PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Cadmea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saboh Soth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cadmea
vs
Soth

192 cm
20
252 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
19
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Cadmea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Saboh Soth!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Soth is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Soth holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cadmea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cadmea tries to break free but Soth pushes him back against the cage.
Cadmea looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cadmea wants to break free but Soth has control.

Soth has hold of one of Cadmea's legs. Cadmea is fighting the takedown attempt but Soth gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Cadmea keeping moving, preventing Soth from controlling successfully.
Soth prevents Cadmea from getting back to his feet.
Cadmea is wriggling around but Soth manages to pass to half guard.
Cadmea pushes Soth off looking to stand but Soth dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadmea trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

Soth is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Cadmea has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Cadmea is trying to escape the mount.
Soth tries to control but Cadmea wriggling away.
Soth avoids the attempt from Cadmea to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadmea can't escape the position.
Cadmea trying desperately to get to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cadmea is trying to escape the mount.
Cadmea gets back to half guard.
Cadmea wants to get back to full guard.

Cadmea kicks off Soth and gets to his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cadmea.

Cadmea gets tackled into the cage by Soth. Soth maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Soth gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Cadmea regains guard.
Cadmea wants to stand up but Soth is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cadmea is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Soth is pushing down on Cadmea's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cadmea is fighting to maintain full guard but Soth has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cadmea wants to get back to his feet.
Cadmea might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cadmea is trying to get back to full guard.
Cadmea is controlling Soth's trapped leg to prevent Soth from advancing to side control.

Cadmea kicks off Soth and gets to his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cadmea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Soth has closed the distance and engaged Cadmea in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Cadmea's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Soth avoiding damage.
Soth landing knees to the head.
Cadmea jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Soth walks away with a smile on his face. Cadmea gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cadmea throws a series of punches but Soth avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cadmea.

Soth clinches.
Cadmea avoids the elbow strike from Soth, against the cage.

Soth gets a trip takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cadmea pushes Soth off looking to stand but Soth dives back in and keeps control.
Cadmea has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Soth is working away from the top position though.

Cadmea makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
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 Victor Cadmea will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cadmea's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cadmea throws a right and a left that Soth avoids nicely.

Soth rushes Cadmea and presses him up against the cage.

Soth wants the takedown. Cadmea is fighting it off but Soth persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Cadmea's guard against the cage.
Soth trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Cadmea wriggles free and stands up.
Cadmea lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Soth throws a leg kick which misses Cadmea's front leg but catches the back leg as Cadmea tries to avoid it.
Cadmea will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Soth has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Soth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cadmea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Soth misses with a jab, cross combination.

Soth clinches with his opponent.

Soth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadmea misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Soth crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cadmea - the referee stops the clock and Soth gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cadmea. Soth manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Soth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Soth tries to land a knee to the head but Cadmea blocks with his arms.
Soth keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cadmea's efforts to push away.
Soth lands a nice knee to the body.

Cadmea breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cadmea tries to keep at a distance but Soth has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cadmea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cadmea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Soth lands a knee to the head.
Soth is breathing heavily.
Soth tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cadmea avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadmea wants to break free but Soth has control.
A frustrated look appears on Cadmea's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cadmea keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Soth's efforts to push away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cadmea is trying to pull guard but Soth has him pressed against the cage.
Cadmea is trying to force a seperation but Soth has the dominant position.
Cadmea jumps guard but Soth stands there with Cadmea around his waist. Cadmea gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Soth throws an elbow but it misses.
Soth connects with a knee to the head.
Soth tries to land knees in the clinch but Cadmea avoids the damage to the body.
Soth tries a knee to the head but Cadmea blocks it.
Soth prevents Cadmea from breaking the clinch.
Cadmea tries to break the clinch but Soth is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Soth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Cadmea.
Soth on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Cadmea gets tackled into the cage by Soth. Soth maintains the clinch.
Soth is trying to break the clinch but Cadmea is controlling him.

Soth's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Cadmea. Those never looked like landing.

Soth instigates a clinch.
Cadmea is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Soth pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Cadmea. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soth is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Soth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cadmea up against the cage.
Cadmea wants to get back to striking at distance but Soth won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cadmea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Soth has clasped his hands together around Cadmea's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cadmea sneaks back into half guard.
Cadmea is trying to stand up here but Soth is controlling him well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cadmea is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Soth's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Soth's back!
Cadmea controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saboh Soth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Both fighters circling a little - Cadmea finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cadmea scores with a jab to the body.
Cadmea throws a series of punches but Soth moves out of range.
Cadmea lands a really nice looking cross but Soth seems unphased.

Soth clinches.
Soth using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cadmea has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Soth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, jab by Cadmea - just one landing.
Cadmea fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Soth pushes Cadmea up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soth misses with a knee strike.
Soth misses with a knee to the head.
Cadmea can't get the takedown.
Soth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Soth has Cadmea pressed against the cage, preventing Cadmea from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soth is trying to stall.
Soth tries to land a knee to the head but Cadmea blocks with his arms.
Soth tries a knee to the head but Cadmea blocks it.

Cadmea escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Soth has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cadmea feints and then cracks Soth's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soth down.
Cadmea goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cadmea throws a right hand that Soth ducks under and follows up with a left that Soth also avoids with ease.

Oooooh!!! Cadmea has knocked Soth down with a huge combo! Cadmea steps away and waves a wobbly Soth back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Soth is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soth drops his hands for a split second and Cadmea immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Soth face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Cadmea follows up with a right hand that knocks Soth into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Victor Cadmea!