PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reed Goodman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Cain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Goodman
vs
Cain

157 cm
18
346 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reed Goodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Will Cain!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goodman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cain misses with a left hand

and Goodman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Goodman.
Cain wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Goodman manages to pass to side control.

Cain is looking to escape.
Cain punching from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Goodman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cain defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cain tries to get to full guard but Goodman has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cain is defending against the submission attempts here by Goodman.
Nice strikes from Goodman there.
Cain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Goodman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cain pushes Goodman off looking to stand but Goodman dives back in and keeps control.
Cain is trying to get back to full guard.
Cain trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Goodman is working for a kimura but Cain is defending it quite comfortably.

Cain with the active half guard here but Goodman passes nicely into side control.
Cain is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Goodman easily slips into full mount!
Cain really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cain holds on for dear life, controlling Goodman's posture momentarily.

Goodman is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Cain is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Reed Goodman!