PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ola Badmus (ranked 1555 p4p, 2083 weight class) and Robert Cap (ranked 206 p4p, 272 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Badmus
vs
Cap

180 cm
25
185
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
193
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Fantasy Threads

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ola Badmus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Cap!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cap closes the distance and clinches.
Badmus being controlled against the cage.
Cap tries to stall but Badmus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cap tries a knee to the head but Badmus blocks it.
Cap misses with a punch on the inside.
Badmus is trying to pull guard but Cap has him pressed against the cage.
Cap taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Badmus is trying to pull guard but Cap turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cap misses with the head strike.
Cap is working Badmus over against the cage.
Badmus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Badmus tries to pull guard but Cap won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ola Badmus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Badmus backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badmus fails to pull guard.
A head punch on the inside from Cap fails to land.
Cap slows down the pace here.
Badmus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cap to keep the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cap is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Badmus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cap walks away with a smile on his face. Badmus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cap misses with a lunging right hand
letting Badmus counter with a right hand.
Cap jabs Badmus right on the nose. Badmus blinks but takes it well.
Robert Cap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Badmus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Badmus swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cap counters with a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Badmus as he connects with a hook.
Cap avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Badmus scores with a jab.
Cap blocks a jab.
Cap lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cap has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cap throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cap takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Badmus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cap has closed the distance and engaged Badmus in a clinch.
A short left from Cap.
Cap is stalling here.
Badmus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cap to keep the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Badmus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cap walks away with a smile on his face. Badmus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Badmus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Badmus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cap sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Badmus thuds a left hand into Cap's body.
Badmus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Badmus manages to avoid it.

Cap moves into the clinch successfully.
Badmus fails to pull guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cap.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cap content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Badmus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cap smiles and moves away.

Badmus tries to sprawl but Cap drives through with a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Badmus actively working from the bottom here.
Badmus is refusing to be controlled, as Cap sits in half guard.
Badmus is trying is best to control the position here.
Badmus is trying to control but can't.
Cap is looking to advance position but Badmus won't allow it.
Badmus wants to control but Cap is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cap passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Badmus!
Cap misses with a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badmus tries to lock up and control but Cap gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Badmus is trying desperately to improve position.
Badmus is squirming around, avoiding Cap's attempts to control the action.
Badmus tries to lock up and control but Cap gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Badmus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Badmus wants to hold on but Cap pushes him away.
Cap controlling his opponent.
Cap trying to control but Badmus is having none of it.
Badmus wants to control but Cap is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Cap dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Cap slips under a jab from Badmus.
Cap closes the distance but Badmus moves to the side
letting Badmus counter with a right hand.
Badmus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Badmus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cap.

Cap gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Badmus avoiding damage as Cap throws knees to the body.
Badmus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Badmus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cap smiles and moves away.
Cap misses with a double jab
and Badmus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cap keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badmus.
Badmus misses with a straight right.
Cap displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Badmus throws out the jab.
Badmus throws out a loose jab but Cap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cap throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Badmus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badmus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cap.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Badmus blocking some punches.
Cap lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Badmus backwards.
Badmus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cap crunches a lovely knee into Badmus's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Badmus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ola Badmus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Badmus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cap to keep the fight standing.
Cap has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Badmus tries to pull guard but Cap holds him up against the cage and eventually Badmus drops back down to his feet.
Cap lands with a light punch inside.
Cap lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Badmus or not.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cap has a couple of punches blocked by Badmus.
Cap lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Cap scores with a nice short uppercut.
Badmus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cap lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Badmus jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cap walks away with a smile on his face. Badmus gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Badmus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cap.
Badmus throwing a counter right hand but Cap manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Cap, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Badmus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Badmus lands a jab to Cap's midsection.
Cap throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Badmus on the side of the head.
Cap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Badmus swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cap swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Badmus misses with a straight left.
Cap lands with an overhand left.
Cap throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cap scores with a body shot.
Cap swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Badmus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badmus closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cap slips under a jab from Badmus.
Badmus lands a jab to the nose.
Badmus throws a body punch but Cap moves out of range.
Badmus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cap swings away with a body shot that misses
and Badmus counters with a stiff right hand.
Cap throws a right and a left that Badmus avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Cap. Those never looked like landing.
Badmus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cap fails to land the takedown.
Badmus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cap takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
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!
Cap tries to clinch but Badmus moves away
and Badmus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cap tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Badmus was well out of range. Poor timing from Cap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badmus throws a monster overhand right that drops Cap! Badmus follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ola Badmus!
An out of breath Ola Badmus thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.