PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigran Badoyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caiaphas Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Badoyan
vs
Caine

209 cm
26
264 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

202 cm
30
290 lbs
26 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition
Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tigran Badoyan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Caiaphas Caine!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badoyan works Caine's body with a nice hook.
Badoyan throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Caine counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Caine tries to advance to mount but Badoyan denies him.
Badoyan's coaches at Pain have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
The referee asks Caine politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Caine prefers to stall for the moment though.
Badoyan keeps Caine under control for a moment.
Caine throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Badoyan struggling a bit here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caine postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Badoyan tries to buck Caine off but Caine is having none of it.
Caine throws an elbow but Badoyan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Badoyan is looking for a sweep.
Badoyan regains half guard.
Badoyan is trying to get back to full guard.
Badoyan is trying to maintain the position but Caine is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Caine performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Badoyan holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Caine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Badoyan is looking to improve his position.
Caine working Badoyan over with strikes.

It looks like Tigran Badoyan has been cut.

Caine looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Badoyan is not content to let Caine control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine trying to control the pace.
Badoyan wants to control but Caine is keeping busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Caine is trying to control the action in half guard but Badoyan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badoyan is trying to maintain the position but Caine is very close to passing his half guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Caiaphas Caine hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Badoyan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Caiaphas Caine has been cut.
Badoyan throws out a loose jab but Caine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badoyan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Caine shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Badoyan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Caine looks to land a left hand but Badoyan moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Badoyan.
Badoyan throws a lazy uppercut

and Caine counters with a nice double leg into side control. Badoyan won't be happy with that.
Caine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caine throws a strike aimed at the side of Badoyan's head but Badoyan avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Badoyan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Badoyan managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Caine.
Badoyan is trying to improve his position.

Caine is trying to get an arm triangle but Badoyan is defending well.
Badoyan is trying to control Caine's posture but Caine avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Badoyan keeps working.
Badoyan is trying to control Caine's posture but Caine avoids it.
Badoyan is trying to get back to half guard.
Badoyan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
My spies in Saboteur's Playground inform me that Caine has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Badoyan dodges the ground and pound from Caine.
You can see the frustration on Badoyan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Badoyan keeps working.
Caine throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caiaphas Caine dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Badoyan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A slow jab from Badoyan misses its intended target.
Badoyan blocks a head kick by Caine.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caine. Badoyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Badoyan.
Badoyan avoids a kick to the body.
Badoyan throws a head kick but Caine moves out of range.
Caine tries to land a front kick but Badoyan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Badoyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A big left from Badoyan misses.
Caine works Badoyan's body with a nice hook.
Badoyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Badoyan, right into the meat.
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!
Caine moves out of range as Badoyan throws a body kick.
Caine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Badoyan 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 one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Badoyan, as that shot connected.
Badoyan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Badoyan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Caine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Badoyan. Badoyan obviously looking to wear him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caine. Badoyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Badoyan, right into the meat.
Badoyan connects with a solid leg kick.
Caine is breathing heavily.
Badoyan cracks Caine with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tigran Badoyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badoyan misses with an uppercut. Caine saw that one coming.
Badoyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Caine is able to avoid easily.
Caine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Badoyan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Badoyan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Caine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Badoyan scores with a kick to the midsection.
Badoyan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine avoids the head kick by Badoyan.
A slow jab from Badoyan misses its intended target.
Caine lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Badoyan misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Badoyan. Caine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Caine throws a head kick that misses.
Badoyan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Caine.

Badoyan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Caine keeping moving, preventing Badoyan from controlling successfully.
Badoyan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Caine is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Caine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Tigran Badoyan has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Badoyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Caine is able to avoid easily.
Nice body punch from Badoyan.
Badoyan avoids the head kick by Caine.
Badoyan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Caine under the eye.

That has opened up Caiaphas Caine's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine misses with a body kick.
Badoyan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Badoyan as he connects with a hook.
Caine walks into a stiff left hand from Badoyan.
Badoyan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Caine.

The cut above Caiaphas Caine's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Caine throws a head kick that misses
and Badoyan counters with a two punch combo.
Badoyan swinging wildly here.
Badoyan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Caine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Badoyan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Badoyan moves away from the strike by Caine.
Caine throws a low kick but Badoyan avoids it.
Badoyan throws a leg kick but Caine moved away.
Badoyan throws a front kick aimed at Caine's knee but Caine avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tigran Badoyan dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Caine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Badoyan misses with a two punch combination.
Badoyan misses with an uppercut. Caine saw that one coming.
Badoyan scores with a hook.
Badoyan misses with an uppercut.
Caine misses with a kick to the body.
Badoyan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Badoyan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Caine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badoyan.
Caine takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Badoyan misses with an uppercut.
A lazy left from Badoyan finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick there by Caine.
Badoyan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Badoyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badoyan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Caine counters with a nice double leg into side control. Badoyan won't be happy with that.
Caine scoring with punches and elbows.

Tigran Badoyan's cut is getting worse.

Caine tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Badoyan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Caine's best efforts.
Badoyan is not content to let Caine control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badoyan is looking to improve his position.

Caine is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Badoyan is just riding it out for now. Caine eventually gives up the hold.
Badoyan is trying to maintain the position but Caine is very close to passing his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badoyan has hold of Caine's hands but Caine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Caine is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Badoyan sees it coming and defends easily.
Badoyan wants to control but Caine is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Badoyan is positioning himself well to prevent Caine advancing to mount.
Badoyan trying to hold on to Caine's head to control him but Caine postures up.
Badoyan is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine is thwarting Badoyan's attempts to control the position.
Caine thows a huge punch but Badoyan dodges it nicely.
Badoyan taking some punishment here, with Caine in his half guard.
Caine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Caine seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Badoyan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Caine passes to full mount!
Badoyan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Caine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Caine has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Caine can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Badoyan is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Badoyan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Caine can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Badoyan is looking to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caine lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Tigran Badoyan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tigran Badoyan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Caiaphas Caine!
Caiaphas Caine very nearly forgot to thank Zipp Zapp amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.