PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Yves Cachemaille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ismail Saidov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saidov has chosen Shamhan Daldaev - Eto Kavkaz as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ismail Saidov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Yves Cachemaille
vs
Saidov

184 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
38
202 lbs
22 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Yves Cachemaille!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ismail Saidov!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saidov closes the distance and clinches.

Cachemaille's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Cachemaille. Those never looked like landing.
Cachemaille thumps Saidov with a low kick.
Saidov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cachemaille paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cachemaille throws a nice outside leg kick.
Saidov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cachemaille avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cachemaille paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cachemaille scores with a nice right hand.
Jean Yves Cachemaille seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saidov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cachemaille lands with a hook. Saidov tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cachemaille listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cachemaille lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Saidov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saidov moves to clinch but Cachemaille breaks away
letting Cachemaille counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saidov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Saidov tries to clinch up.
Saidov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cachemaille.
Cachemaille ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cachemaille connects with a good right hand that stumbles Saidov. Saidov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cachemaille thows a body kick. Saidov tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Saidov tries to close the distance and clinch but Cachemaille swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cachemaille lands a leg kick that knocks Saidov off balance momentarily.

Cachemaille lands a big head kick that sends Saidov tumbling to the mat! Cachemaille takes a step backwards and waves Saidov back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Saidov is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cachemaille finds Saidov's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Saidov flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Cachemaille lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Saidov will be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jean Yves Cachemaille!
A victorious Jean Yves Cachemaille thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.