PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sly Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cannondale Trail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Guy
vs
Trail

178 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
20
280 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear
DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sly Guy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cannondale Trail!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy walks into a stiff left hand from Trail.
Trail throws a leg kick but Guy checks it.
Trail blocks a leg kick.
Guy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trail.
Trail thuds a left hand into Guy's body.
Guy connects with a solid leg kick.
Guy scoring well with a low kick there.
Guy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Trail misses the shot to the body.
Guy throws out a leg kick but Trail moves out of range and Guy only half commits.
Guy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Guy slips under a jab.
Guy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Guy connects with a leg kick. Trail looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sly Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guy misses with a low kick as Trail jumps back.
Guy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Guy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Guy misses with a low kick.
Guy moves out of range as Trail strikes.
Guy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Guy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy tries to land a leg kick but Trail saw it coming and moves away.
Guy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Trail takes a step back to recover.
Guy connects with an inside leg kick.
Trail blocks the body kick.
Guy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Guy is looking to chop away at Trail's legs.
Guy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Guy misses with a leg kick.
Guy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Trail throws the left hand but Guy avoids the punch easily.
Guy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Guy scores with a spinning back kick!
Guy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Guy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Guy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Guy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Guy checks the leg kick.
Guy tries to score with a low kick but Trail moves his leg out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy keeps Trail at a distance using the push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Trail is able to avoid easily.
Guy is looking to slow Trail down with leg kicks.
Trail fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Guy.
Guy connects with an inside leg kick.
Trail throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Guy looks to land a body kick but Trail moved away.
Trail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guy throws a leg kick which misses Trail's front leg but catches the back leg as Trail tries to avoid it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Guy.
Trail explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Guy throws a solid leg kick but Trail takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Guy.
Guy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trail checks it well.
Trail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guy.
Trail blocks the body kick.
Guy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Guy.
Guy thumps Trail with a low kick.
Trail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy tries to land a body kick

and Trail counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Trail.
Guy leaning against his opponent.
Trail has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Guy.
Trail dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Trail gets through Guy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guy lands an uppercut.
Trail misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Guy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Guy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Trail tries to throw a body punch but Guy avoids it by throwing Trail back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Guy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guy.
Trail working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guy misses with a punch on the inside.
Trail misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trail.
Guy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trail misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trail misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trail can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Trail misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Guy.
Guy blocks an uppercut.
Guy misses with a body punch.
Trail swings wildly with an uppercut but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trail can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Guy tries to throw a body punch but Trail avoids it by throwing Guy back against the cage.
Trail misses with a punch on the inside.
Trail lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trail doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trail misses with some punches.
Guy pushes Trail back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guy is trying to maintain a safe position but Trail gets an underhook and turns Guy into the cage.
Guy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Trail has him pressed against the cage.
Guy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trail's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Trail tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sly Guy dominated that round.
That's time! Guy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Guy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Guy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Guy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crunch! Guy slams his shin into Trail's torso.
Trail throws a looping overhand right but Guy ducks down to avoid it.
Guy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Trail tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick lands from Guy.
Trail misses with a kick to the body.
Guy throws a front kick that sends Trail stumbling back into the cage.
Guy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Trail takes a step back to recover.
Trail avoids a kick to the body.
Trail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guy.
Nice uppercut lands for Trail. That snapped Guy's head back.
Guy throws a push kick but Trail slaps the foot to one side.
Sly Guy is winning the standup battle so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Guy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Trail is out of range.
Trail is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guy.
Guy throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy throws a leg kick which misses Trail's front leg but catches the back leg as Trail tries to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trail looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters circling a little - Guy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Guy misses with a body kick.
Guy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Guy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Guy throws a front kick aimed at Trail's knee but Trail avoids it well.
Guy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Guy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Trail ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guy moves away.
Guy lands a front kick.
Guy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Trail tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
Guy tries to work over Trail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guy misses with a punch to the body.
Guy can't break the clinch.
Guy has had enough of the clinch but Trail keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trail is trying to stall.
Guy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guy is looking to break free of the clinch but Trail has double underhooks.
Trail tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Guy tries to break the clinch but Trail is controlling the position.
Guy tries to work over Trail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Guy.
Guy being controlled against the cage.
Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Guy fails to land.
Guy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guy misses with the head strike.
Trail manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Guy misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trail trying to control the position but instead, Guy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Trail into the cage.
Guy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trail tries to throw a body punch but Guy avoids it by throwing Trail back against the cage.
