PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kaien Cao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Entre Dos Aguas kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Cao
vs
Gonzalez

175 cm
22
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
29
155 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kaien Cao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gonzalez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gonzalez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gonzalez closes the distance but Cao moves to the side

and Cao counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Gonzalez wants to get back to his feet but Cao is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Gonzalez is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cao trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.
Cao works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gonzalez pushes Cao off looking to stand but Cao dives back in and keeps control.
Cao trying to control the action but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.

Cao is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez is trying to stand back up but Cao is controlling him
Gonzalez is not content to let Cao control the position.
Cao sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gonzalez defending well though.
Cao is looking to stall here but Gonzalez recovers full guard.
Cao trying to control but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.
Cao prevents Gonzalez from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cao looking to sit in guard and control but Gonzalez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gonzalez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gonzalez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cao counters with a right hand to the body.
Gonzalez moves to clinch but Cao breaks away
letting Cao counter with a right hand.
Gonzalez closes the distance looking to clinch

and Cao counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cao trying to control the action but Gonzalez is working from the bottom.

Cao seems to be working for a kimura but Gonzalez defends the submission attempt.

Cao is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gonzalez is trying to stand up here but Cao is controlling him well.
Cao is looking to advance position but Gonzalez won't allow it.
Gonzalez tries to kick Cao off in order to stand up. Cao Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Cao working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Cao thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gonzalez wants to get back to his feet but Cao drags him back down.
Cao trying to control the position but Gonzalez is working away.

Cao swings around for an armbar but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cao's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaien Cao dominated that 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.

Gonzalez pushes Cao up against the cage in a clinch.
Cao lands a right hand.
Gonzalez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Cao.
Gonzalez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cao's face.
Gonzalez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzalez.
Cao has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gonzalez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gonzalez misses with an elbow strike.
Cao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gonzalez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gonzalez missing with knees to the body.
Gonzalez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cao backwards.
Cao misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gonzalez obliges.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Cao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gonzalez blocks an uppercut.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Cao misses with the head strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gonzalez.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gonzalez obliges.
Cao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Cao drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Gonzalez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cao presses Gonzalez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cao goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gonzalez prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaien Cao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cao jumps guard but Gonzalez stands there with Cao around his waist. Cao gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cao digs a right hand underneath Gonzalez's ribcage. Gonzalez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cao throws a punch but it's blocked by Gonzalez.

Gonzalez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gonzalez falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Cao counter with a right hand.

Gonzalez forces Cao back against the cage and clinches.
Gonzalez tries to land knees in the clinch but Cao avoids the damage to the body.
Gonzalez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Gonzalez manages to break the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Cao.
Cao jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with a hook.
Gonzalez darts in trying to clinch
letting Cao counter with a right hand.
Juan Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez throws the kick towards the body but Cao avoids it.
Good leg kick by Gonzalez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gonzalez misses with a leg kick
and Cao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gonzalez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Cao counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to clinch up
and Cao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzalez misses with a combination
and Cao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cao throws a right hand that misses

and Gonzalez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gonzalez lands a knee to the body.
Cao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gonzalez misses with an elbow strike.
Gonzalez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cao avoiding damage as Gonzalez throws knees to the body.
Gonzalez trying to land knees to the body.
Cao throws a head punch that misses.
Cao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cao breaks the clinch.
Cao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cao connects with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick
and Cao counters with a straight right hand.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Cao counters by clinching up.
Gonzalez misses with a knee to the head.

Gonzalez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cao misses with a left hand
and Gonzalez counters with a head kick.
Gonzalez needs to keep his hands up - Cao had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzalez throws a combination that misses
enabling Cao to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kaien Cao will probably get the nod.
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. This is the final round!

Gonzalez tries to clinch but Cao moves away
and Cao counters with a nice uppercut.

Gonzalez is rocked!
Cao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gonzalez momentarily.
Gonzalez is still on wobbly legs! Can Cao finish him?
Gonzalez tries to clinch

and Cao counters with a big takedown. That's hurt Gonzalez! Cao smells blood and goes in for the kill. Serveral hard shots later and the ref calls an end to the fight by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Kaien Cao!