PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Titan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Kasady (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.

Titan
vs
Kasady

182 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Titan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cletus Kasady!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasady misses with a takedown attempt - Titan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kasady doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Titan to counter with a crisp jab.
Titan catches Kasady with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kasady.
Titan is not content to let Kasady control the position.
Titan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Titan tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Titan's face as Kasady controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Titan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Kasady is looking to take a break and control but Titan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Titan is trying to control Kasady's posture but Kasady avoids it.
Titan tries to bench press Kasady off him but Kasady keeps the position.
Kasady is looking to take a break and control but Titan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kasady controls the position from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kasady working the ground and pound.
Kasady wants to lay and pray for a moment but Titan keeps working.
Kasady throwing shots but missing, from side control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Titan. No joy for Kasady on that attempt.
Tommy Titan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cletus Kasady.
Kasady dives in and grabs Titan's left leg, looking for a takedown. Titan pushes down on Kasady's head and hops out.
Titan lands a nice hook to Kasady's body. Kasady takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kasady has his takedown stuffed
and Titan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kasady fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kasady shoots in looking for a takedown. Titan tries to sprawl out of it but Kasady keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Titan manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kasady throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Titan's waist but Titan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kasady off to one side.
Titan leaves Kasady with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tommy Titan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kasady misses with a takedown attempt
and Titan counters with a left to the body.
Titan misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titan misses with a body shot.
Kasady shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Titan sprawls well. Titan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kasady gets slowly back to his feet.
Kasady tries to score a power double leg takedown but Titan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Kasady somewhat.
Kasady with a lazy takedown attempt
and Titan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kasady thinking.
Titan is looking to wear down Kasady with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Titan lands with a good body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Titan misses the shot to the body.

Kasady dives in and scores a takedown into Titan's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kasady looking to sit in guard and control but Titan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Titan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Titan slaps away a takedown attempt from Kasady, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Titan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Titan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Titan just misses with a punch to the body.
Kasady throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Titan's waist but Titan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kasady off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasady misses with a takedown
and Titan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kasady thinking.
Tommy Titan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cletus Kasady.
Kasady is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kasady doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Titan counters with a crisp right that sends Kasady to the canvas! Titan follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Titan!