PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Sawyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riviere Hinds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sawyer comes to the cage accompanied by MegaDeth- This Day We FIGHT!. Cyrus Sawyer has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Sawyer
vs
Hinds

178 cm
24
142 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

165 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cyrus Sawyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riviere Hinds!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hinds throws a looping overhand right but Sawyer ducks down to avoid it.
Sawyer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sawyer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hinds at a distance.
Sawyer fails with a takedown attempt.
Sawyer throws an off balance right hand
and Hinds cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sawyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hinds avoids a kick to the body.
Hinds throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hinds connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sawyer darts in trying to clinch
and Sawyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sawyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sawyer misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Sawyer.
Sawyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sawyer checks a leg kick.
Sawyer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sawyer checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sawyer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hinds throws a body kick that misses.

Sawyer throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hinds was covering up waiting for the punch and Sawyer finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hinds tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sawyer throws a big right hand that misses.
Sawyer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sawyer will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sawyer preventing the sweep.
Hinds keeping moving, preventing Sawyer from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Cyrus Sawyer just wasn't active enough.

Sawyer moves into the clinch.
Hinds taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sawyer is trying to push Hinds away but Hinds has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Sawyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice takedown defense from Hinds. No joy for Sawyer on that attempt.
Sawyer tries to clinch there but Hinds circles away.
Sawyer really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sawyer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sawyer moves out of range of the body kick from Hinds.
Hinds paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cyrus Sawyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hinds takes a swing at Sawyer's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sawyer looks to land a combination but Hinds avoids it well.

Sawyer closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hinds taking punishment in the form of punches.

Hinds is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sawyer's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Sawyer! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Hinds has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Cyrus Sawyer!
Cyrus Sawyer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.