PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caiaphas Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anaconda Yadav (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yadav comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shayad kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Caine
vs
Yadav

202 cm
21
290 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

202 cm
26
275 lbs
10 - 15 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Caiaphas Caine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anaconda Yadav!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yadav misses with a takedown
and Caine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Caine lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caine. Yadav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caine lands with a good body shot.
A head kick misses from Yadav.
Yadav lands with a shot to the body.
Yadav uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caine.
Yadav stalks Caine and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Caine's face. Caine staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Caiaphas Caine has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slow jab from Caine misses its intended target.
Caine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Yadav fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Caine to the ground. Yadav is now in Caine's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Caine has a closed guard, preventing Yadav from standing up.
Caine trying to keep a closed guard but Yadav is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caine working for a triangle but Yadav defends it easily.
Caine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yadav wants to stand but Caine has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Caine is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yadav is aware though and is defending well.
Caine controlling the position.

Caine had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yadav defends it easily.

Yadav avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Yadav gets to his feet. Caine looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Caine closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Yadav shoots in for a takedown but Caine shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Yadav will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caine jabs Yadav to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine stuns Yadav with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yadav looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yadav avoids the body shot from Caine.
Caine scores with a hook.
Yadav falls off balance throwing a combination
and Caine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Caine lands a nice shot to the body.
Caine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Caine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Caine does it's job there.
Yadav tries for a takedown but Caine circles away easily
and Caine makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Caiaphas Caine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anaconda Yadav.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Yadav on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Caine's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yadav under the eye.
Yadav shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caiaphas Caine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caiaphas Caine's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Caine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yadav on the side of the head.

Yadav fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Caine to the ground. Yadav is now in Caine's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Caiaphas Caine wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Yadav lands with a nice body punch.
Caiaphas Caine is winning the standup battle so far.
Yadav throws a right and a left that Caine avoids nicely.
Caine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Caine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yadav is breathing heavily.
Caine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Caine duly obliges.
Yadav dodges the punch combination from Caine.
Yadav fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine digs a good hook to Yadav's body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yadav throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yadav misses with a two punch combination.
Caine misses the shot to the body.
Caiaphas Caine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yadav on the side of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Caine.
Caine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yadav.
Yadav is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Caine.
Yadav takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A punch combination from Yadav misses.
Yadav doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Caine does it's job there.
Yadav doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Caine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Caine duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Caine.
Caine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Caine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caine. Yadav does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caine has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yadav takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Anaconda Yadav is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caine scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Caine scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Caine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yadav.
Caine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yadav moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Yadav closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Caine quickly recovers to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Caine manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yadav preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine has a closed guard, preventing Yadav from standing up.

Caine is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Yadav defends well.

Caine working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Yadav doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Yadav manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yadav stopping the sweep attempt from Caine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caiaphas Caine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Caiaphas Caine's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Yadav will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yadav lands with a nice combination. Caine backs away looking to recover.
Yadav throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Caine is looking to wear down Yadav with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yadav takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Caine connects with a body shot that sends Yadav's belly button to the back.
No joy there for Yadav, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Caine lands with a shot to the body.
Yadav swinging wildly here.
Yadav takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Caine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yadav's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yadav is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Caine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Caine digs a good hook to Yadav's body.
Caine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Caine duly obliges.
Yadav on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Caine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caine works over Yadav's head and body with a nice combination.
Caine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yadav can do to turn this around?
Caine misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yadav. Caine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caine listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Caine closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yadav throws a series of punches but Caine avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Caine does no damage.
Yadav tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine cracks Yadav with an open hand slap.
Caine scores with a punch to the head.
Caine leaves Yadav with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Caine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yadav stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Caine scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yadav doesn't seem bothered though.
Sloppy strikes from Yadav. Those never looked like landing.
Yadav tries to land a body kick
and Caine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab, jab by Caine - just one landing.
Caine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yadav manages to avoid it.
Yadav rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caine moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Caine lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine with a jab.
Caine just misses with a punch to the body.
Yadav ducks right into an uppercut from Caine.
Yadav fails to land with a series of punches.
Caine's jab looks to have found its range, popping Yadav under the eye.
Yadav moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Caine scores with a hook.
Caine displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Yadav shoots in for a double leg but Caine sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Caine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Caine duly obliges.
Caine throws a nice looking combination but Yadav bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Caine swings widly with a right hand
and Yadav counters with a two punch combo.
Yadav fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Caiaphas Caine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anaconda Yadav.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yadav takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yadav misses with a series of wild punches.
Caine tests Yadav's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Caine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yadav's head.
Yadav shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Caine as he jumps to the side.
Yadav looks to score with a jab to the body but Caine is just out of range.
Anaconda Yadav has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Yadav at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Caine. Beautiful body shot.
Yadav has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yadav takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Caiaphas Caine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yadav takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caiaphas Caine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Caine 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caiaphas Caine!
Caiaphas Caine decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.