PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lance Brennan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sinan Cavus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sinan Cavus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brennan
vs
Cavus

169 cm
21
151 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

175 cm
23
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lance Brennan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sinan Cavus!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cavus clinches.

Cavus has picked Brennan up - he's going for a ride! Cavus dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cavus is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cavus is keen to just control but Brennan is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brennan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cavus in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cavus is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Sinan Cavus has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cavus keeps the fight on the outside.
Cavus throws a right and a left that both miss.

Cavus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brennan tries to bench press Cavus off him but Cavus keeps the position.
Brennan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Cavus is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cavus decides to stand up.
Cavus keeps the fight on the outside.

Cavus scores with a takedown into Brennan's guard.

Brennan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cavus doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cavus manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cavus stopping the sweep attempt from Brennan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brennan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cavus is one step ahead there.
Cavus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Brennan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cavus gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Cavus showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cavus slips nicely into half guard.
Still in half guard, Cavus seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavus throwing shots but Brennan is blocking nicely.

Cavus decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Brennan dodges the punch combination from Cavus.

Cavus closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brennan did well to prevent Cavus getting side control.
Brennan wants to improve his position but Cavus is controlling well.
Brennan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cavus is working away from the top position though.
Cavus is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cavus thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brennan's head.
Cavus frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cavus content just to control the position here.
Cavus throws some wild stikes that Brennan manages to avoid easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cavus looking to control but Brennan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cavus controlling his opponent.
Cavus trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cavus controlling from the full mount.

Cavus is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Brennan can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinan Cavus dominated that round.
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.

Sloppy strikes from Cavus. Those never looked like landing.

Cavus looking to score a takedown here. Brennan is defending well but Cavus drives through and ends up in Brennan's guard.
Brennan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cavus wants to stand but Brennan is controlling his posture from full guard.

Brennan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cavus not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Brennan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cavus defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sinan Cavus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cavus passes Brennan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Brennan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cavus keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brennan is trying to get back to full guard.
Cavus throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cavus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cavus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brennan regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavus is stalling in the full guard.
Brennan keeping full guard, as Cavus tries to pass.

Cavus stands and steps away. Brennan gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cavus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brennan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Cavus manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Brennan on his heels. He'll look to pass Brennan's guard now, I'm sure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brennan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cavus is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brennan can't keep his opponent in guard - Cavus advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Brennan tries to get to full guard but Cavus has control of the leg.
Cavus trying to control the pace.
Brennan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cavus misses with a head shot. Brennan uses the momentum to regain guard.

Brennan is looking for a triangle here but Cavus uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cavus in side control, throwing shots but Brennan defends.
Cavus throws an elbow but Brennan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Cavus tries to advance to mount but can't.
Cavus in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Cavus trying to control the action but Brennan is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cavus fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Cavus tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sinan Cavus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Cavus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cavus decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cavus keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Brennan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brennan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cavus is working away from the top position though.
Cavus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cavus looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cavus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brennan defending well though.
Brennan manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brennan looking for a sweep. Not yet Brennan, not yet.
Cavus engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Brennan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cavus is controlling him.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sinan Cavus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Brennan tries to clinch up but Cavus circles away and keeps his distance.

Cavus decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Cavus decides to stand up.

Cavus looking to score a takedown here. Brennan is defending well but Cavus drives through and ends up in Brennan's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavus preventing the sweep.
Cavus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Brennan is looking for a triangle here but Cavus uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lull in the action here as Cavus stalls from top position.
Let's hope that Cavus has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Cavus tries to move to mount but Brennan blocks the move with his legs.

Cavus stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavus misses with an attempted mid kick.

Cavus clinches with his opponent.
Brennan has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cavus avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Cavus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cavus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Brennan passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Cavus is controlling Brennan's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Cavus is looking for a sweep. Brennan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cavus trying to control but Brennan postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brennan trying to control the action but Cavus is working from the bottom.
Cavus has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brennan is working away from the top position though.
Cavus is positioning himself well to prevent Brennan advancing to mount.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Sinan Cavus.
Brennan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cavus darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cavus content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sinan Cavus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cavus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinan Cavus!