PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ollie Sakahura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xander Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Sakahura
vs
Cage

185 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ollie Sakahura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xander Cage!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakahura cracks Cage with an open hand slap.

Cage clinches up with Sakahura and pushes him back against the cage.
Sakahura lands a shoulder strike.
Cage throws a head punch that misses.
Sakahura struggles to land a body shot inside as Cage controls his hands.
Sakahura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sakahura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cage up against the cage.
Cage tries to throw a body punch but Sakahura avoids it by throwing Cage back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Cage.
Sakahura throws a punch but it's blocked by Cage.
Cage lands a hook that snaps the head of Sakahura backwards.
Cage lands a knee to the body.
Sakahura taking a breather.
Sakahura trying to control the position but instead, Cage has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sakahura into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sakahura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sakahura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sakahura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage lands a left hand.
Cage misses with the head strike.
Cage lands a nice uppercut.
Cage throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Cage fails to land.
Cage scores with a shoulder strike.
Cage trying to control the position but instead, Sakahura has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cage into the cage.
Cage misses with the head strike.
Cage lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sakahura missing with knees to the body.
Cage lands a shoulder strike.
Sakahura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sakahura wants to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sakahura just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cage's brow.
Cage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sakahura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cage lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
I was talking to Sakahura's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cage misses with a punch on the inside.
Cage slows down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cage scores with a shot to the side of Sakahura's head.

Sakahura is rocked!
Cage slows down the pace here.
Oh Sakahura is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sakahura just leaning against Cage, taking a breather.
Cage throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sakahuras head.
Cage working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Cage.
Sakahura trying to land knees to the body.
Sakahura swings wildly with an uppercut but Cage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cage lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sakahura backwards.
Cage unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sakahura misses with the head strike.
Cage misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Cage.
Cage dips a shoulder and cracks Sakahura with a mighty uppercut! Sakahura falls back against the cage and Cage unloads with a barrage of strikes! Sakahura is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Cage screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xander Cage!
A very excited looking Xander Cage made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.