PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Fish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Casgione (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fish
vs
Casgione

194 cm
21
203 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Fish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Casgione!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fish throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fish shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Casgione but Casgione pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Casgione tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fish paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Fish scores a takedown into full mount!
Casgione's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Fish throws some wild stikes that Casgione manages to avoid easily.
Casgione wants to try and get back to his feet.
Fish fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fish wants to control the pace but Casgione is squirming around nicely.
Casgione trying desperately to get to his feet.
Fish looking to control but Casgione is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Fish is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Casgione has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Casgione is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Casgione is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Fish controlling from the full mount.
Casgione is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Fish misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fish trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fish has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fish controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fish thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casgione is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Fish scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Casgione?
Casgione really wants to buck Fish off and get back to his feet.
Fish wants to control the pace but Casgione is squirming around nicely.
Casgione is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Casgione's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fish wants to control the pace but Casgione is squirming around nicely.
Casgione is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Fish throws some wild stikes that Casgione manages to avoid easily.
Fish throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fish throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fish thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fish controlling the pace for now.
Casgione is trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Fish dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Fish shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Casgione is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fish is controlling him.
Fish trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fish stops Casgione from standing up.
Fish trying to control but Casgione is working from the bottom.
Casgione wants to stand but Fish is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Casgione tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fish swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Casgione lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Aaron Fish has been cut.
Casgione lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Casgione is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fish shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Casgione as he avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casgione misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Casgione tries to close the distance and clinch but Fish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Casgione moves in looking to clinch but Fish pushes him off.
Casgione throws a front kick that sends Fish stumbling back into the cage.
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!
Fish takes a kick to the side of the head.
Casgione tries to clinch but Fish is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casgione looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casgione is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casgione wants to clinch up but Fish keeps it at a distance.

Casgione throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Fish stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Casgione follows into mount!
Casgione controlling from the full mount.

Casgione stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Mike Casgione seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casgione feints a jab and as Fish dips his head, Casgione unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Fish right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Fish falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Casgione smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Mike Casgione!