PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rob Cas (ranked 3287 p4p, 4113 weight class) and Manny Paiwia (ranked 361 p4p, 410 weight class). Rob Cas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cas
vs
Paiwia

180 cm
26
155
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
22
160
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

The Natural Order

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Cas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Paiwia!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paiwia misses with an uppercut
and Cas counters with a straight right hand.
Paiwia throws a hook but Cas blocks it.
Cas throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Paiwia misses with a left hand
and Cas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cas tries a head kick but it misses.
Cas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cas ducks under a wild hook from Paiwia.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paiwia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cas scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paiwia tries to bum rush Cas with a series of wild strikes but Cas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paiwia misses with a leg kick.
Cas cracks Paiwia with a good jab.
Cas throws a head kick but Paiwia moves out of range.
Paiwia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Paiwia under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiwia with a hook.
Cas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cas lands a leg kick that knocks Paiwia off balance momentarily.
Paiwia stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cas.
Cas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Paiwia misses with an uppercut
and Paiwia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Paiwia misses.
Cas leaves Paiwia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Paiwia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Paiwia scrambles back to his feet.
Good leg kick by Cas.
A slow jab from Paiwia misses its intended target.
Cas looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Cas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cas lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cas checks a leg kick.
Cas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Paiwia tries to clinch there but Cas circles away.
Paiwia is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paiwia.
Paiwia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Paiwia on the side of the head.
Cas throws a nice head kick!
Cas tries a head kick but it misses.
Cas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cas just misses with a punch to the body.

Paiwia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Paiwia trying to control the action but Cas is working from the bottom.
Paiwia advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiwia is looking to work his way around to Cas's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
We've been informed that Paiwia has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Paiwia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Paiwia with good strikes from the mount here!

Paiwia is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cas has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cas is trying to stand.
Cas is breathing heavily.

Paiwia has hold of Cas's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cas manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Paiwia trying to control but Cas is having none of it.

Paiwia working for a guillotine from mount but Cas is in no mood to give up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Cas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Paiwia throws a sloppy body shot
letting Cas counter with a right hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cas - that will leave a mark!
Cas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paiwia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cas counters with a solid body kick.
Cas scores with a push kick.
Cas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cas lands a nice looking kick to the body. Paiwia takes a step back to recover.
Cas throws a head kick that Paiwia semi-blocks.
Rob Cas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paiwia misses with a left hand
and Cas counters with a left and a right that stings Paiwia.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cas!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Paiwia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Paiwia throws a solid leg kick but Cas takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Paiwia.
Cas appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cas throws a body punch but Paiwia moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paiwia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crunch! Cas slams his shin into Paiwia's torso.
Cas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Paiwia throws a right hand that misses
and Cas counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Paiwia throws a jab but it's blocked by Cas.
Cas looks to land a right hand but Paiwia moved out of range.
Cas misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rob Cas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paiwia throws an overhand right that lands on Cas's shoulder, as Cas tries to avoid the shot.
Rob Cas is winning the standup battle so far.
Paiwia misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Paiwia misses its intended target.
Cas jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Paiwia fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paiwia.
Cas quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

Paiwia takes the fight into the clinch.
Paiwia has Cas pressed against the cage, preventing Cas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Paiwia has Cas pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cas manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Paiwia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cas is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rob Cas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Paiwia.
Cas tries to break the clinch but Paiwia is controlling the position.
Paiwia changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cas thuds his shin into the meat of Paiwia's side.
Paiwia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cas throws the kick towards the body but Paiwia avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Cas. That snapped Paiwia's head back.
Paiwia takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Paiwia has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cas.
That kick from Cas tenderised Paiwia's leg. Paiwia is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cas slips a straight right by Paiwia.
Cas half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cas slips a jab from Paiwia.
Cas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Paiwia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Paiwia shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cas as he avoids it easily.
Cas lands a head kick!
Paiwia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cas slips a straight right by Paiwia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paiwia moves out of range of the strikes.
Cas lands a high kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paiwia.
Paiwia throws a shot from downtown. Cas moves away and avoids it.
Paiwia looks to land a left hand but Cas moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Cas.
Cas scores with a push kick.
Paiwia misses with an uppercut.
Cas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Paiwia will feel that in the morning.

Paiwia clinches up against the cage.
Paiwia misses with some punches.
Paiwia is trying to drag Cas to the mat but Cas just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Cas dominated that second round.
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!

Paiwia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Paiwia can do to turn this around?
Paiwia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Paiwia has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cas.
Cas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rob Cas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paiwia blocks a head kick by Cas.
Cas misses with a hook. Paiwia ducked under it nicely.
Cas throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paiwia throws a big shot that misses.
Cas looks to land a left hand but Paiwia moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Paiwia! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Paiwia closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cas's guard.
Cas is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Paiwia dives into side control.

Paiwia trying to control the action but Cas is working from the bottom.
Cas gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Manny Paiwia has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cas is squirming around, avoiding Paiwia's attempts to control the action.
Paiwia cracks Cas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paiwia scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cas?
Paiwia controlling from mount.
Cas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cas tries to get out of the position.

Paiwia looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Paiwia landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cas wants to try and get back to his feet.
Paiwia trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rob Cas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paiwia lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Paiwia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cas looks a forlorn figure.
Cas is squirming around, avoiding Paiwia's attempts to control the action.
Paiwia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paiwia with the ground and pound from mount.
Cas in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Paiwia lands a couple of good shots and Cas has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Paiwia struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Paiwia is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Cas knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Cas for a finish.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Cas covers up after that shot from Paiwia.

Paiwia is persistently looking for the submission but Cas is defending it well.
Manny Paiwia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cas defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Paiwia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight for Rob Cas!
Judge William Peck scores the fight for Rob Cas!
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight for Rob Cas!

Rob Cas wins by unanimous decision!