PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Carlos Aguayo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Cack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Aguayo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Colegiada by Alex Bueno. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Carlos Aguayo
vs
Cack

188 cm
20
213 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Carlos Aguayo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Cack!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cack feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Aguayo wants to sweep but no luck.
Aguayo trying to keep a closed guard but Cack is proving a slippery customer.
Aguayo wants to sweep here but Cack controlling him for the moment.
Aguayo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cack trying to control the position from guard on top but Aguayo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Aguayo had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Cack is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Aguayo Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Cack's back instead.
Aguayo controlling well, preventing Cack from escaping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aguayo tries to keep control of the position but Cack is staying busy.
Aguayo misses with a punch to the head.

Aguayo working for a choke but Cack is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aguayo punches the canvas rather than the man.
A lull in the action here.
Aguayo is not going to allow Cack to sit and survive in this position.

That's two 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.

Cack is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Aguayo is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Cack has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Aguayo is trying to control but Cack is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Aguayo unloads with some shots from mount but Cack bucks and avoids them well.

Aguayo swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Cack is now in Aguayo's guard. A big mistake from Aguayo there, giving up the dominant position!
Cack trying to control the position from guard on top but Aguayo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguayo controls Cack momentarily but Cack frees himself.
Aguayo is really struggling to control Cack but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Cack stopping the sweep attempt from Aguayo.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Aguayo is on top in guard.
Cack is trying to control the position but Aguayo postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Aguayo looking to pass the guard.
Aguayo throwing strikes but missing.
Aguayo wants to pass the guard but Cack is keeping the position.
Cack is pulling down on Aguayo's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cack looks gassed!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Aguayo trying to control the position from guard on top but Cack is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cack is trying to keep Aguayo in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Cack will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice takedown defense from Aguayo. No joy for Cack on that attempt.
Aguayo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cack paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cack fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Aguayo sprawls well initially but Cack persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Aguayo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Aguayo manages to get to full guard.
Aguayo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Aguayo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cack is breathing heavily.
Aguayo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cack controls from within his opponent's guard.
Aguayo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Aguayo looking to control but Cack is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Aguayo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cack?
BOOM! Aguayo connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aguayo looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cack is wriggling around trying to escape.

Aguayo has hold of Cack's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cack manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
A nice elbow there by Aguayo.
Aguayo lands with some strikes.
Aguayo dominating with strikes here.
Aguayo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cack?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aguayo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aguayo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Aguayo tries to control but Cack wriggling away.
Aguayo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Aguayo controlling from the full mount.

Cack defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Aguayo.
Aguayo trying to control but Cack is having none of it.
Cack should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aguayo looking to isolate an arm here. Cack doesn't see it coming and as Aguayo extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Aguayo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan Carlos Aguayo!
Juan Carlos Aguayo retains his light heavyweight title!