Guy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guy is trying to force a seperation but Trail has the dominant position.
Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Trail.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guy.
Guy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Trail.
Guy is trying to stall.
Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Trail.
Trail holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Guy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Trails head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy is looking to break free of the clinch but Trail has double underhooks.
Trail presses Guy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Guy has a couple of punches blocked by Trail.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trail takes a shot to the head.
Trail manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Trail lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Trail lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Trail is working Guy over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Trail.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Guy tries to work over Trail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guy misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Trail.
Trail misses with a body punch.
Trail stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sly Guy dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Trail throws a leg kick but Guy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Trail checks a leg kick.
Guy swats away the attempt to clinch by Trail.
Trail is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Trail missing with a left hand there. Guy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guy thumps Trail with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Guy.
Guy feints and then cracks Trail's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Trail down.
Guy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Guy slips a straight right by Trail.
An inside leg kick lands from Guy.
Trail on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Guy throws a leg kick which misses Trail's front leg but catches the back leg as Trail tries to avoid it.
A low kick from Guy misses
and Trail counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guy throws a low kick, looking for Trail's leg but Trail calmly moves out of range.
Guy blocks the body kick.
Guy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Trail misses with an uppercut. Guy saw that one coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guy, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trail checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trail throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trail misses with a looping left.
Trail throws a sloppy head kick and Guy moves out of range easily.
A leg kick checked by Trail.
Guy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Guy.
Guy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Guy tried to score with a low kick but Trail checks it.
Trail's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Guy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Trail scrambles back to his feet.
Trail misses with an uppercut.
Guy scoring well with a low kick there.
Trail takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters circling a little - Guy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Guy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Guy.
Guy delivers a nice body kick.
Trail ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Trail blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a leg kick
and Trail counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Guy misses the target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Guy.
Guy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trail checks it well.
Trail blocks a low kick nicely.
Trail is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Guy.
Trail tries to clinch up.
Guy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Guy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trail's calf.
Guy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Trail fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trail lands a slapping body shot.
Guy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Guy scores with a leg kick.
Trail tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Guy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trail looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guy misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trail takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Guy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Trail takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Trail moves out of range of the body kick from Guy.
Trail throws a half hearted mid kick.
Guy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Trail tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Guy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guy throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Guy. That's going to slow Trail down.
Trail swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.
Guy misses with a leg kick.
Trail sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Guy throws a front kick that sends Trail stumbling back into the cage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guy, right into the meat.
Guy scores with a push kick.
Guy throws a low kick but Trail moves out of range easily.
Guy connects with a leg kick. Trail looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Trail has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guy cracks the inside of Trail's front leg.
Guy moves out of range of the strikes.
Trail throws a head kick but Guy moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Guy.
A good leg kick by Guy.
Trail stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Guy.
Good leg kick by Guy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Guy lands a nice looking body kick.
Trail takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Trail takes a kick to the side of the head.
Trail on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Guy. Guy obviously looking to wear him down.
Trail checks a leg kick.
Guy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Guy walks into a left hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guy misses with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Guy.
Nice body kick there by Guy.
Guy thows a body kick. Trail tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Guy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trail's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sly Guy clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Trail has taken the fight to the clinch.
Guy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Trail has him pressed against the cage.
Guy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Trail can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Guy misses with the head strike.
Trail stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Trail on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Trail.
Guy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guy tries to break the clinch but Trail is controlling the position.
Trail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guy takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guy has had enough of the clinch but Trail keeps him there for the moment.
Trail is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Trail prevents Guy from breaking the clinch.
Trail tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trail stalling.
Trail lands with a right to the head.
Guy looking to slow down the pace here.
Guy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Guy.
Guy struggles to land a body shot inside as Trail controls his hands.
Guy throws a head punch that misses.
Guy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Guy prevents a body shot from Trail.
Nice body punch from Trail.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
Trail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trail.
Trail lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A body shot lands from Trail.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
A nice right hand lands inside from Trail.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trail lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Guy is rocked!
Trail lands a right hand.
Oh Guy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trail digs a right hand underneath Guy's ribcage. Guy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Trail.
Trail receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A left hand lands to the body for Trail.
Trail is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trail pushes Guy against the cage. Trail is working some dirty boxing. Trail pushes off with a quick right hook! Guy goes down! Guy tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Trail moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cannondale Trail! Cannondale Trail retains his super heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Cannondale Trail gave a big smile as he said 'I would like to thank God for tonight, I hope my opponent is healthy. Fighting here is an honor. '.