PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cyril Westlake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abroham Lincoln (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abroham Lincoln is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Westlake
vs
Lincoln

185 cm
27
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

MayheM sportswear

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyril Westlake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abroham Lincoln!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lincoln comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Westlake listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lincoln uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Westlake.
A jab lands there for Lincoln.
Lincoln scores with a jab to the body.
Westlake misses the shot to the body.
Westlake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lincoln scores with a punch to the head.
Westlake cracks Lincoln with an open hand slap.
Lincoln misses with a straight left.
Westlake is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lincoln lands a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Westlake lands a right hook to the body.
Westlake lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lincoln attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Westlake takes a swing at Lincoln's ribcage but misses.
Westlake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lincoln moves away.
Cyril Westlake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Westlake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Westlake throws out a loose jab but Lincoln uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lincoln bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Westlake's head.
Westlake seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lincoln keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Westlake.
Westlake misses with a wild body shot.
Lincoln flicks out a counter leg kick but Westlake steps away.
Westlake with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lincoln to score with a decent uppercut.
Lincoln scores with a jab to the head.
Lincoln throws out a leg kick but Westlake moves out of range and Lincoln only half commits.
Lincoln scores with a jab to the body.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westlake moves away.
Westlake misses the jab.
Lincoln misses with a kick to the body
and Westlake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Westlake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Westlake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Westlake slips a straight right by Lincoln.
Westlake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lincoln manages to avoid it.
Lincoln scores with a shot to the body.
Westlake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Westlake throws a hook but Lincoln blocks it.
Westlake lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westlake ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lincoln moves away.
Lincoln now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Westlake misses with a wild body shot.
Lincoln looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Westlake throws a jab when Lincoln was well out of range.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but Westlake sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lincoln just misses with a punch to the body.
Lincoln throws a looping overhand right but Westlake ducks down to avoid it.
Westlake is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Westlake misses with a body shot.
Westlake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lincoln.
Lincoln scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westlake moves away.
Lincoln slips a straight right by Westlake.
Westlake misses with a hook.
Lincoln keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Westlake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lincoln appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Westlake looks to land a left hand but Lincoln moved out of range nicely.
Westlake fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lincoln swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln with a hook.
Westlake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lincoln.
Lincoln bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, jab by Westlake - just one landing.
Westlake's corner calls for a 1-2. Westlake obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lincoln showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Westlake.
A right-left combo lands from Westlake.
Nice uppercut there from Westlake.
Westlake lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Lincoln is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Westlake swings for the body but Lincoln moves out of range.
Lincoln throws out a counter right but Westlake avoids it with no problem.
Westlake ducks under a wild hook from Lincoln.
Westlake takes a swing at Lincoln's ribcage but misses.
Westlake misses with a shot to the body
enabling Lincoln to counter with a crisp jab.
Lincoln ducks under a wild hook from Westlake.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westlake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Westlake is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lincoln takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Westlake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Cyril Westlake has been cut.
Westlake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lincoln was well out of range. Poor timing from Westlake.
It seemed like Lincoln was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lincoln throws a jab when Westlake was well out of range.
Lincoln throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Westlake misses.
Lincoln swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Westlake pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lincoln back to the cage. Westlake follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Westlake slips a jab from Lincoln.
Westlake slips a straight right by Lincoln.
Lincoln looks to score with a jab to the body but Westlake is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The crowd cheers as Westlake lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lincoln doesn't seem phased though.
Lincoln is still on wobbly legs! Can Westlake finish him?
Westlake lands a jab to the nose.
Westlake lands a nice shot to the body.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westlake moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cyril Westlake dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cyril Westlake's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lincoln thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lincoln seems to have recovered his senses.
Westlake slips under a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Westlake.
Westlake cracks Lincoln with an open hand slap.
Lincoln dodges the punch combination from Westlake.
Lincoln throws out a counter right but Westlake avoids it with no problem.
Westlake staying out of range there.
Westlake misses the body punch
and Westlake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lincoln tries a low kick but Westlake avoids it.
Cyril Westlake is winning the standup battle so far.
Westlake throws an overhand right that lands on Lincoln's shoulder, as Lincoln tries to avoid the shot.
Lincoln looks to throw the jab but Westlake is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lincoln tests Westlake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lincoln takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Westlake slips a straight right by Lincoln.
Lincoln missing with a left hand there. Westlake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Westlake fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westlake fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab lands there for Lincoln.
Lincoln lands a jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lincoln might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Westlake has got the better of the exchanges.
Westlake ducks under a wild hook from Lincoln.
It looked like Westlake wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Westlake misses with a right hand
and Lincoln counters with a left to the body.
Westlake throws a lazy right hand but Lincoln sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lincoln feints a counter leg kick.
No joy there for Westlake, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lincoln appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Westlake drops his hands momentarily and Lincoln takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A cross from Westlake lands.
Westlake cracks Lincoln with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lincoln with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Westlake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lincoln keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lincoln drops his hands momentarily and Westlake takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Westlake looks to land a combination but Lincoln avoids it well.
Westlake misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln slips a jab and a cross from Westlake.
Lincoln attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Westlake throws a shot to the body.
Lincoln misses with an uppercut. Westlake saw that one coming.
Westlake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lincoln can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Lincoln misses the target.
A big left from Lincoln misses.
Westlake falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lincoln counters with a left to the body.
Lincoln throws out a loose jab but Westlake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Westlake misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Lincoln releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Westlake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Westlake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lincoln circles away quickly and effectively.
Lincoln misses with a body kick.
Westlake throws a body punch but Lincoln moves out of range.
Westlake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lincoln swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westlake misses with a wild body shot.
Lincoln looks to land a left hand but Westlake moved out of range nicely.
Lincoln lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Westlake takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lincoln throws a hook but Westlake blocks it.
Westlake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Westlake throws a body punch but Lincoln moves out of range.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but Westlake sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Westlake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lincoln lands with a shot to the body.
Lincoln cracks Westlake with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Westlake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Westlake takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lincoln throws out a loose jab but Westlake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lincoln throws a looping overhand right but Westlake ducks down to avoid it.

