PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Big Guns (ranked 83 p4p, 13 weight class) and Tyler Cage (ranked 248 p4p, 33 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Guns
vs
Cage

180 cm
36
192 lbs
27 - 20 - 2

185 cm
29
185 lbs
13 - 9 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Arcticus University: London

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 27 - 20 - 2, fighting out of London, Big Guns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyler Cage!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guns.
Cage takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A head kick from Guns lands but Cage takes it in his stride.
Cage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guns connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Guns tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cage lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cage misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guns.
Guns fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cage lands a nice hook to Guns's body. Guns takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cage lands with a shot to the body.
Guns on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cage. Cage obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guns blocks a jab.
Guns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Guns throws a big shot that misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Cage misses.
Cage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guns.
Some wild striking there from Guns.
Guns blocks a jab.
Cage checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage lands a jab.
Guns jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cage throws a nice looking combination but Guns bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Cage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Guns on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cage pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Guns misses the target.
Cage scores with a nice right hand.
Cage misses with a straight right.
Cage misses with a body shot.
Guns takes one to the side of the head.
Cage misses with a straight right.
Guns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cage.
Guns will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cage lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Guns has closed the distance and engaged Cage in a clinch.
Cage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Guns.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Guns.
Guns works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Guns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cage walks into a stiff left hand from Guns.
Cage throws a hook but Guns blocks it.
Cage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cage throws a jab but it's blocked by Guns.
A jab lands there for Cage.
Guns throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Tyler Cage has been cut.
Cage throws a hook but Guns blocks it.
Guns misses with a lunging right hand
and Cage connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Guns connects with the punch.
Cage misses with a body shot.
Guns dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Guns bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cage's head.
Guns takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Guns scores with the left hand. Cage knows he should have avoided that one.
Guns scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns just misses with a punch to the body.
Cage ducks under a wild hook from Guns.
Guns ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Guns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guns scores with a spinning back kick!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cage.
Cage misses with a straight right.
Guns on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Guns avoids the head kick by Cage.
Cage's jab looks to have found its range, popping Guns under the eye.
It looks like Guns has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Cage misses with a wild body shot.
Guns missing with a left hand there. Cage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guns moves away.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guns.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tyler Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Cage misses.
An inside leg kick from Cage misses.
Guns throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Guns has closed the distance and engaged Cage in a clinch.
Guns fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cage escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cage is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Guns had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cage misses with an uppercut. Guns saw that one coming.
Cage scores with the left hand. Guns knows he should have avoided that one.
Guns looks to score with a jab to the body but Cage is just out of range.
No joy there for Guns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cage feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gunss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cage walks into a left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Cage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Cage misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage staying out of range there.
Guns misses with a hook. Cage ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Cage throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cage scores with a nice strike.
Guns misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Big Guns will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tyler Cage's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cage feints a jab promting Guns to slip. Cage then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Guns slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Guns doesn't manage to clinch there - Cage circles away.
Cage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cage clobbers Guns with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Guns loads up on a big right hand but Cage slips the punch.
Cage tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cage tries a head kick but it misses.
Guns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cage.
Cage scores with a nice strike.
Cage looks to score with a jab to the body but Guns is just out of range.
Guns goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Guns slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cage lands the left hand.
Guns tries to move into range but Cage moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Guns swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Guns misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good shot there by Cage.
A slow jab from Guns misses its intended target.
Cage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Guns looks to land a right hand but Cage moved out of range.
Cage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cage lands a head shot.
A head kick misses from Guns.
A head kick misses from Guns.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guns looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big right from Cage misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cage. Guns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guns misses with a right hand
and Guns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cage misses with a double jab.
Cage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guns.
Guns lands a head shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cage misses with a lunging right hand
and Guns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Guns takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Guns throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Guns throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice combination there by Cage.
Guns bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cage jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Guns scores with a hook to the body. Cage takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cage steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Guns. That one must have hurt.
Guns scores with a hook.
Cage lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Guns moves in looking to clinch but Cage pushes him off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cage! But no joy.
Guns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cage.
Cage looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Guns sizes up Cage with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Guns throws the left hand but Cage avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from Guns finds it's target.
Cage stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cage in his tracks.
Guns lands a slapping body shot.
A big left from Guns misses.
A little jabbing left from Cage on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cage looks to land a left hand but Guns moved out of range nicely.
Guns steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cage.
Cage throws a big shot that misses.
Cage dips to his left and cracks Guns with an uppercut!
Cage misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guns. Cage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cage tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guns was well out of range. Poor timing from Cage.
Cage takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Guns.
Cage falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Guns to counter with a crisp jab.
Cage slips under a jab.
Cage shoots in but Guns avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guns misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guns throws a body shot but no joy.

Guns darts in and clinches Cage up against the cage.
Guns misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cage.
Guns stalls.
Guns misses with a hook to the ribs.

Cage breaks from the clinch.
Guns tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Guns.
Guns tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Cage misses with a lunging right hand
and Guns counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Guns staying out of range there.
Guns takes one on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guns ducks under a wild hook from Cage.
Cage throws a hook to the side of Guns's head but Guns sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guns scores with a punch to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Cage. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tyler Cage will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tyler Cage's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Guns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cage.
Nice defenses there by Cage.
Guns jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Guns scores with a nice right hand.
Guns takes a swing at Cage's ribcage but misses.
Cage loads up on a big right hand but Guns slips the punch.
Guns tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cage looks to score with a jab to the body but Guns is just out of range.

Guns has managed to clinch.
Cage blocks a body shot from Guns.
Guns throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guns holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Guns has him pressed against the cage.

Cage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cage takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cage moves out of range as Guns strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns tries a head kick but it misses.
Cage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guns connects with a jab.
Cage uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guns.
Guns takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Guns drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cage throws a jab but it's blocked by Guns.
It looked like Guns wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cage misses with a low kick.
Cage thows a left - swing and a miss!
Guns checks a low kick from Cage.
Guns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guns moves away.
Cage ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guns moves away.
Cage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good shot there by Cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns tries to clinch up but Cage circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Guns. Cage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cage moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cage jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cage lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Guns thuds his shin into the meat of Cage's side.
Cage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cage!
Cage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Guns keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guns getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Guns displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cage throws out the jab.
Nice cross by Guns.
Cage throws a lazy right hand but Guns sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Guns throws a head kick but Cage moves out of range.
Guns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cage slips a straight right by Guns.
Guns gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns looks to land a right hand but Cage moved out of range.
Guns lands a right hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Cage. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cage.
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cage connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cage misses with a straight left.
Cage blocks a low kick nicely.
Guns throws a head kick but Cage moves out of range.
Cage connects with an inside leg kick.
Cage misses with a hook
and Guns counters with a nice body shot.
Guns lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Guns lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cage throws a solid leg kick but Guns takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cage.
Cage throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cage misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Guns cracks the inside of Cage's front leg.
Cage throws a shot from downtown. Guns moves away and avoids it.
Cage throws a leg kick but Guns sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Guns was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guns swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guns connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Cage closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Guns moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Guns looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Guns wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cage slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyler Cage.
I think Cage has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Tyler Cage!
A relieved looking Tyler Cage thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.