PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Drake Melfred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and glenn cahanding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cahanding comes into a darkened arena with his song building. iron man kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! glenn cahanding will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Melfred
vs
cahanding

175 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Drake Melfred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, glenn cahanding!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Melfred clinches.
cahanding can't get the takedown.
cahanding tries for a takedown but Melfred manages to get underhooks.
Melfred gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from cahanding.
Drake Melfred has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of glenn cahanding.
cahanding looks gassed!

Melfred pulls cahanding into guard.

Melfred pushes cahanding off and gets back to his feet.
Melfred fails with a takedown attempt.
Melfred misses with a two punch combination.
cahanding throws a right and a left that Melfred avoids nicely.

Melfred closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Melfred sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but cahanding is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Melfred stands up and beckons cahanding to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Melfred clinches.
cahanding changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Melfred fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Melfred changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. cahanding looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
cahanding seems a little lost for a moment, as Melfred dominates the positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Melfred has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Melfred pushes cahanding up against the cage in a clinch.

Melfred is trying to trip cahanding. He has hold of a leg but cahanding is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Melfred persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Melfred loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melfred trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if cahanding can do anything to dispel that myth.

Melfred stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Melfred tries to close the distance and clinch up but cahanding swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Melfred tries to clinch but cahanding is having none of it.
Melfred shoots in for a takedown but cahanding shows good takedown defense.
cahanding throws a series of strikes that have Melfred backpedaling.
cahanding catches Melfred with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A left and a right from cahanding both land. Nice combination.
Melfred shoots in but cahanding avoids the takedown attempt easily.
cahanding connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melfred changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. cahanding tries to avoid it but Melfred manages to keep hold of a leg and drag cahanding to the ground. cahanding escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Melfred fails with the takedown.
cahanding with a nice cross.
cahanding looks to land a combination. Melfred sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Melfred fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from cahanding as Melfred shoots in.
cahanding scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
cahanding looks to land a combination but Melfred avoids it well.

Melfred closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming cahanding to the mat! cahanding manages to get full guard.
Melfred stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. cahanding swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cahanding wants to stand but Melfred is controlling the position.
Melfred tries to stand but cahanding is controlling from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Melfred wants to control from the top but cahanding keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Melfred 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.

cahanding displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Melfred closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Melfred decides to stand back up. Melfred steps back and let's cahanding get back to his feet.
No luck for Melfred with that takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Melfred looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
cahanding scores with a punch to the head.
cahanding scores with a three punch combo!
Melfred doesn't manage to clinch there - cahanding circles away.
cahanding fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Melfred closes this distance looking for a takedown but cahanding circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cahanding displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Melfred.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Drake Melfred. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cahanding lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Melfred darts in and clinches cahanding up against the cage.
cahanding has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Melfred is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Melfred stops a takedown attempt from cahanding.
Melfred gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from cahanding.

Melfred breaks the clinch.
Melfred shoots in for a takedown but cahanding shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Melfred takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Melfred has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
cahanding scores with a one two! Melfred had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

cahanding drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Melfred is on top in guard.
Melfred wants to control from the top but cahanding keeps moving.
Melfred with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Melfred gets to his feet. cahanding looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Melfred has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

Melfred shoots in and bounces cahanding off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
cahanding wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Melfred manages to pass to side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cahanding wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Melfred throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drake Melfred dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Melfred throws a quick inside leg kick.
Melfred misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
glenn cahanding seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cahanding misses with a few strikes there.
Melfred fails with a takedown attempt.
Melfred shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has cahanding pinned against the cage. cahanding gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Drake Melfred. That's going to take a lot out of him.
cahanding lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melfred gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and cahanding counters with a series of strikes. Melfred will be more careful next time no doubt.
cahanding throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Melfred tries for a takedown but cahanding circles away easily
and cahanding counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cahanding swats away the attempt to clinch by Melfred.
cahanding fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
cahanding throws a series of punches but Melfred moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from cahanding as Melfred shoots in.
Melfred shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
cahanding will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
cahanding lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by cahanding.
Nice uppercut lands for cahanding. That snapped Melfred's head back.
cahanding misses with an uppercut.

Melfred closes the distance and clinches.
cahanding is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
cahanding has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Melfred avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
cahanding has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Melfred is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
cahanding looking for a takedown.
cahanding letting Melfred take a breather here.

Melfred breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
cahanding lands a jab to the nose.
Melfred looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Melfred throws a nice looking combination but cahanding bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Melfred moves in looking to clinch but cahanding pushes him off.
Melfred has a takedown stuffed.
cahanding scores with a nice strike.
cahanding leaves Melfred with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
cahanding connects with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by cahanding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melfred tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but cahanding swivels and escapes.
cahanding connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
cahanding throws a right hand that Melfred ducks under and follows up with a left that Melfred also avoids with ease.
cahanding misses with a few strikes there.
cahanding shoots and misses

and Melfred moves into the clinch.

Melfred turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Drake Melfred overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
cahanding stops Melfred from passing to mount.
Melfred has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melfred takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
glenn cahanding has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Melfred punching from mount but cahanding doing a good job of avoiding damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Drake Melfred showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Melfred, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drake Melfred!