PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cake Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Demar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cake Jr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mark Demar's chin.

Jr
vs
Demar

190 cm
26
205 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cake Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Demar!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Demar doesn't seem bothered though.
Demar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No luck for Demar with that takedown attempt.

Jr gets a clinch.
Jr scores with a shot to the side of Demar's head.
Jr jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Demar walks away with a smile on his face. Jr gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jr shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Demar tries to keep at a distance but Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Demar wants to break free but Jr has control.
Demar is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jr is keeping busy.
Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Demar fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jr is out of range.
Demar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jr lands with a nice combination. Demar backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Demar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jr throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jr shoots in for a takedown but Demar shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cake Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Demar gets tackled into the cage by Jr. Jr maintains the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Jr as the two fighters clinch.
Demar tries to pull guard but Jr holds him up against the cage and eventually Demar drops back down to his feet.

Jr manages to pull guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Demar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jr looking for a sweep. Not yet Jr, not yet.
Jr pulls Demar in close to his closed guard and prevents Demar from doing any damage or advancing position.
Demar tries to free his leg and advance position but Jr is retaining full guard.
Demar looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Demar is pushing down on Jr's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jr is fighting to maintain full guard but Demar has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jr gets full guard.
Jr managing to control the position.
Demar preventing the sweep.
Jr is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr pulls Demar in close to prevent any damage.
Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Demar on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Cake Jr.

Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Demars head.
Jr pushes Demar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Demar has him pressed against the cage.
Jr pushes Demar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jr lands a right hand.
Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Demars head.

Jr manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jr has Demar pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cake Jr 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.

Jr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Demar takes a shot to the head.
Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jr lands a left hand.
Jr effectively controlling the action here.
Demar can't break the clinch.

Demar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Jr moves into range and clinches up with Demar.
Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Demar being controlled against the cage.
Demar is breathing heavily.
Jr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Demar wants a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jr is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Demar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jr scores a takedown into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jr landing punches.
Jr trying to control but Demar is having none of it.
Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jr looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Demar?
Jr in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr looking to finish Demar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Demar!
Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jr cracks Demar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jr cracks Demar with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jr landing shots from mount.
Jr landing shots from mount.
Demar is bucking up trying to escape but Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jr lands a nice shot to the head.
Demar taking shots to the head.
Jr landing strikes from the mount.
Jr with shots to the head and body - Demar looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr scoring with strikes but Demar is staying in there.
Jr with a couple of short strikes.
Jr with the ground and pound from mount.
Jr connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Demar tries to hold on but Jr pushes him away.
Demar taking shots to the head.
Cake Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Demar tries to hold on but Jr postures up.
Jr looking to finish Demar with some ground and pound. This is bad for Demar!
A nice elbow there by Jr.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demar in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Demar that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Demar's face.
Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jr unloading with bombs!
Jr with the ground and pound from mount.
Jr working Demar over with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jr lands a big shot there that rocks Demar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Demar trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cake Jr dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jr throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jr lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jr.
The fight stays on the outside here - Demar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danga de danga de dang - Jr scores with a four punch combination!
Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Demar.
Demar fails with the takedown.
Jr moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jr throws a combination. Demar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Demar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Jr gets a takedown into half guard.
Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr 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.
Jr working over Demar with some ground and pound. Demar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jr scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Demar is not content to let Jr control the position.
Jr is nestled in close to Demar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Demar can do to turn this around?
Demar is refusing to be controlled, as Jr sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Demar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jr is looking to take a break and control but Demar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jr scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Demar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jr scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jr.
Jr 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.
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Jr is trying to control the action in half guard but Demar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Jr is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Demar is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ground and pound from Jr.
Jr content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jr winds up and cracks Demar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Jr there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr working Demar over with strikes.
Jr is trying to control the action in half guard but Demar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Demar flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jr lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Demar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Jr there.
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jr 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.
Mark Demar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Demar missing with punches from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cake Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jr has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cake Jr!