PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Random Collective (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cappy Christian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collective comes to the cage accompanied by Barricade. Random Collective has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Collective
vs
Christian

175 cm
38
175 lbs
22 - 23 - 1

189 cm
35
180 lbs
16 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Beaver Jooce!

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 22 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Random Collective!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cappy Christian!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christian looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Collective has Christian up against the cage in a clinch.
Christian avoids the elbow strike from Collective, against the cage.
Christian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Collective.
Christian is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Christian avoids a wild elbow strike from Collective.
Christian prevents Collective from breaking the clinch.

Collective escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Christian has closed the distance and engaged Collective in a clinch.

Collective manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Collective is trying to keep Christian in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christian wants to stand but Collective is controlling his posture from full guard.

Christian avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Christian stopping the sweep attempt from Collective.
Collective thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Collective holds on and takes a little breather.
Collective doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Collective gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Collective takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Christian clinches.
Christian missing with knees to the body.
Christian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Collective has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Our sources have told us that Collective has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Collective on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Christian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Collective takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Collective blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Collective lands with a left to the head.
Christian blocks an elbow strike.
Christian gets underhooks to prevent Collective's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Random Collective. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Christian lands an elbow inside.
Christian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Collective avoids it.
A short right from Christian.
Collective managing to block the knees to the body from Christian.
Collective gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Collective misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian blocks the elbow strike.
Collective lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian missing with knees to the body.
Christian has Collective pressed against the cage, preventing Collective from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Christian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Collective blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Christian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian avoids a wild elbow strike from Collective.
Collective managing to block the knees to the body from Christian.
Christian lands an elbow just above Collective 's eye.
Collective blocks the elbow strike.
Christian throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christian throws an elbow but misses.

Collective manages to break the clinch.

Christian clinches up with Collective and pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Collective throws an elbow but it misses.
Christian blocks an elbow strike.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Christian.
Collective throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collective lands a nice elbow.
Collective lands a nice elbow.
Christian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Collective.
Collective throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Collective avoids a wild elbow strike from Christian.
Christian blocks a body shot from Collective.
Collective unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Collective breaks from the clinch.

Collective shoots in and gets a takedown into Christian's guard.
Collective throwing strikes from guard but Christian blocks nicely.
Christian keeping moving, preventing Collective from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collective is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Christian really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Collective. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Collective won't allow Christian to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Random Collective will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Christian takes the fight into the clinch.
Collective creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Christian throws a head punch that misses.
Christian missing with knees to the body.
Collective misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christian throws an elbow but misses.
Collective lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Collective misses with a knee strike.
Collective lands an elbow inside that Christian shrugs off.
Christian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Christian blocks the elbow strike.
Collective lands an elbow just above Christian 's eye.

Collective tightens his grip and picks Christian up, before dumping him to the ground. Christian manages to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Collective stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Christian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Christian can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Collective controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective trying to control but Christian is working from the bottom.
Collective sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Collective passes Christian's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Christian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Collective wants to control but Christian is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Collective wants to stand up but Christian has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Collective works his way into full mount!
Collective trying to control but Christian is having none of it.

Collective swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Christian is now in Collective's guard. A big mistake from Collective there, giving up the dominant position!

Collective has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Christian can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian postures up.

Collective looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Collective is trying to control the position but Christian postures up.

Collective escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Christian gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Christian wants to control from the top but Collective keeps moving.
Collective might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Christian avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Collective is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Collective is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Random Collective dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Collective closes the distance and clinches.
Collective managing to block the knees to the body from Christian.
Collective pushes off an throws an elbow but Christian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Collective pushes off an throws an elbow but Christian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christian working Collective over with knees to the body.
Christian gets through Collective's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Collective throws an elbow that misses.
Christian blocks the elbow strike.
Christian avoids the elbow strike from Collective, against the cage.
Christian prevents Collective from breaking the clinch.
Christian lands a knee to the body.
Collective throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Christian.
Christian lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christian throws an elbow but misses.
Christian throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christian throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Collective just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christian's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collective wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Christian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Collective's brow.
Collective blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Collective blocks an elbow strike from Christian.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christian throws an elbow but misses.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.
Christian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Christian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Collective avoids it.
Christian missing with knees to the body.
Christian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Collective just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christian's brow.
Christian throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Collective blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right handed body shot lands from Collective.
Christian misses with a knee to the head.
Collective tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Christian avoids it.
Collective lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collective jumps guard but Christian stands there with Collective around his waist. Collective gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Collective looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Collective dodges an elbow strike from Christian.
Collective avoids a wild elbow strike from Christian.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Christian blocks an uppercut.
Christian blocks an elbow strike from Collective.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Collective just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christian's brow.
Knees to the body from Christian.
Christian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Christian.
Still in the clinch, Collective scores with a nice short uppercut.
Christian takes an elbow to the temple.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian pushes off an throws an elbow but Collective leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cappy Christian seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Christian.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Collective just misses with a elbow thrown towards Christian's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christian avoids the elbow strike from Collective, against the cage.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian avoiding damage as Collective throws knees to the body.
Christian pushes off an throws an elbow but Collective leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Collective missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Collective.
Christian misses with an elbow over the top.
Christian lands a left hand.
Random Collective is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Christian looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Collective blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Collective takes an elbow to the temple.
Christian pushes off an throws an elbow but Collective leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christian throws an elbow that misses.
Christian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Collective avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collective blocks an uppercut.
Christian tries to land knees in the clinch but Collective avoids the damage to the body.
Christian pushes off an throws an elbow but Collective leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Christian throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Collective dodges an elbow strike from Christian.
Christian lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collective avoids a wild elbow strike from Christian.
Christian creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Christian with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Christian tries to land knees in the clinch but Collective avoids the damage to the body.
Cappy Christian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Christian misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Collective.

Collective pulls guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cappy Christian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Collective has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Random Collective!
After winning the bout, Random Collective thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.