PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Misha Collins (ranked 3025 p4p, 310 weight class) and Because I Can (ranked 2760 p4p, 287 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Collins
vs
I Can

167 cm
27
148 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

155 cm
26
145 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Aspire Nutrition
Red Light Coffeeshop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Because I Can!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces I Can back to the cage. Collins follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Collins scores with the left hand. I Can knows he should have avoided that one.
Collins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Collins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck I Can on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from I Can. Those never looked like landing.
Collins throws a good cross that connects.
I Can throws a right hand that misses
and Collins counters with a straight right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Collins slips under a jab from I Can.
Collins shoots in for a takedown but I Can shows good takedown defense.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
I Can just misses with a punch to the body.

Collins shoots in and gets a takedown into I Can's guard.
I Can pulls Collins in close to his closed guard and prevents Collins from doing any damage or advancing position.
I Can keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
I Can tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I Can is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
I Can is trying to keep Collins in close.
Collins connects with a couple of short punches.
Collins postures up.
Collins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Collins scoring with punches to the head and body.
I Can has control of Collins's left arm, preventing Collins from doing any damage.
Collins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Collins is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Collins engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Collins stands up over I Can, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins preventing the sweep.
Collins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Collins stands up over I Can, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Collins connects with a couple of short punches.
Collins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as I Can works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Collins postures up.
I Can is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Collins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Collins trying to control but I Can is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Collins sitting in guard here, content to control.
Collins trying to control but I Can is working from the bottom.
I Can not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Collins wants to control from the top but I Can keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collins passes easily into side control. Nice work.
I Can has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Collins is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins working the head with strikes.
Collins lands an elbow.
Collins advances to mount.
Collins working the ground and pound effectively.
Collins working I Can over with strikes here.
Collins raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
I Can working to try and regain half guard.
Collins 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.
Collins postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked I Can badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Collins around the waist but Collins pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Collins is the winner by TKO! Collins jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Misha Collins!
Misha Collins took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sun-Tzu for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Because I Can was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm so handsome i'm not surprised this guy was all over me the way he was!'.