PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Balaur Bondoc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cage comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Xander Intro kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bondoc
vs
Cage

185 cm
27
210 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
32
215 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Balaur Bondoc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zander Cage!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage cracks Bondoc with a good jab.
Cage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bondoc connects with a jab.

It looks like Zander Cage has been cut.
Zander Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage connects with a jab.
Cage lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cage throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Bondoc drives through and clinches with Cage against the cage.
Bondoc with a knee to the head.
Cage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cage prevents a body shot from Bondoc.
Cage wants to break free but Bondoc has control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bondoc blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cage tries a body shot but Bondoc blocks it.
Bondoc prevents Cage from breaking the clinch.
Cage can't break the clinch.
Bondoc lands a nice uppercut.
Cage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bondoc throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cage blocks it with crossed arms.
Cage scores with a hook to the body.
Bondoc tries to land a knee to the head but Cage blocks with his arms.
Cage lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bondoc.
Bondoc is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bondoc or not.
Cage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bondoc's elbow.
Cage pushes Bondoc back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cage tries to throw a body punch but Bondoc avoids it by throwing Cage back against the cage.
Cage is trying to break the clinch but Bondoc is controlling him.
Bondoc trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Cage on the inside.

Cage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cage cracks Bondoc with an open hand slap.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Bondoc instigates a clinch.
Bondoc wants to get back to striking at distance but Cage won't allow it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cage breaks the clinch.
Bondoc doesn't manage to clinch there - Cage circles away.
A big right from Cage misses.
Cage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bondoc pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage lands a lovely overhand right.
Cage misses with a few strikes there.
Bondoc takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Bondoc.
Cage lands with a right hand.
Cage darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cage misses with an uppercut. Bondoc saw that one coming.
Bondoc fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cage misses with an uppercut.
Bondoc tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cage lands a nice shot that snaps Bondoc's head back.
Cage clobbers Bondoc with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice shot lands for Cage.
Bondoc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cage circles away quickly and effectively.
Bondoc needs to keep his hands up - Cage had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bondoc clinches up against the cage.
Cage throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cage lands a body shot.
Cage working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cage tries a body shot but Bondoc blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Cage.
Cage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Bondoc pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cage misses with a wild body shot.
Cage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cage moves away from the strike by Bondoc.
Bondoc has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cage finds it's way round the side to connect with Bondoc's head.
Nice defenses there by Bondoc.
Cage connects with a body shot.
Cage connects with a body shot.
Bondoc walks into a jab.
Cage connects with a body shot that sends Bondoc's belly button to the back.
Cage scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage misses with the combination.
Cage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bondoc circles away quickly and effectively.
Cage connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut there from Cage.
Cage jabs at Bondoc's body.
Bondoc misses with a wild combination.
Bondoc takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cage fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cage cracks Bondoc with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Bondoc is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and Bondoc counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Bondoc is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bondoc displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cage throws out the jab.
Cage misses with a right hand
letting Bondoc counter with a right hand.
Bondoc slips a straight right by Cage.
Cage misses with a looping left.
Cage is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bondoc had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bondoc defending well as Cage loads up on a big left hand.
Cage throws an overhand right that lands on Bondoc's shoulder, as Bondoc tries to avoid the shot.
Bondoc blocks a jab.
Bondoc takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cage comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Cage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zander Cage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zander Cage's cut.
That's time! Bondoc's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bondoc moves forwards but Cage connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bondoc seems to have got his legs back now.
Cage throws a hook but Bondoc blocks it.
Bondoc misses with a series of wild punches.
Cage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Balaur Bondoc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bondoc lands with a nice body punch.
Bondoc displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cage throws out the jab.
Bondoc ducks under a wild hook from Cage.
Cage lands a nice hook to Bondoc's body. Bondoc takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cage looks to land a right hand but Bondoc moved out of range.
Cage misses with a looping left.
Cage throws an overhand right that lands on Bondoc's shoulder, as Bondoc tries to avoid the shot.
Cage digs a good body shot into Bondoc's ribs.
Cage throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cage jabs Bondoc right on the nose. Bondoc blinks but takes it well.
Cage lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bondoc tries to close the distance and clinch but Cage swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bondoc keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cage.
Bondoc rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cage dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zander Cage seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cage lands a jab.
Bondoc moves forwards but Cage connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bondoc ducks right into an uppercut from Cage.
Cage lands with a shot to the body.
Bondoc tries to clinch up but Cage circles away and keeps his distance.
Cage with a hook.
Bondoc takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bondoc.
Cage misses with a looping right.
Cage misses with a body shot
and Bondoc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bondoc walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cage has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cage bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bondoc's head backwards.
Cage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bondoc walks straight into a right hand from Cage - that's dropped him! Cage jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Bondoc from any more punishment! Bondoc complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Zander Cage!