PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cappy Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little has chosen Snoop Dogg - Murder was the Case as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Christian
vs
Little

189 cm
34
180 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

185 cm
34
178 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Beaver Jooce!

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cappy Christian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Little!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Little.
Christian tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.
And Little tries to counter it with a takedown but Christian pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Little lands a head kick!
Christian tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Christian stuffs the takedown.
Little tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Little gets tackled into the cage by Christian. Christian maintains the clinch.
Little wants a takedown but no success here.
Christian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Little blocks the elbow strike.

Little breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christian defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Little.
Cappy Christian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Little.
Little shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Christian as he jumps to the side.
Christian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Christian clinches with his opponent.
Little is trying to force a seperation but Christian has the dominant position.
Christian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Little breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Little swats away the attempt to clinch by Christian.
Christian wants to clinch but Little slips to the side

and Little counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Little controls from within his opponent's guard.
Christian is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Little working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Little throwing strikes from guard but Christian blocks nicely.
Little throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christian wants to stand up but Little is controlling him.
Little scoring with punches to the head and body.
Little trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Little postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Christian wants to sweep but no luck.
Little throwing strikes from guard but Christian blocks nicely.
Little has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Little won't allow Christian to get back to his feet.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Little swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Christian doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Christian slaps away a takedown attempt from Little, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Christian looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Little cracks the inside of Christian's front leg.
Christian tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Little swings for the body but Christian moves out of range.
A jab from Little misses.
Christian is looking to clinch but Little is avoiding it.
Christian wants to clinch up but Little keeps it at a distance.
Little feints a counter leg kick.
Christian misses with an uppercut
and Little counters with a solid body kick.
Christian tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
Christian doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Little lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Christian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Christian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A little feinted left hand from Christian on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cappy Christian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Little throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Little misses with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christian misses with a hook from the clinch.
I was talking to Christian's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Christian landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.
Little tries for a takedown. No joy.
Christian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.
Little blocks an elbow strike.
Christian lands a nice elbow.
Little avoiding damage as Christian throws knees to the body.
Little blocks an elbow strike from Christian.
Little is trying to break the clinch but Christian has him pressed against the cage.
Christian lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Little pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Little crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Christian - the referee stops the clock and Little gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Christian. Little manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Christian tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance.
Little with the counter takedown but Christian avoids it easily.
Cappy Christian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch up but Little swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Little appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Omar Little will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Little tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christian was well out of range. Poor timing from Little.
Christian throws a head kick but Little moves out of range.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Little paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Little flicks out a counter leg kick but Christian steps away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Little delivers a nice body kick.
Christian wants to clinch up but Little keeps it at a distance.
Little takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Little fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Christian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cappy Christian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch but Little swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An inside leg kick from Little misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Little tried to score with a low kick but Christian checks it.
Little avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Christian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Little misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christian.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Christian stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Christian wants it to stay on the feet.
Little moves out of range of the body kick.
Little avoids the head kick by Christian.

Christian closes the distance and clinches.
Little blocking some punches.
Little takes an elbow to the forehead.

Little manages to break the clinch.
Christian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christian is looking to clinch.
Little appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Christian tries to clinch but Little is having none of it.
Little wants to land a leg kick but Christian is out of range.
Horrible takedown attempt by Little or perhaps it was just good defense by Christian, which made it look bad.

Christian clinches up with Little and pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Little's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.
Christian connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Christian.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Christian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Little's brow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Little.
Little tries to break free but Christian pushes him back against the cage.
Little blocks the elbow strike.
Christian using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Little drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cappy Christian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omar Little.
Christian crunches a lovely knee into Little's ribcage.
Little is breathing heavily.
Christian putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Little in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Christian lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Little.
Little managing to block the knees to the body from Christian.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Little pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Christian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Little paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christian checks a leg kick nicely.
Little shoots in for a takedown but Christian shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Little avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Christian tries to clinch there but Little circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Little.
Christian doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.

Christian gets caught napping as Little dives in and scores a takedown. Christian manages to retain guard.
Little missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Little pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Christian is keeping the position for now.
Little throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Christian keeping moving, preventing Little from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Little accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Little throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Little swats away the attempt to clinch by Christian.
Christian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christian wants to clinch.
Christian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Cappy Christian will probably get the nod.
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 get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Christian tries to close the distance and clinch but Little swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Little swats away the attempt to clinch by Christian.
Christian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Little manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Christian backing away here, and Little unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Little throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Christian tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.
Little tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Christian tries to clinch but Little is having none of it.
Christian moves out of range as Little throws a body kick.
Little connects with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christian tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.
Little flicks out a counter leg kick but Christian steps away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Christian.
Little thumps Christian with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Little. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Little.

Christian is rocked!
Christian moves in looking to clinch but Little pushes him off.
Oh Christian is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Little throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian scores with a head kick.
Christian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Christian 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.
An inside leg kick lands from Little.
Christian seems to have got his legs back now.
Christian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christian fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christian doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.
Christian tries to clinch

and Little counters with a takedown into side control.
Little creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Christian sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Little tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Christian is looking for a sweep.
Christian defending against the ground and pound.
Christian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Christian tries to get out of the position.
Christian wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Little cracks Christian with a big right hand but Christian just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Little is trying to get an arm triangle but Christian is defending well.
Christian is working to avoid the ground and pound but Little connects with a decent elbow.
Little throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Christian wants to control but Little postures up.

Little tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Little has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Little tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little trying to control the position but Christian is working away.
Little throws a strike aimed at the side of Christian's head but Christian avoids it well.
Christian is pushing Little's head away, looking to escape. Little manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Little trying to control the action but Christian is working from the bottom.
Little throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Little working the head with strikes.
Little landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Christian seems a little lost for a moment, as Little dominates the positioning.
Little working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Little taking a breather here.
Little working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Omar Little comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Little 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Omar Little!
Omar Little managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Fury Nutrition Inc., into his post fight interview.