PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Scott Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Plo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plo has chosen ISIS - Grinning Mouths as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cain
vs
Plo

179 cm
33
148 lbs
20 - 6 - 2

173 cm
30
150 lbs
24 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Scott Cain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Patrick Plo!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Plo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cain turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Plo scores with a body shot.
Plo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cain tries to clinch but Plo moves out of range.
Cain digs a good body shot into Plo's ribs.
Cain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Plo in his tracks.
Cain tried to score with a low kick but Plo checks it.
Cain lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Plo sizes up Cain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Plo fails with a takedown attempt.
Plo misses with a hook.
Cain throws a leg kick
and Cain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Plo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cain moves away.
Plo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cain lands with an overhand left.
Cain tries to clinch up.
Plo cracks Cain with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Plo.
Scott Cain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Plo moves away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cain.
Plo dips to his left and cracks Cain with an uppercut!
Cain throws a looping overhand right but Plo ducks down to avoid it.
Cain takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Plo lands a really nice looking cross but Cain seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cain misses with a takedown attempt - Plo sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cain lands with an overhand left.
Plo thows a body shot but no joy.
Plo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cain throws out the jab.
Plo throws an off balance right hand
and Cain counters with a good low kick that Plo was not able to check.
Cain doesn't manage to clinch there - Plo circles away.
Cain lands a leg kick that knocks Plo off balance momentarily.
Cain lands a jab to the nose.
Plo throws the left hand but Cain avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Plo misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cain slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Plo moves out of range of the strikes.
Plo throws out a loose jab but Cain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Plo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cain fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Plo on the side of the head.
Plo walks into a left hand.

Plo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Plo won't allow Cain to sweep him here.
Cain keeping moving, preventing Plo from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cain is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plo wants to control from the top but Cain keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cain's head.
Cain tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Plo stays in close to Cain's body and controls the position.
Plo trying to control the position from guard on top but Cain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Plo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Patrick Plo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Cain blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Plo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Plo throws a looping overhand right but Cain ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Patrick Plo 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.

Cain slips a jab from Plo.
Plo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cain.
Cain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Plo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cain. That one must have hurt.
Cain lands with an overhand left.
Plo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cain bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Plo's head.
Cain wants to slow Plo down by chopping away at his legs.
Cain throws a good cross that connects.
Cain is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Plo.
Cain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain tries a low kick but Plo avoids it.
Plo misses with a straight left.
Cain's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cain duly obliges.
Jab from Cain.
Cain misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Plo.
Plo misses with a hook. Cain ducked under it nicely.
Cain pivots, looking for a leg kick but Plo is out of range and Cain settles back down.
Cain lands with a right hand.
Cain slaps away a takedown attempt from Plo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Plo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cain manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plo jabs Cain to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Plo lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Plo. Cain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Plo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cain lunges at Plo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Plo's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cain lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cain scores with a kick to the midsection.
Plo misses the shot to the body.
Cain moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Cain drives through and clinches with Plo against the cage.
Plo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Plo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Cain after a bit of a struggle.
Plo throws a punch but it's blocked by Cain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain lands a left hand that snaps the head of Plo backwards.
Plo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cain walks away with a smile on his face. Plo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Scott Cain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Plo.
Plo looks to land a right hand but Cain moved out of range.
Cain fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Plo connects with a jab.
Plo blocks a low kick nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cain misses with a wild combination.
Cain is looking to chop away at Plo's legs.
Cain takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Plo takes one to the chin there.
Cain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plo connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cain. Cain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cain swings for the body but Plo moves out of range.
Cain swinging wildly here.
Plo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cain.
Cain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Plo.
Plo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cain.
Good exchange - Plo coming out on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cain swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Plo counter with a right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Cain. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cain.
Cain avoids the body shot from Plo.
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 Scott Cain will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Plo throws a poor cross that misses
and Cain counters with a one-two to the body.
Cain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Plo circles away quickly and effectively.
Cain lands a body shot.
Cain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Plo.
Cain misses with a low kick.
Cain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plo throws a lazy uppercut
letting Cain counter with a right hand.
Cain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cain throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Plo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cain scores with a sloppy right hand. Plo should have avoided that one.
Plo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain lands with a nice body punch.
Plo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cain. That one must have hurt.
Plo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cain.
Plo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Plo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A leg kick checked by Plo.
Jab, jab by Cain - just one landing.
Plo scores with a jab to the body.
Cain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Plo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cain swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Plo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Plo scores with a jab to the head.
Plo slips a straight right by Cain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plo misses with an uppercut. Cain saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Plo.
Plo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cain lands a nice shot that snaps Plo's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cain misses with a wild body shot.
Plo loads up on a big right hand but Cain slips the punch.
Cain looks to land a right hand but Plo moved out of range.
Cain misses with a wild combination.
Plo misses with an uppercut
and Cain counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Cain feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Plo keeping full guard, as Cain tries to pass.

