PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Wight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liege comes to the cage accompanied by Will T. Bear: For a Few Dollars . On his way into the cage it seems that Caeas Liege has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Caeas Liege seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Liege
vs
Wight

183 cm
28
185 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

205 cm
24
200 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caeas Liege!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lex Wight!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liege misses with a series of wild punches.
Wight tries to clinch up.

Wight moves into the clinch.

Liege is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Wight can't fight it off and eventually Liege manages to take the fight to the floor. Wight looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Wight keeping full guard, as Liege tries to pass.
Wight preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wight is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Liege is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Wight is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Wight has escaped and now he's on top!

Liege has his feet on Wight's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Liege instigates a clinch.
Wight throws a head punch that misses.
Liege is trying to drag Wight to the mat but Wight just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Wight avoiding damage.
Liege wants to take the fight to the mat but Wight manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Liege looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeas Liege. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liege is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wight gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Liege tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wight wants to stall.
Wight trying to land knees to the body.
Wight creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Liege's defenses.

Liege escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Liege rushes Wight and presses him up against the cage.
Wight trying to stall but Liege improves his position.
Wight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Liege lands a takedown into guard.
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!
Liege wants to pass the guard but Wight is keeping the position.
Liege advances to half guard.
Liege throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Wight pushes Liege off and gets back to his feet.
Liege will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Liege dives in and grabs Wight's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wight pushes down on Liege's head and hops out.
Nice takedown defense from Wight. No joy for Liege on that attempt.
Liege swats away the attempt to clinch by Wight.
Wight digs a good body shot into Liege's ribs.
Caeas Liege seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wight tries to clinch there but Liege circles away.
Wight drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wight stuffs the takedown.
Lex Wight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Liege fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wight tries to clinch up but Liege circles away and keeps his distance.
Wight doesn't manage to clinch there - Liege circles away.
Liege gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wight counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wight is looking to clinch.
Liege fails with the takedown.
Wight misses the shot to the body.

Liege closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Liege is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Wight is defending against the submission attempts here by Liege.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caeas Liege dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wight gets tackled into the cage by Liege. Liege maintains the clinch.
Liege is trying to pull guard but Wight has him pressed against the cage.
Liege goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wight prevents it.
Liege takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Caeas Liege has been cut.
Liege dodges an elbow strike from Wight.
Wight crunches a lovely knee into Liege's ribcage.
Wight lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wight obliges.
Liege blocks an elbow strike from Wight.
Wight trying to land knees to the body.
Wight is trying to maintain a safe position but Liege gets an underhook and turns Wight into the cage.

Liege jumps guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege keeping full guard, as Wight tries to pass.

Liege manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Wight tries to clinch up.
Liege misses with a body shot.
Wight tries to clinch but Liege moves out of range.
Liege showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wight.
Horrible takedown by Liege or perhaps it was just good defense by Wight which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeas Liege. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Liege fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wight avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege swats away the attempt to clinch by Wight.
Nice takedown defense from Wight. No joy for Liege on that attempt.

Liege clinches with his opponent.
Liege jumps guard but Wight turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Liege has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wight is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Liege avoiding damage as Wight throws knees to the body.
Wight lands with a right to the head.
Wight wants to stall.
Wight throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Liege blocks it with crossed arms.

Liege gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liege tries to free his leg and advance position but Wight is retaining full guard.
Liege working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Liege postures up.
Wight working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Liege.
Wight can't keep his opponent in guard - Liege advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Wight blocking the ground and pound attempt from Liege.
Wight looks like he's trying to stand up.
Caeas Liege overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Liege not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Liege is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Liege seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wight is trying to get back to full guard.
Wight is looking to escape.
Liege not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liege trying to pass the guard but Wight defending well.
Nice strikes from Liege there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liege stops Wight from getting back to his feet.
Liege not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Caeas Liege will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Caeas Liege's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Liege manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Liege has managed to clinch.
Wight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wight trying to stall but Liege improves his position.
Wight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Liege.
Wight taking a breather.
Wight lands an elbow that stopped Liege in his tracks for a moment.
Liege is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Wight is defending well.
Wight trying to stall but Liege improves his position.
Liege is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wight looking to throw knees to the head but Liege is blocking nicely.
Wight gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Liege.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caeas Liege. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wight tries to land a knee to the head but Liege blocks with his arms.

Liege gets a trip takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liege is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Liege is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Liege is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wight sees it coming and defends easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wight blocking the ground and pound attempt from Liege.
Wight regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Liege.
Liege distracts Wight with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Liege throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wight wants to get back to his feet but Liege is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Liege cracks Wight with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Liege lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Liege is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Wight is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Wight has escaped and now he's on top!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wight has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Liege is proving hard to escape from.

Wight stands and steps away. Liege gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Caeas Liege is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wight doesn't manage to clinch there - Liege circles away.
Liege avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wight doesn't manage to clinch there - Liege circles away.
Wight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Liege gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Liege tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wight smiles and moves away.
Caeas Liege is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wight tries to clinch but Liege is having none of it.
Liege tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wight sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Liege somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Liege closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Liege looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Liege throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Wight works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Liege throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wight pushes Liege off looking to stand but Liege dives back in and keeps control.
Lex Wight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Wight looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caeas Liege showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Liege, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caeas Liege!
A less than humble Caeas Liege misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.