PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cu Chulainn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardinal Sanctus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ghost B.C. - Secular Haze. Cu Chulainn has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Chulainn
vs
Eminence Cardinal Sanctus

196 cm
27
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

191 cm
18
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cu Chulainn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cardinal Sanctus.
Chulainn sizes up Cardinal Sanctus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Chulainn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cardinal Sanctus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chulainn lands a nice hook to Cardinal Sanctus's body. Cardinal Sanctus takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cardinal Sanctus on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chulainn slips a straight right by Cardinal Sanctus.
Chulainn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chulainn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cardinal Sanctus moves away.
Chulainn tries to bum rush Cardinal Sanctus with a series of wild strikes but Cardinal Sanctus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chulainn throws a jab but it's blocked by Cardinal Sanctus.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Chulainn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chulainn avoids the elbow strike from Cardinal Sanctus, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cardinal Sanctus lands an uppercut.
Cardinal Sanctus lands an elbow inside that Chulainn shrugs off.

It looks like Cu Chulainn has been cut.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with an elbow over the top.
Chulainn misses with the head strike.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cardinal Sanctus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cardinal Sanctus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chulainn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chulainn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a head punch that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cardinal Sanctus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chulainn's brow.
Cardinal Sanctus lands an elbow that stopped Chulainn in his tracks for a moment.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a punch but it's blocked by Chulainn.
Chulainn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with a punch to the body.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cardinal Sanctus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chulainn misses with a punch on the inside.
Cardinal Sanctus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cardinal Sanctus lands an elbow just above Chulainn 's eye.
Cardinal Sanctus tries to land a knee to the head but Chulainn blocks with his arms.
Chulainn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cardinal Sanctus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chulainn's brow.
Chulainn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cardinal Sanctus's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chulainn blocks an elbow strike from Cardinal Sanctus.
Chulainn misses with a punch on the inside.
Chulainn blocks an elbow strike.
Chulainn blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Chulainn fails to land.
Cardinal Sanctus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chulainn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cardinal Sanctus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cardinal Sanctus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice elbow.
Cardinal Sanctus lands an elbow that stopped Chulainn in his tracks for a moment.
Cardinal Sanctus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Chulainn is breathing heavily.
Chulainn takes an elbow to the temple.
Chulainn can't find room to land a body shot as Cardinal Sanctus controls the action.
Chulainn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cardinal Sanctus dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Chulainn misses with a punch to the body.
Chulainn prevents a body shot from Cardinal Sanctus.
Chulainn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cardinal Sanctus prevents a body shot from Chulainn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulainn avoids the elbow strike from Cardinal Sanctus, against the cage.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chulainn works on Cardinal Sanctus's body with a couple of short punches.
Cardinal Sanctus has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice uppercut.
Cardinal Sanctus tries a knee to the head but Chulainn blocks it.
Cardinal Sanctus lands an elbow inside.
Chulainn lands with a right to the head.
Cardinal Sanctus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Cu Chulainn's cut is getting worse.
Chulainn misses with a punch on the inside.
Chulainn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cardinal Sanctus connects with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Chulainn - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chulainn tries to throw a body punch but Cardinal Sanctus avoids it by throwing Chulainn back against the cage.
Chulainn lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Chulainn.
Cardinal Sanctus misses with an elbow over the top.
Cardinal Sanctus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cardinal Sanctus throws an elbow but misses.
Chulainn avoids the elbow strike from Cardinal Sanctus, against the cage.
Chulainn avoids a wild elbow strike from Cardinal Sanctus.
Chulainn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cardinal Sanctus missing with knees to the body.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a shoulder strike.
Chulainn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cardinal Sanctus lands an elbow that stopped Chulainn in his tracks for a moment.

Cardinal Sanctus breaks from the clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Chulainn checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chulainn takes a step back to recover.
Chulainn walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cardinal Sanctus.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick which misses Chulainn's front leg but catches the back leg as Chulainn tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cardinal Sanctus scores with a jab.
Crunch! Cardinal Sanctus slams his shin into Chulainn's torso.
We've been told by Chulainn's head coaches at WarZone Training Facility 1 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cardinal Sanctus lands a big head kick that sends Chulainn to the canvas! Cardinal Sanctus follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus!
During a confident post fight interview, His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.