PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Edward Cave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Sawyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Edward Cave
vs
Sawyer

169 cm
25
145 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
153 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicholas Edward Cave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy Sawyer!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cave showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sawyer.
A slow jab from Sawyer misses its intended target.
Sawyer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sawyer throws a head kick but Cave moves out of range.
A combination from Sawyer does no damage.
Sawyer throws a head kick that misses.
Cave tries to close the distance and clinch but Sawyer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cave takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cave is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sawyer scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sawyer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cave showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sawyer.
Cave slips a jab and a cross from Sawyer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cave closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sawyer working hard to break the clinch.
Sawyer wants to break free but Cave has control.
Sawyer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sawyer wants to break free but Cave has control.
Sawyer is trying to break free.
Sawyer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sawyer can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Cave.

It looks like Tommy Sawyer has been cut.
Sawyer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cave unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sawyer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cave obliges.
Cave landing knees to the body.
Sawyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cave using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sawyer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cave lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cave has Sawyer pressed against the cage, preventing Sawyer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cave lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sawyer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cave has him pressed against the cage.
Cave connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sawyer's face.
Cave is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cave landing knees to the body.
Cave putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sawyer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cave obliges.
Sawyer wants to break free but Cave has control.
Sawyer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sawyer has had enough of the clinch but Cave keeps him there for the moment.
Cave connects with a knee to the head.
Cave landing knees to the body.
Sawyer can't break the clinch.
Sawyer tries to break the clinch but Cave is controlling the position.
Sawyer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cave using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sawyer can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cave.
Cave lands a nice knee to the body.
Sawyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Cave has double underhooks.
Sawyer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sawyer tries to break the clinch but Cave is controlling the position.
Sawyer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cave keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sawyer's efforts to push away.
Cave landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cave landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cave scores a nice knee to the body.
Cave crunches a lovely knee into Sawyer's ribcage.
Sawyer is trying to break free.
Cave working Sawyer over with knees to the body.
Cave connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cave obliges.
Cave prevents Sawyer from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cave landing knees to the body.
Cave lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sawyer is trying to break the clinch but Cave has him pressed against the cage.
Cave is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cave landing knees to the head.
Cave prevents Sawyer from breaking the clinch.
Cave landing knees to the head.
Sawyer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cave lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sawyer can't break the clinch.
Cave landing knees to the body.
Cave looking to throw knees to the head but Sawyer is blocking nicely.
Sawyer takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sawyer wants to get back to striking at distance but Cave won't allow it.
Cave with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Sawyer is rocked!
Cave scores with a knee to the head.
Sawyer is still on wobbly legs! Can Cave finish him?
Cave landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cave lands a big knee to the head and Sawyer goes down! Cave pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicholas Edward Cave!