PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bearach Cunningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Case (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cunningham comes to the cage accompanied by Scotland the Brave and the Green Hills of Tyrol. Case has chosen Aki & Turo - Mahtisonni as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cunningham
vs
Case

187 cm
23
222 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

189 cm
30
217 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bearach Cunningham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Case!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunningham throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cunningham takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cunningham keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Case.

Cunningham shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Case scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Cunningham misses with an uppercut. Case saw that one coming.
Case lands with an uppercut that bounces Cunningham off the cage and back into range.
Cunningham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Case was well out of range. Poor timing from Cunningham.
Case fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cunningham avoids it really well and circles away.
Case throws a jab but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Cunningham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Case manages to avoid it.
Cunningham staying out of range there.
Cunningham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Case.
A nice combination there by Case.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunningham will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bearach Cunningham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Case.
Case lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Case rushes Cunningham and presses him up against the cage.
Cunningham doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Case breaks the clinch.
Cunningham with a hook.
Cunningham throws out a loose jab but Case uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cunningham moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Cunningham drives through with a takedown into guard.
Case avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cunningham throwing strikes from guard but Case blocks nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Case is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Case has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Case wants to sweep but no luck.
Cunningham has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Case trying to keep a closed guard but Cunningham is proving a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Justin Case.
Case cracks a nice hook into Cunningham's ribs.

Case gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cunningham to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Case is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Case looking for a sweep. Not yet Case, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Case manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cunningham manages to get himself to full guard.
Case won't allow Cunningham to get back to his feet.
Cunningham working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Case.
Cunningham bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Case's guard.

Case pushes Cunningham off and gets back to his feet.
Case swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cunningham thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cunningham misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham missing with a left hand there. Case was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut lands for Case. That snapped Cunningham's head back.
Case misses with a straight left.
Cunningham shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Case but Case pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Case shoots in looking for a takedown but Cunningham manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Case's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cunningham swings for the body but Case moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunningham misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bearach Cunningham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cunningham pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cunningham thows a body shot but no joy.
Case scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cunningham in his tracks.
Case connects with a crisp jab.
Case might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cunningham misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Case dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cunningham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Case.
Cunningham tries to move into range but Case moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice defenses there by Case.
Case throws a jab but it's blocked by Cunningham.
Cunningham fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Case on the side of the head.
Case pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Case feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cunninghams jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Case looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cunningham throws a big shot that misses.
Case fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cunningham thows a body shot but no joy.
Cunningham throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Case darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cunningham fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Case throws a series of punches but Cunningham avoids them all with ease.
Cunningham fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunningham throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cunningham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Case throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justin Case seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Cunningham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Case scores with a body shot.
Case wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Case just misses with a punch to the body.
Cunningham looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cunningham moves away from the strike by Case.
Cunningham misses the shot to the body.
Cunningham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bearach Cunningham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Case tries to clinch there but Cunningham circles away.
Case connects with a single shot there.
Cunningham lands a nice hook to Case's body. Case takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham looks to throw the jab but Case is out of range.
Case throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cunningham on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Case ducks under a wild hook from Cunningham.
Case throws a right and a left that both miss.
Case throws the left hand but Cunningham avoids the punch easily.
Case defending well as Cunningham loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Cunningham misses.
Case lands a jab to the nose.
Case throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Case 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cunningham needs to keep his hands up - Case had a free shot at his head there.
Case jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Case bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cunningham's head.

Cunningham scores a takedown into full mount!
Case wants to hold on but Cunningham pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunningham prevents Case from getting the reversal.
Cunningham cracks Case with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

It looks like Justin Case has been cut.
Cunningham thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Case tries to hold on but Cunningham postures up.
Cunningham connects with a bit shot that sees Case covering up! More strikes from Cunningham and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cunningham is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bearach Cunningham!
A less than humble Bearach Cunningham misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.