PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caidal Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zeus Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cain
vs
Machine

190 cm
26
215 lbs
11 - 6 - 1

185 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Caidal Cain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Zeus Machine!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cain throws a series of punches but Machine avoids them all with ease.
Cain with a lazy takedown attempt
and Machine counters with a thumping low kick.
Cain lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cain swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Machine counters with a left and a right that stings Cain.
Cain with a lazy takedown attempt
and Machine counters with a head kick.
Cain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Machine counters with a nice leg kick.
Cain is breathing heavily.
Cain has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Machine.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Machine closes the distance and clinches.
Machine stalling the fight.
Machine continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Machine.
Machine stalling in the clinch.
Machine pushes Cain back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Machine.

Machine breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine is looking to slow Cain down with leg kicks.
Caidal Cain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machine throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Caidal Cain has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Machine. That's going to slow Cain down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Machine explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cain takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Machine bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Machine lands with a nice body punch.

Machine clinches.
Machine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Machine scores a nice knee to the body.
Machine throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Machine.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain misses with a hook to the body
and Machine counters with a big head kick but Cain shrugs it off.
Machine throws a head kick that half lands.

Caidal Cain's cut is getting worse.

Machine drives through and clinches with Cain against the ropes.
Cain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cain drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Machine gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caidal Cain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Machine stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cain takes a knee right on the jaw!

Caidal Cain's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Machine landing knees to the body.
Machine stalling against the ropes.
Machine connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Machine fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Machine connects with a leg kick. Cain looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

Machine connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Cain to the floor! Machine dives in looking for the finish!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Machine looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cain is refusing to be controlled, as Machine sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain has a hand on Machine's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Machine takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cain reaches up to try and control the position but Machine seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Cain rolls and tries to escape and now Machine has his back!
Can Cain hold on?! Machine is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

Jeez, Caidal Cain's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Caidal Cain's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Zeus Machine!