PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cairne Bloodfist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and manny pakyaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). manny pakyaw will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bloodfist
vs
pakyaw

185 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cairne Bloodfist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, manny pakyaw!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
pakyaw waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bloodfist.
pakyaw moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Bloodfist scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
pakyaw is pushing Bloodfist's head away, looking to escape. Bloodfist manages to hold on to the position though.

Bloodfist stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Bloodfist scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bloodfist slows the pace down.
pakyaw is trying to get back to his feet.
Bloodfist will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bloodfist controls the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bloodfist grinds an elbow into pakyaw's temple.
Bloodfist working the body and head with strikes.
Bloodfist prevents pakyaw from escaping the position.
Bloodfist controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodfist creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
pakyaw wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
pakyaw looks gassed!
Bloodfist landing strikes.

Bloodfist decides to stand up, so the ref orders pakyaw to his feet.
manny pakyaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bloodfist shoots in and bounces pakyaw off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
pakyaw being controlled here, momentarily.
Bloodfist's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
pakyaw is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bloodfist with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodfist makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
pakyaw can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bloodfist controls the pace.
Bloodfist stands up over pakyaw, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bloodfist postures up and lands a big shot to pakyaw's brow.

Bloodfist is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bloodfist with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bloodfist content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bloodfist content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bloodfist stays in close to pakyaw's body and controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodfist keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of pakyaw's head.
Bloodfist really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bloodfist slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bloodfist passes pakyaw's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Bloodfist is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so pakyaw is just riding it out for now. Bloodfist eventually gives up the hold.

Bloodfist is looking for a kimura but pakyaw is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bloodfist to get the leverage.
Bloodfist scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Still in half guard, Bloodfist seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodfist passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bloodfist scoring with strikes but pakyaw is staying in there.
pakyaw really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bloodfist. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bloodfist with a couple of short strikes.
Bloodfist controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bloodfist raining down shots from the mount!
Bloodfist looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairne Bloodfist dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bloodfist darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bloodfist uses his free foot to push down on pakyaw's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for pakyaw.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bloodfist controlling from the full mount.
Bloodfist in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bloodfist scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bloodfist landing punches.
Bloodfist controlling his opponent.
Bloodfist landing punches.
pakyaw is breathing heavily.
pakyaw is trying to stand.
Bloodfist sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bloodfist raining down shots from the mount!
Bloodfist looking to finish pakyaw with some ground and pound. This is bad for pakyaw!
Bloodfist content just to control the position here.
pakyaw is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Bloodfist is working for a guillotine from mount but pakyaw frees his head quite easily.
Bloodfist has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bloodfist with shots to the head and body - pakyaw looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bloodfist in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bloodfist lands a big elbow.
pakyaw is bucking up trying to escape but Bloodfist cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bloodfist lands a heavy elbow.
pakyaw is trying to stand up.
Bloodfist content just to control the position here.
pakyaw takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bloodfist content just to control the position here.
Bloodfist raining down shots from the mount!
Bloodfist looking to finish pakyaw with some ground and pound. This is bad for pakyaw!
Bloodfist is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. pakyaw can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bloodfist in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bloodfist tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cairne Bloodfist overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bloodfist seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down pakyaw for as long as he can get away with.
Bloodfist lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns pakyaw that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bloodfist lands a heavy elbow.
Bloodfist is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bloodfist tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Bloodfist looking to finish pakyaw with some ground and pound. This is bad for pakyaw!
Bloodfist raining down hammerfists from mount.
pakyaw is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bloodfist controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bloodfist lands with some vicious ground and pound - can pakyaw hang on?
pakyaw is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Bloodfist lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Bloodfist is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. pakyaw can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
pakyaw is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bloodfist landing punches.
pakyaw is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bloodfist lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

pakyaw is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Bloodfist locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! pakyaw is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cairne Bloodfist!