PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Beasty Kanne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvain Sauvage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kanne's entrance music is Don't Cry For Me Argentina. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kanne
vs
Sauvage

179 cm
37
175 lbs
31 - 24 - 1

177 cm
32
180 lbs
12 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 31 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beasty Kanne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sylvain Sauvage!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kanne misses with a double jab.
Kanne lands a slapping body shot.

Kanne rushes Sauvage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kanne avoids the elbow strike from Sauvage, against the cage.
Kanne managing to block the knees to the body from Sauvage.

Kanne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sauvage tries to land a leg kick but Kanne saw it coming and moves away.
Sauvage lands an overhand right.
Sauvage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kanne.
Kanne jabs at Sauvage's body.
Kanne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kanne fails to land with a series of punches.
Kanne has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Franklin D. Bluth Memorial Supergym in the buildup to the fight.
Sauvage throws a wild body kick that Kanne sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kanne gets a clinch.
Sauvage is looking to control Kanne's arms but Kanne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sauvage has his back to the cage.
Sauvage tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kanne avoids it.
Sauvage trying to stall but Kanne improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kanne taking a breather.
Sauvage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kanne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sauvage throws an elbow but it misses.

Sauvage tightens his grip and picks Kanne up, before dumping him to the ground. Kanne manages to land in guard.
Sauvage is fighting to break Kanne's control of his arms but Kanne is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kanne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sauvage is fighting to break Kanne's control of his arms but Kanne is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Sauvage throws a big right hand that misses.
Sauvage throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kanne works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage is fighting to break Kanne's control of his arms but Kanne is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kanne wants to stand up but Sauvage is controlling him.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sauvage accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kanne tests Sauvage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sloppy strikes from Kanne. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Kanne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kanne throws a looping overhand right but Sauvage ducks down to avoid it.
Sauvage tries to counter by closing the distance.
Sauvage throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kanne tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sauvage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sauvage blocks a leg kick.
Sauvage with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sauvage fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kanne.
Sauvage checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne throws a series of punches but Sauvage avoids them all with ease.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch but Kanne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kanne keeps the fight on the outside.

Sauvage moves into the clinch.
Sauvage digs a right hand into Kanne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kanne's gas tank.
Sauvage prevents a body shot from Kanne.
Sauvage tries to land knees in the clinch but Kanne avoids the damage to the body.
Sauvage is trying to maintain a safe position but Kanne gets an underhook and turns Sauvage into the cage.

Sauvage lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sauvage missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Sauvage prevents Kanne from improving his position.
Sauvage wants to advance to full mount but Kanne doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kanne is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sauvage content to stall in guard here.
Kanne working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sauvage.
Sauvage working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Sylvain Sauvage will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fight stays on the outside here - Kanne looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beasty Kanne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kanne lands with a good body shot.
Sauvage throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kanne doesn't manage to clinch there - Sauvage circles away.
Sauvage replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kanne blocks it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kanne.
Sloppy strikes from Kanne. Those never looked like landing.
Kanne ducks under a wild hook from Sauvage.

Sauvage forces Kanne back against the cage and clinches.
Kanne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanne lands a right hand.
Kanne stalling in the clinch but Sauvage improves position.
Sauvage missing with knees to the body.
Kanne tries a body shot but Sauvage blocks it.
Sauvage lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauvage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sauvage taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kanne gets underhooks to prevent Sauvage's takedown attempt.
Kanne managing to block the knees to the body from Sauvage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sauvage just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kanne's brow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Sauvage stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sauvage has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kanne after a bit of a struggle.
Kanne blocks an uppercut.
Sauvage stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kanne content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kanne gets underhooks to prevent Sauvage's takedown attempt.
Beasty Kanne has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sylvain Sauvage.
Sauvage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sauvage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kanne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sauvage looking to slow down the pace here.
Kanne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sauvage takes a shot to the head.
Sauvage wants to stall.
Kanne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Kanne.
Sauvage tries for a takedown but Kanne manages to get underhooks.
Kanne lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sauvage backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sauvage.
Sauvage pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sauvage blocks a body shot from Kanne.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kanne avoids a wild elbow strike from Sauvage.
Sauvage is trying to stall.
Sauvage working aggressively here.
Sauvage has Kanne pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kanne manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Sauvage lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kanne is not content to let Sauvage control the position.
Sauvage thows a huge punch but Kanne dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanne trying to control from the bottom.
Kanne is positioning himself well to prevent Sauvage advancing to mount.
Kanne is trying to get back to full guard.
Sauvage throwing shots but Kanne is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sauvage not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Kanne pushes Sauvage off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sylvain Sauvage will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Kanne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beasty Kanne is winning the standup battle so far.
Kanne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kanne lands a nice looking body shot.
Sylvain Sauvage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Kanne as he checks the leg kick.
Kanne throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sauvage counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sauvage ducks right into an uppercut from Kanne.
Sauvage throws a head kick but Kanne moves out of range.

Sauvage clinches up with Kanne and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Kanne - that landed with a thud.
Kanne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanne gets underhooks to prevent Sauvage's takedown attempt.

Kanne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kanne lands a high kick!

Sauvage has Kanne up against the cage in a clinch.

Kanne breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sauvage closes the distance and clinches.
Kanne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kanne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sauvage scores with a shoulder strike.

Kanne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kanne keeps the fight on the outside.
Kanne throws a big counter combination but Sauvage scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kanne wants to clinch.
Kanne misses with a wild body shot.
Sauvage wants to clinch.
Sylvain Sauvage is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage wants to clinch up but Kanne keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Sauvage.

Kanne rushes Sauvage and presses him up against the cage.
Kanne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sauvage backwards.
Kanne is trying to break free.
Sauvage being controlled against the cage.
Kanne avoids a wild elbow strike from Sauvage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanne lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sauvage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kanne controlling the action here for a moment.
Sauvage tries to work over Kanne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kanne misses with a punch on the inside.
Kanne misses with a punch on the inside.
Beasty Kanne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sylvain Sauvage seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kanne throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Beasty Kanne showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sauvage has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!