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liege is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cambiasso sees it coming and defends easily.
Liege trying to control the pace.
Esteban Cambiasso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Liege in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Cambiasso tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Liege!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Caeas Liege!