Plo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cain gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain tries to free his leg and advance position but Plo is retaining full guard.
Cain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cain distracts Plo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Plo is trying to keep Cain in close.
Cain wants to pass the guard but Plo is keeping the position.
Cain is working hard here to advance position.
Cain is looking to work some ground and pound but Plo has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain wants to control from the top but Plo keeps moving.
Cain pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Plo is keeping the position for now.
Cain trying to control but Plo is working from the bottom.
Cain sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Plo's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cain is keen to just control but Plo is a slippery customer.
Cain with the ground and pound but Plo uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Scott Cain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cain trying to move into half guard but instead Plo has managed to sweep!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Cain clearly takes that round.
That's time! Cain's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Plo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cain takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Plo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cain.
Plo closes the distance and clinches up with Cain, looking for a takedown. Plo pushes Cain against the cage but Cain circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Plo misses the shot to the body.
Cain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plo.
Cain fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cain throws a series of punches but Plo avoids them all with ease.
Plo slips under a jab.
Plo cracks Cain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cain lands a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cain throws a leg kick but Plo checks it.
Cain thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cain thows a leg kick but Plo checks it
and Plo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Plo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Plo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Plo scores with a jab. Cain acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Plo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cain scoring well with a low kick there.
Plo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cain lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Plo clobbers Cain with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheers as Cain lands an impressive looking overhand right. Plo doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plo throws a jab when Cain was well out of range.
Cain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Plo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cain swings for the body but Plo moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cain!

Plo is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cain scores with a jab to the jaw.
Plo is still on wobbly legs! Can Cain finish him?
Cain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cain slips under a jab.
Cain fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good shot there by Plo.
Plo misses with a straight left.
Cain stalks Plo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Plo's face. Plo staggers backwards, shaken.
Cain looks to score with a jab to the body but Plo is just out of range.
Plo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cain.
Plo misses with a looping left.
Cain throws a leg kick which misses Plo's front leg but catches the back leg as Plo tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain tries to clinch up.
Plo throws a jab but it's blocked by Cain.
Cain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Plo moves away.
Cain throws a nice outside leg kick.
Plo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cain as he jumps to the side.
Plo is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cain cracks a nice hook into Plo's ribs.
Cain lands a slapping body shot.
Cain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Plo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Plo. Cain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cain fails to land the takedown.
Nice cross by Cain.
Cain scores with a nice head shot.
Scott Cain is winning the standup battle so far.
Cain slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Plo lands with a hook. Cain tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cain scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cain throws a front kick that sends Plo stumbling back into the cage.
Cain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Plo as he jumps to the side.
Plo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Plo throws a looping overhand right but Cain ducks down to avoid it.

Cain shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cain showed some decent athleticism there.

Cain is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Plo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cain.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cain is pressing down on Plo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Plo is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Cain had his way with Patrick Plo in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cain misses with a low kick as Plo jumps back.
Nice uppercut there from Cain.
Plo takes one to the chin there.
Cain ducks under a wild hook from Plo.
Cain pushes Plo away with a front kick.
Cain thows a body shot but no joy.
Plo takes one to the chin there.
Cain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Plo moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cain.
Cain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plo.
Plo blocks a head kick by Cain.
Plo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cain misses the shot to the body.
Plo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Plo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Plo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cain lands a nice looking body shot.
Plo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Plo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cain.
Plo is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Cain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Plo.
Cain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Plo misses with a takedown attempt - Cain sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cain.
Cain digs a good body shot into Plo's ribs.
Cain connects with a right hand. Plo shakes it off.
A jab from Cain does it's job there.
Plo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cain throws a series of punches but Plo avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plo just misses with a punch to the body.
Cain scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cain darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Plo is looking to control Cain's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Plo avoid being mounted?
Plo punching from the bottom.

Cain is trying to work for a kimura but Plo is defending well.
Cain tries to pass to full mount but Plo defends it.
Cain moves nicely into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plo is looking to reverse the position.
Plo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cain slows the pace down.
Plo is looking for a sweep.
Plo seems to have recovered his senses.

Cain working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cain is looking to take a break and control but Plo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Plo sneaks back into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain trying to mount his opponent but Plo defends it.

Cain is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Patrick Plo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cain is working for a submission of some sort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cain moves into full mount! Plo won't be happy about that!

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Cain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cain 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 50:46
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 49:46
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Cain!
Scott Cain retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Scott Cain made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.