PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yohnie Cage (ranked 2628 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abidemi Afolayan (ranked 5678 p4p, 0 weight class). Yohnie Cage had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Cage
vs
Afolayan

195 cm
25
214 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Vikai Gear

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yohnie Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abidemi Afolayan!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Topper Green and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Afolayan lands a nice shot to the body.
Cage tries to clinch but Afolayan moves away
and Afolayan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Afolayan moves into the clinch successfully.
Cage throws a head punch that misses.
Cage tries to throw a body punch but Afolayan avoids it by throwing Cage back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Afolayan.
Cage tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Afolayan's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cage.
Afolayan lands a nice uppercut.
Afolayan lands a nice uppercut.
Afolayan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cage lands a right hand that snaps the head of Afolayan backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Afolayan blocks an uppercut.
Cage's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cage creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Afolayan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Afolayan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cage tries to clinch there but Afolayan circles away.
Afolayan tries a quick counter leg kick but Cage is wise to it.

Cage forces Afolayan back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Afolayan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cage misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cage's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Afolayan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cage takes a shot to the head.
Afolayan blocks an uppercut.
Afolayan scores with a shot to the side of Cage's head.
Cage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Afolayan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Afolayan tries a knee to the head but Cage blocks it.
Afolayan lands with a light punch inside.
Afolayan pushes Cage back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Afolayan scores with a shot to the side of Cage's head.
Afolayan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cage backwards.
Cage working aggressively here.
Afolayan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolayan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Afolayan.

Afolayan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Afolayan stuns Cage with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Afolayan rushes Cage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Afolayan.
Afolayan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cages head.
Cage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cage working aggressively here.
Cage swings wildly with an uppercut but Afolayan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cage blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Afolayan blocks an uppercut.
Afolayan scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Afolayan on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Afolayan.
Afolayan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Cage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cage closes the distance but Afolayan moves to the side
letting Afolayan counter with a right hand.
Cage tries to clinch there but Afolayan circles away.
Cage tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Afolayan counters with a left to the body.
Cage darts in trying to clinch
and Afolayan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Afolayan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Afolayan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cage takes a shot to the head.
Cage throws a head punch that misses.
Cage is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Afolayan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage wants to clinch but Afolayan slips to the side
letting Afolayan counter with a right hand.
Cage tries to clinch up
enabling Afolayan to counter with a crisp jab.
Cage tries to clinch but Afolayan moves away
and Afolayan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cage closes the distance looking to clinch
and Afolayan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Afolayan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Afolayan lands a body shot.

Afolayan moves into range and clinches up with Cage.
Cage has a couple of punches blocked by Afolayan.
Afolayan lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abidemi Afolayan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Afolayan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good shot there by Afolayan.
Cage tries to clinch there but Afolayan circles away.
Cage closes the distance but Afolayan moves to the side
letting Afolayan counter with a right hand.
Cage closes the distance but Afolayan moves to the side
and Afolayan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab by Afolayan.
Afolayan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Afolayan keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cage tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Afolayan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cage moves to clinch but Afolayan breaks away
and Afolayan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cage thinking.
Afolayan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cage wants to clinch but Afolayan slips to the side
enabling Afolayan to counter with a crisp jab.
Afolayan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Afolayan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cage looks to clinch
and Afolayan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cage moves in looking to clinch but Afolayan pushes him off.
Afolayan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cage with a body shot.
Cage closes the distance looking to clinch
and Afolayan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Yohnie Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage darts in trying to clinch
and Afolayan counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Afolayan lands an overhand right.
Cage wants to clinch
and Afolayan counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Cage tries to clinch but Afolayan is having none of it.
Afolayan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cage with a body shot.
Cage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cage closes the distance but Afolayan moves to the side
enabling Afolayan to counter with a crisp jab.
Afolayan lands a slapping body shot.
Cage tries to clinch
and Afolayan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cage tries to clinch but Afolayan moves away

and Afolayan counters with a nice right hand that sends Cage toppling to the canvas! Cage scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Afolayan finish him?!

Cage is rocked!
Cage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cage tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Afolayan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh Cage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Afolayan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Afolayan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cage wants to clinch but Afolayan slips to the side
and Afolayan counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Afolayan scores with a shot to the body.
Cage seems to have got his legs back now.
Afolayan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Afolayan plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Cage to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Cage just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Abidemi Afolayan!