PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Cavalera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Friedrich Nietzsche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Cavalera
vs
Nietzsche

195 cm
22
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
22
204 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Cavalera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Friedrich Nietzsche!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cavalera decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Cavalera is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nietzsche wants to control but Cavalera is keeping busy.

Cavalera is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nietzsche is just riding it out for now. Cavalera eventually gives up the hold.
Nietzsche wants to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nietzsche trying to control from the bottom.

Cavalera is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nietzsche defends it well.
Nietzsche is not content to let Cavalera control the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nietzsche tries to clinch up but Cavalera circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cavalera shoots in and drives through. Nietzsche sprawls well.

Cavalera shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nietzsche is trying to defend but Cavalera finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cavalera is breathing heavily.
Cavalera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nietzsche keeping hold of Cavalera's head, controlling as best he can.
Cavalera thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nietzsche is trying to maintain the position but Cavalera is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavalera is looking to stall here but Nietzsche recovers full guard.
Cavalera has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cavalera is stalling in the full guard.
Cavalera is fighting to break Nietzsche's control of his arms but Nietzsche is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cavalera's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cavalera looking to sit in guard and control but Nietzsche gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Cavalera looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Nietzsche has picked Cavalera up and slammed him! Cavalera can't keep hold of the triangle and Nietzsche manages to pass to side control!
Cavalera is trying to improve his position.
Cavalera is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cavalera manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nietzsche's best efforts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Cavalera dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nietzsche is looking to clinch but Cavalera is avoiding it.
Cavalera throws a right hand that Nietzsche ducks under and follows up with a left that Nietzsche also avoids with ease.
Cavalera changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nietzsche tries to avoid it but Cavalera manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nietzsche to the ground. Nietzsche escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cavalera blocks the body kick.
Nietzsche wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cavalera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nietzsche drops his hands momentarily and Cavalera takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cavalera shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nietzsche manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nietzsche has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavalera's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cavalera wants to pass the guard but Nietzsche is keeping the position.
Nietzsche keeping moving, preventing Cavalera from controlling successfully.
Nietzsche seems keen to control Cavalera's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Nietzsche keeping moving, preventing Cavalera from controlling successfully.
Nietzsche trying to keep a closed guard but Cavalera is proving a slippery customer.
Cavalera wants to get up but he can't break Nietzsche's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Nietzsche trying to keep a closed guard but Cavalera is proving a slippery customer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Cavalera shoots in and bounces Nietzsche off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavalera controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nietzsche wants to sweep but no luck.

Nietzsche is working an open guard so Cavalera takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Cavalera clinches with his opponent.

Cavalera has hold of one of Nietzsche's legs. Nietzsche is fighting the takedown attempt but Cavalera gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Cavalera wanted to stand there but Nietzsche had control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cavalera preventing the sweep.
Nietzsche trying to control the position.
Cavalera throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cavalera is stalling in the full guard.
Cavalera has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nietzsche is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Cavalera dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nietzsche drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cavalera throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Cavalera is looking for a triangle here but Nietzsche uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Cavalera manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cavalera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cavalera is trying to maintain the position but Nietzsche is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nietzsche seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cavalera does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nietzsche prevents Cavalera from improving his position.
Cavalera trying to control here.
Cavalera pushes Nietzsche off looking to stand but Nietzsche dives back in and keeps control.
Ryan Cavalera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cavalera is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Cavalera shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nietzsche napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cavalera working the strikes but Nietzsche uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

Cavalera is working for a submission of some sort.
Nietzsche keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Cavalera trying to mount his opponent but Nietzsche defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavalera thows a huge punch but Nietzsche dodges it nicely.
Cavalera throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cavalera wants to take a breather but Nietzsche is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cavalera is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nietzsche sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Good work by Cavalera as he checks the leg kick.

Cavalera moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Cavalera escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nietzsche wants to clinch up but Cavalera keeps it at a distance.

Cavalera has Nietzsche up against the cage in a clinch.
Cavalera connects with a knee to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cavalera. Nietzsche does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cavalera gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Cavalera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nietzsche.

Cavalera shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Nietzsche is trying to defend but Cavalera finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Nietzsche controlling the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Cavalera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cavalera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Cavalera!