PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cassius Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Fenili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payne comes to the cage accompanied by Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Payne
vs
Fenili

176 cm
28
140 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

168 cm
23
163 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cassius Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gabriel Fenili!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne shoots in for a double leg but Fenili sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Payne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fenili manages to avoid it.
Payne lands a body shot.
Fenili throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fenili thows a body shot but no joy.
Payne misses with the combination.
Payne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Payne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Payne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fenili moves away.

Payne gets a double leg takedown into Fenili's guard.
Payne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Payne thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fenili is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Payne is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Fenili is tapping! Great win for Payne!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Cassius Payne!
Cassius Payne seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.