PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buakaw Buyakawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cacildis Me (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cacildis Me has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Buyakawa
vs
Me

175 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Buakaw Buyakawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cacildis Me!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buyakawa has his takedown stuffed

and Me counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Buyakawa is looking for a sweep. Me is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Me lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Me throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Buyakawa looks like he's trying to stand up.
Me throwing shots but Buyakawa is blocking nicely.
Buyakawa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Me scores with a couple of nice shots.
Buyakawa is trying to maintain the position but Me is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me is looking to advance position but Buyakawa won't allow it.
Buyakawa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Me looking to pass the guard.
Me throws a big elbow that misses.
Me throwing strikes but missing.
Me trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Buyakawa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Me landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me trying to control but Buyakawa is working from the bottom.
Me postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buyakawa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Buyakawa keeping full guard, as Me tries to pass.
Me is looking to work some ground and pound but Buyakawa has wrist control.
Me loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Me throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buyakawa has momentary wrist control but Me slips an elbow through the middle.
Buyakawa is trying to keep Me in close.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Me avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Buyakawa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Me throws a big elbow that misses.
Me throws a big elbow that misses.
Buyakawa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Buyakawa tries to get out of the position.
Buyakawa wants to sweep here but Me controlling him for the moment.
Buyakawa is breathing heavily.
Me advances position into side control!
Me throws a strike aimed at the side of Buyakawa's head but Buyakawa avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Me lands a few punches from side control.
Me cracks Buyakawa with a big right hand but Buyakawa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Me scores with punches from side control.
Me scores with punches from side control.
Me creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Buyakawa sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Me is looking to take a break and control but Buyakawa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Me working the head and body with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Me tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Me has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Buyakawa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cacildis Me dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Buyakawa shoots in looking for a takedown. Me tries to sprawl out of it but Buyakawa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Me manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sloppy strikes from Buyakawa. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Buyakawa gets the takedown into side control.
Me trying his best to control but Buyakawa has mounted him.
Cacildis Me has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buyakawa with a couple of short strikes.
Me regains half guard.
Me tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Buyakawa has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Me working to try and regain half guard.
Me sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa is thwarting Me's attempts to control the position.
Buyakawa not doing much here.
Nice strikes from Buyakawa there.
Me is not content to let Buyakawa control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me wants to get back to full guard.
Me gets back to full guard.
Buyakawa preventing the sweep.
Buyakawa wants to control from the top but Me keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Buyakawa looking to sit in guard and control but Me gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Buyakawa 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa has Me pulled in close to control his posture.
Buyakawa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Me is controlling him.
Me working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Buyakawa's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buyakawa can't keep his opponent in guard - Me advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Me wants to take a breather but Buyakawa is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Buakaw Buyakawa will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Buyakawa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Me circles away.
Buyakawa throws a series of punches but Me avoids them all with ease.
Buyakawa misses with a head kick.

Buyakawa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Me tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Buyakawa presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!

Buyakawa looking to secure an arm triangle but Me defends it well.
Me is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me throwing hammer fists to the chest of Buyakawa. What's that going to do exactly?
Me is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Me sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Me wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buyakawa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Buyakawa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Me defending well though.
Buyakawa tries to pass to full mount but Me defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me tries to roll over but Buyakawa keeps him under control.
Buyakawa is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Me!
Me wants to control but Buyakawa is having none of it.
Me can't escape the position.
Buyakawa tries to control but Me wriggling away.
Buyakawa has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Me's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Buyakawa goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Me turns into him and now he's in Buyakawa's guard.
Buyakawa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Buyakawa trying to control the position.
Me works over Buyakawa with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buyakawa 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Buakaw Buyakawa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Buyakawa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Cacildis Me!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Cacildis Me!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Cacildis Me!

Cacildis Me wins by unanimous decision!