PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Cake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saemon Havarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cake comes to the cage accompanied by Stack Bundles - Far Rock America. Havarian has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cake
vs
Havarian

191 cm
27
216 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

161 cm
26
209 lbs
0 - 19 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seymour Cake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Saemon Havarian!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cake tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Havarian swivels and escapes.
Havarian looks gassed!
Cake looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Havarian is fending him off so far but Cake persists. Nope, Havarian circles away and we're back to standing.
Saemon Havarian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cake will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seymour Cake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cake closes the distance and clinches up with Havarian, looking for a takedown. Cake pushes Havarian against the cage but Havarian circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cake looks for a takedown but Havarian sprawls well.

Havarian scores with a takedown into Cake's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Cake is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Havarian is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Cake is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Havarian takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cake lands a knee to the body.
Havarian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cake lands a damaging elbow.
Havarian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cake gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cake lands an elbow inside that Havarian shrugs off.
Cake lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Saemon Havarian has been cut.
Cake stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cake just leaning against Havarian, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cake gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Cake comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cake manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Seymour Cake.
Cake shoots for a double leg takedown but Havarian sprawls well. He's pushed Cake's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Havarian drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cake wants to sweep but no luck.
Havarian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cake is keeping the position for now.
Cake will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cake wants to stand but Havarian is controlling the position.
Havarian wants to control from the top but Cake keeps moving.
Cake looking to hit a scissor sweep but Havarian is one step ahead there.
Cake knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Havarian on the ground.
Cake has his hands on Havarian's head, controlling the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Havarian preventing the sweep.
Cake lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Havarian!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cake controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seymour Cake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Saemon Havarian's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Havarian misses with a jab to the body

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Cake decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Havarian's guard.
Cake stays in close to Havarian's body and controls the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Seymour Cake just wasn't active enough.
Cake has a takedown stuffed.
Havarian is breathing heavily.
Cake is trying hard to land a takedown here. Havarian sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cake fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seymour Cake. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cake drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cake slows the pace down.

Cake decides to stand back up. Cake steps back and let's Havarian get back to his feet.
Havarian stuffs the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Havarian. No joy for Cake on that attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cake closes this distance looking for a takedown but Havarian circles away.
Cake shoots in but Havarian avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Havarian looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cake!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cake is trying desperately to improve position.

Havarian goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Cake turns into him and now he's in Havarian's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Havarian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Seymour Cake overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Havarian is working an open guard so Cake takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Cake shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Havarian defends it nicely.
Cake shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Havarian but Havarian pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cake has a takedown stuffed.
Havarian throws a poor cross that misses

and Cake counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Havarian's guard now.
Cake is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Cake decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cake shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Havarian gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cake to score an easy takedown into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seymour Cake dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Saemon Havarian's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cake 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.
Cake pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Havarian is keeping the position for now.
Cake has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Havarian is proving hard to escape from.

Havarian has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cake can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Havarian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Havarian is trying to keep Cake in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cake seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cake wants to pass the guard but Havarian is keeping the position.
Havarian keeping moving, preventing Cake from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Seymour Cake just wasn't active enough.
Cake tries to score a power double leg takedown but Havarian sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cake somewhat.
Seymour Cake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Havarian keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Havarian throws an off balance right hand

and Cake counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Cake.
Cake slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Cake decides to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cake gets a double leg takedown into Havarian's guard.
Cake tries to stand but Havarian is controlling from the bottom.
Cake is pushing down on Havarian's leg trying to pass to half guard. Havarian is fighting to maintain full guard but Cake has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cake stands up from half guard.
Cake closes this distance looking for a takedown but Havarian circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seymour Cake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cake fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Havarian gets a takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Havarian is working for a kimura but Cake is defending it quite comfortably.
Cake keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cake wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Havarian wants to control but Cake is keeping him busy.
Saemon Havarian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cake manages to get to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seymour Cake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cake 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seymour Cake!
Seymour Cake thanked the fans post fight for their support.