PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spinbob Cantrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forever War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cantrell comes to the cage accompanied by Dio - Holy Diver. War has chosen Slayer - War Ensemble as his entrance music. Forever War has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cantrell
vs
War

177 cm
21
179 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

186 cm
20
184 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spinbob Cantrell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Forever War!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cantrell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Cantrell closes the distance and clinches.
War blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice elbow from Cantrell.

It looks like Forever War has been cut.
Cantrell scores with a knee to the head.
War lands a shot to the body.
War swings away with an uppercut that misses.
War stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for War.
Cantrell looking to throw knees to the head but War is blocking nicely.
Cantrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cantrell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of War backwards.
Cantrell misses with an elbow over the top.
War swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
War fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
War swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cantrell lands an elbow that stopped War in his tracks for a moment.
Cantrell taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
War avoids the elbow strike from Cantrell, against the cage.
Cantrell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
War swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
War tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cantrell's elbow.
War blocks the elbow strike.
Cantrell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
War works on Cantrell's body with a couple of short punches.
Cantrell has War pushed against the cage.
War misses with a shot to the kidneys.
War doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
War blocks an elbow strike.
War lands a body shot.
War scores with a shot to the side of Cantrell's head.
War avoids a wild elbow strike from Cantrell.
War misses with some punches.
War lands a nice uppercut.
War lands a nice shot to the body.
War throws a punch but it's blocked by Cantrell.
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 throws a punch but it's blocked by War.
Cantrell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cantrell lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
War lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
War avoids the elbow strike from Cantrell, against the cage.
A short right from War on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for War.
War tries to work over Cantrell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
War misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from War.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
War softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
War blocks the elbow strike.
War can't find room to land a body shot as Cantrell controls the action.
War scores with a shoulder strike.
War blocks the elbow strike.
Cantrell throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
Cantrell tries a knee to the head but War blocks it.
War lands a shoulder strike.
War tries to work over Cantrell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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 tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
War misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from War on the inside.
Cantrell pushes off an throws an elbow but War leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell throws an elbow that misses.
War blocks an elbow strike from Cantrell.
Cantrell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
War lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
War misses with some punches.
War throws a punch but it's blocked by Cantrell.
Cantrell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of War backwards.

That has opened up Forever War's cut even more.
War tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cantrell's elbow.
Cantrell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
War lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cantrell.
War lands a shot to the body.
Cantrell is struggling to control the position.
War on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
War lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
War tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
War stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cantrell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
War lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cantrell.
War misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cantrell just misses with a elbow thrown towards War's brow.
Cantrell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
War dodges an elbow strike from Cantrell.
Cantrell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
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 tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cantrell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
War throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
War has a couple of punches blocked by Cantrell.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
War working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
War takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cantrell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
War misses with the head strike.
Cantrell lands an elbow that stopped War in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Forever War's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

War keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cantrell throws a jab when War was well out of range.
Cantrell doesn't manage to clinch there - War circles away.
Nice shot by War.
Cantrell throws a jab when War was well out of range.
Cantrell tries to land a front kick but War steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
War smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cantrell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick misses from Cantrell.

War has managed to clinch.
War blocks an uppercut.
Cantrell lands a nice elbow.
War doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by War.
War misses with some punches.
War misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cantrell throws an elbow but misses.
War lands with a right to the head.
War fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
War misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cantrell is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right handed body shot lands from War.

That's one minute gone in the round.
War lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
War working aggressively here.
Forever War seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
War tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cantrell's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
War lands a body shot.
War lands a body shot.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cantrell.
War misses with some punches.
War avoids the elbow strike from Cantrell, against the cage.
War lands with a left to the head.
War has a couple of punches blocked by Cantrell.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it misses.
War lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cantrell throws an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, War scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cantrell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
War blocks an elbow strike.
Cantrell misses with a knee strike.
Cantrell has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
War lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
War digs a right hand into Cantrell's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cantrell's gas tank.
War dodges an elbow strike from Cantrell.
War misses with some punches.
War is working Cantrell over against the cage.
War misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from War as the two fighters clinch.
Cantrell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
War scores with a shoulder strike.
War cracks Cantrell with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cantrell blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
War misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from War.
Good body shot from War.
War goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
War dodges an elbow strike from Cantrell.
Cantrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cantrell is trying to maintain a safe position but War gets an underhook and turns Cantrell into the cage.
War has a couple of punches blocked by Cantrell.
War lands a nice shot to the body.
War lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
War lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cantrell backwards.
War throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
War misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from War.
Cantrell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
War blocks the elbow strike.
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 working War over with knees to the body.
War misses with a shot to the kidneys.
War digs a right hand underneath Cantrell's ribcage. Cantrell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
War misses with a punch to the body.
War has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
War scores with a hook to the body.
Cantrell blocking some punches.
Cantrell blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from War fails to land.
Cantrell blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from War.
War misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cantrell throws an elbow but misses.
War swings wildly with an uppercut but Cantrell uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cantrell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through War's defenses.

The cut above Forever War's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cantrell blocking some punches.
War misses with a shot to the kidneys.
War tries a body shot but Cantrell blocks it.
Cantrell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cantrell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. War is defending well for now.
Cantrell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cantrell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through War's defenses.
Cantrell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cantrell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
War tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cantrell's elbow.
War goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cantrell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
War works on Cantrell's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
War working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cantrell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cantrell missing with knees to the body.
Cantrell misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for War.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forever War 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 referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cantrell throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
War misses with a looping left.
War connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cantrell momentarily.
Cantrell misses with a body kick.
War moves out of range as Cantrell throws a body kick.
War connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cantrell defending well as War loads up on a big left hand.
War has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cantrell slips a straight right by War.

Cantrell fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with War, pushing him back against the cage.
Cantrell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
War scores with a hook to the body.
Cantrell throws an elbow that misses.
Cantrell misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cantrell.
Cantrell stalling against the cage.
Cantrell lands with a light punch inside.

Forever War's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cantrell blocking some punches.
War swings away with an uppercut that misses.
War blocks the elbow strike.
War dodges an elbow strike from Cantrell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantrell blocks an uppercut.
War avoids a wild elbow strike from Cantrell.
War tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
War blocks an elbow strike from Cantrell.
War misses with some punches.
War lands a right hand.
Cantrell lands with a left to the head.
Cantrell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cantrell blocks an uppercut.
War scores with a hook to the body.
War goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cantrell misses with an elbow over the top.
War misses with a punch on the inside.
Cantrell blocks an uppercut.
War lands a body punch.
Cantrell lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Forever War's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Spinbob Cantrell!