Westlake drops Lincoln with a beautiful combination! Lincoln stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Westlake is looking for the KO!

It looks like Abroham Lincoln has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lincoln tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Westlake was well out of range. Poor timing from Lincoln.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Westlake works Lincoln's body with a nice hook.
Westlake misses with a body shot.
Lincoln takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
An inside leg kick from Lincoln misses.
Nice shot lands for Westlake.
Lincoln lands a nice hook to Westlake's body. Westlake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Westlake throws out a loose jab but Lincoln uses good head movement to avoid it.
Westlake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lincoln manages to avoid it.
Westlake with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lincoln thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lincoln throws a leg kick
and Westlake counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Westlake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lincoln darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Westlake throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lincoln.
Lincoln throws out a loose jab but Westlake uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Cyril Westlake will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lincoln scores with a hook.
Lincoln swings for the body but Westlake moves out of range.
Westlake throws a poor cross that misses
and Westlake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Westlake cracks Lincoln with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Westlake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Westlake lands a big uppercut and Lincoln crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Lincoln looks OK. Westlake waves Lincoln back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lincoln scores with a crisp jab that stopped Westlake in his tracks.
Westlake fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the body from Westlake misses
and Lincoln counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lincoln misses with an uppercut. Westlake saw that one coming.
Westlake fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lincoln manages to avoid it.
Westlake throws a jab when Lincoln was well out of range.
Lincoln misses the shot to the body.
Lincoln fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Westlake checks it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Westlake blocks the leg kick.
Lincoln misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Westlake scores with a jab.
Westlake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lincoln circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Lincoln misses.
Lincoln waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Westlake.
Lincoln throws the left hand but Westlake avoids the punch easily.
Lincoln throws a jab but it's blocked by Westlake.
Jab from Westlake.
Lincoln throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Westlake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lincoln wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Westlake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lincoln keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Westlake misses with a hook. Lincoln ducked under it nicely.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lincoln avoids the body shot from Westlake.
Lincoln scores with a jab to the jaw.
Abroham Lincoln has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cyril Westlake is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Westlake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lincoln was well out of range. Poor timing from Westlake.
Westlake slips a jab from Lincoln.
Westlake throws a body shot but no joy.
Westlake scores with a punch to the head.
Westlake works Lincoln's body with a nice hook.
Lincoln throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Westlake. Lincoln does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lincoln flicks out a counter leg kick but Westlake steps away.
Westlake slips under a jab from Lincoln.
Westlake missing with a left hand there. Lincoln was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Westlake.
Lincoln walks into a straight right hand from Westlake.
Westlake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lincoln throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Westlake.
Westlake ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lincoln fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Westlake manages to avoid it.
Lincoln needs to keep his hands up - Westlake had a free shot at his head there.
Lincoln swings for the body but Westlake moves out of range.
Westlake scores with a nice head shot.
Lincoln throws a shot from downtown. Westlake moves away and avoids it.
Westlake throws a good cross that connects.
Lincoln takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Westlake scores with a jab to the body.
Westlake throws out a powerful jab.
Westlake misses the shot to the body.
Westlake dips to his left and cracks Lincoln with an uppercut!
Westlake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lincoln appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lincoln ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Westlake moves away.
Lincoln throws a hook but Westlake avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Westlake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Westlake just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lincoln misses with a straight right.
Westlake works the jab nicely.
Lincoln throws a shot from downtown. Westlake moves away and avoids it.
A quick step to the side and Westlake tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lincoln avoids the body shot from Westlake.
Lincoln swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Westlake throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lincoln throws a looping overhand right but Westlake ducks down to avoid it.
Lincoln jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lincoln cracks Westlake with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A big right from Lincoln misses.
Westlake lands a slapping body shot.
Westlake misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Lincoln misses.
Westlake takes a swing at Lincoln's ribcage but misses.
Westlake feints a jab promting Lincoln to slip. Westlake then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Lincoln slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Westlake fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cyril Westlake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Westlake has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cyril Westlake!
Cyril Westlake gave a mention to MayheM sportswear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).