PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Cave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimas Boykiy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cave might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Me And The Devil. Boykiy has chosen Перемен as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cave
vs
Boykiy

184 cm
22
220 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

190 cm
24
220 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Golden Supplements
Ultra Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Cave!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dimas Boykiy!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cave avoids a kick to the body.
Boykiy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boykiy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cave eats them both and turns towards Boykiy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Boykiy throws a right hand that Cave ducks under and follows up with a left that Cave also avoids with ease.
Good work by Boykiy as he checks the leg kick.
Boykiy is looking to clinch but Cave is avoiding it.
Boykiy shoots for a takedown but Cave saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Boykiy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cave motions for Boykiy to come forward. Cave throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cave connects with an inside leg kick.
Boykiy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cave.
Boykiy lands a high kick!
Cave keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nick Cave has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimas Boykiy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cave thows a body shot but no joy.
Cave misses with a body shot.
Cave misses with a wild body shot.
Cave does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Boykiy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boykiy blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cave throws a looping overhand right but Boykiy ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Cave misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Boykiy.
Boykiy staying out of range there.
Boykiy shoots in looking for a takedown. Cave tries to sprawl out of it but Boykiy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cave manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nick Cave is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Boykiy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Boykiy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Boykiy is trying to pull guard but Cave turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cave is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cave keeps control of Boykiy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cave is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boykiy is trying to break free.
Boykiy tries to break the clinch but Cave is controlling the position.

Boykiy breaks from the clinch.
Cave digs a good body shot into Boykiy's ribs.
Boykiy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Boykiy.
Cave tries to work over Boykiy's front leg with a kick but Boykiy checks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boykiy tries to clinch there but Cave circles away.
Cave fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boykiy tries a head kick but it misses.
Cave motions for Boykiy to come forward. Cave throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boykiy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cave can pounce on him.
Cave throws a leg kick
and Boykiy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cave misses with a low kick.

Boykiy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cave is looking to improve his position.
Cave keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cave tries to get to full guard but Boykiy has control of the leg.
Cave slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cave knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Boykiy on the ground.
Boykiy prevents Cave from getting back to his feet.
Boykiy wants to pass the guard but Cave is keeping the position.
Boykiy lands a couple of elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boykiy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cave is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Boykiy looking to pass the guard.
Boykiy distracts Cave with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boykiy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boykiy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dimas Boykiy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Boykiy drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Boykiy misses with the ground and pound.

Boykiy tries for a kimura but Cave is defending well.
Boykiy landing strikes.
Boykiy working away.

Boykiy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cave is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cave struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boykiy throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Boykiy in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cave dodges the ground and pound from Boykiy.

Boykiy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cave knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by Boykiy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boykiy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cave, who protects the arm well.
The strikes coming from Boykiy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dimas Boykiy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boykiy in side control, throwing shots but Cave defends.

Boykiy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cave knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cave taking a bit of punishment here - Boykiy scoring with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boykiy is trying to get an arm triangle but Cave is defending well.
Boykiy sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cave is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Boykiy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cave has escaped the position, nice work there.

Boykiy is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cave knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boykiy working the ground and pound.
Boykiy grinds an elbow into Cave's temple.

Boykiy is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Cave is trying to escape and Boykiy transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Cave is forced to tap! Nice work there by Boykiy! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dimas Boykiy!
Dimas Boykiy is the new light heavyweight champion!
Post fight, Dimas Boykiy took to the microphone: 'Nice... looks good on me!'.