PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kade Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Player Four (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgar comes to the cage accompanied by Undead. Kade Edgar has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Edgar
vs
Four

192 cm
25
157 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
23
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kade Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Player Four!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Four lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Four tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Edgar swivels and escapes.
Four shoots for a takedown but Edgar saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Edgar shoots for a takedown but Four saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Four scores with a nice right hand.
Four tries a head kick but it misses.
Player Four seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Four connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Edgar shoots in looking for a takedown but Four manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Edgar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Four misses with a straight right.
Edgar shoots for a takedown but Four saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kade Edgar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Four throws a right and a left that Edgar avoids nicely.
Four tests Edgar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Four misses with a head kick.
Four misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Four is looking to clinch.
Four tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Edgar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Edgar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Edgar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Four tries to hold on but Edgar postures up.
Four is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Edgar wants to control the pace but Four is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Four bucks up and throws Edgar to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Edgar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Four defends it nicely.
Edgar dives in and grabs Four's left leg, looking for a takedown. Four pushes down on Edgar's head and hops out.
Edgar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Four tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Four misses.
Four lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Four wants to clinch

and Edgar counters with a takedown into side control.
Edgar is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Four wants to get back to his feet.

Edgar decides to stand back up.
Four shoots in but no luck this time.

Four clinches.
Four is working for takedown but Edgar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Edgar working hard to break the clinch.
Four wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Four escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Four misses with a jab, cross combination.
Four lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Four.
Four throws a shot from downtown. Edgar moves away and avoids it.
Four tries to clinch but Edgar is having none of it.
Four misses with a double jab

and Edgar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Four keeping moving, preventing Edgar from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Edgar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Four manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Player Four dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Four throws a nice looking combination but Edgar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Four throws a series of punches but Edgar moves out of range.
Four misses with a wild combination.
Kade Edgar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Edgar slips a jab and a cross from Four.
Nice takedown defense from Four. No joy for Edgar on that attempt.
Jab by Four.
Four shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Edgar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Edgar trying to control but Four is working from the bottom.
Four is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Four is looking to stand up but Edgar isn't so interested in that idea.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kade Edgar just wasn't active enough.
Four tries to clinch but Edgar moves out of range.
Four swings away with a body shot that misses

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

Edgar stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
A jab from Four misses.

Four pushes Edgar up against the cage in a clinch.
Four misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Four jumps guard but Edgar stands there with Four around his waist. Four gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Four breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edgar looks for a takedown but Four sprawls well.
Edgar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Four is fending him off so far but Edgar persists. Nope, Four circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kade Edgar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Four misses with a series of wild punches.
Four displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Four feints a jab promting Edgar to slip. Four then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Edgar slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Four stuffs the takedown attempt from Edgar. Edgar gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Four fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Four moves to clinch but Edgar breaks away

and Edgar counters with a shoot takedown. Four fights it but they end up in guard.
Edgar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Four's guard.
Four keeping moving, preventing Edgar from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kade Edgar wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Four darts in and clinches Edgar up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Four can't break the clinch.
Four working hard to break the clinch.

Four escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Four tries to clinch but Edgar moves out of range.
Four displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Edgar.
Four looks to land a combination but Edgar avoids it well.
Four looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Edgar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Four shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Edgar eats them both and turns towards Four to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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 Kade Edgar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Edgar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Four slaps away a takedown attempt from Edgar, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Four moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Four.

Four escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Edgar slips under a jab from Four.
Edgar shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Four as he avoids it easily.
Edgar blocks the body kick.
Edgar ducks under a wild hook from Four.
Four lands with a straight right. Edgar didn't see that one coming.
Edgar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Four avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kade Edgar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Four misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Four looks to land a combination. Edgar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Edgar dodges the punch combination from Four.
Four tries to close the distance and clinch up but Edgar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Four lands a right hook to the body.
Four dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Four wants to clinch up but Edgar keeps it at a distance.
Edgar slips a straight right by Four.
Edgar shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Four but Four pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Four jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Four, as that shot connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Four forces Edgar back against the cage and clinches.

Four breaks the clinch.
Four throws a series of punches but Edgar moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Four will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Four misses with a jab, cross combination.
Four scores with a one two! Edgar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Four moves into range and clinches up with Edgar.
Edgar pushes Four back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Four blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edgar is looking for a takedown.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Four punishes Edgar's body with a nice straight punch.
Four throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Four moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, Four scores with a nice short uppercut.
Four lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Four is looking to break free of the clinch but Edgar has double underhooks.
Four tries to break free but Edgar pushes him back against the cage.

Four pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Four misses with a looping left.
Four swinging wildly here.
Four misses with a double jab

and Edgar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Edgar not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar prevents Four from standing back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edgar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Four is looking to escape.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Edgar misses with a takedown attempt - Four sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Four looks to land a combination. Edgar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Four throws a right and a left that Edgar avoids nicely.
Edgar fails to land the takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
Player Four comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Four has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Player Four!