PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martin Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Pittana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alessandro Pittana will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cash
vs
Pittana

189 cm
22
197 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
28
185 lbs
13 - 8 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Martin Cash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Alessandro Pittana!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cash has closed the distance and engaged Pittana in a clinch.
Cash scores a nice knee to the body.
Cash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cash leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A frustrated look appears on Pittana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cash scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pittana wants to break free but Cash has control.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cash obliges.
Pittana looks gassed!
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
A bit of stalling here from Cash.
Cash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pittana's face.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Cash.
Cash lands a good knee to the midsection. Pittana won't want to take too many of those.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pittana is trying to break the clinch but Cash is controlling him.
Cash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cash lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash lands a nice knee to the body.
Cash scores a nice knee to the body.
Cash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Cash.
Cash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Cash with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cash connects with a knee to the head.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cash working Pittana over with knees to the body.
Pittana takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cash obliges.
Cash is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Cash.
Cash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cash landing knees to the body.
Cash scores with a knee to the head.
Cash connects with a knee to the head.
Cash scores with a knee to the head.
Cash looking to throw knees to the head but Pittana is blocking nicely.
Cash scores with a knee to the head.
Cash keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cash stalling the fight.
Cash keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cash.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash stalls.
Cash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Cash scores a nice knee to the body.
Pittana being controlled against the cage.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Cash.
Cash with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cash takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pittana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A bit of stalling here from Cash.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Martin Cash.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Cash tries to clinch but Pittana is having none of it.
Cash is looking to clinch but Pittana is avoiding it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cash fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pittana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pittana throws a combination. Cash tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash throws a head kick that half lands.
Pittana misses with a two punch combination.
Pittana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cash.
Alessandro Pittana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Cash closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cash has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cash drops Pittana with a big knee straight up the middle! Pittana is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Pittana is rocked!

It looks like Alessandro Pittana has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cash fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pittana is still on wobbly legs! Can Cash finish him?

Cash gets a clinch.
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Pittana seems to have recovered his senses.
Cash utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cash with a knee to the head.
Cash working Pittana over with knees to the body.
Cash utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cash lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cash obliges.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cash lands a nice knee to the body.
Cash utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Cash.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pittana takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cash is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pittana can do to turn this around?
Cash scores with a knee to the head.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Cash.
Cash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cash lands a knee to the body.
Cash looking to throw knees to the head but Pittana is blocking nicely.
Cash tries a knee to the head but Pittana blocks it.
Cash keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.
Pittana is trying to break free.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pittana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses with a knee to the head.
Cash tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Cash keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cash missing with knees to the body.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Cash has double underhooks.
Cash missing with knees to the body.
Cash prevents Pittana from breaking the clinch.
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Pittana's ribcage.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Pittana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Martin Cash has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cash taking a breather.
Cash tries a knee to the head but Pittana blocks it.
Cash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pittana tries to circle away but Cash has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash taking a breather.
Cash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pittana is trying to push Cash away but Cash has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pittana tries to break the clinch but Cash is controlling the position.
Cash prevents Pittana from breaking the clinch.
Cash keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pittana's efforts to push away.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Cash has double underhooks.
Cash misses with a knee strike.
Cash misses with a knee to the head.
Pittana is looking to break free of the clinch but Cash has double underhooks.
Cash controlling the action here for a moment.
Cash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pittana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pittana wants to break free but Cash has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pittana tries to circle away but Cash has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Cash controlling the action here for a moment.
Pittana is trying to force a seperation but Cash has the dominant position.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Cash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pittana's face.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Cash won't allow it.
Pittana is trying to push Cash away but Cash has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cash lands a good knee to the midsection. Pittana won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash lands a nice knee to the body.
Cash using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cash avoiding damage.
Knees to the body from Cash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Cash dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alessandro Pittana's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pittana gets tackled into the cage by Cash. Cash maintains the clinch.
Cash putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pittana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cash putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pittana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cash lands a knee to the head.
Cash working Pittana over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Cash.
Knees to the body from Cash.
Cash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cash lands a good knee to the midsection. Pittana won't want to take too many of those.
Cash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cash with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A knee to the head by Cash.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pittana tries to break the clinch but Cash is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pittana working hard to break the clinch.
Cash working Pittana over with knees to the body.
Cash using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cash connects with a knee to the head.
Cash misses with a knee strike.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cash with a knee to the head.
Cash landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cash tries to stall but Pittana uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cash missing with knees to the body.
Cash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Pittana tries to circle away but Cash has him pinned against the cage.
Pittana avoiding damage as Cash throws knees to the body.
Pittana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pittana is trying to force a seperation but Cash has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pittana working hard to break the clinch.
Pittana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cash obliges.
Cash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pittana blocks it with crossed arms.
Cash scores a nice knee to the body.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Cash won't allow it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cash tries to land knees in the clinch but Pittana avoids the damage to the body.
Cash connects with a knee to the head.
Pittana tries to circle away but Cash has him pinned against the cage.
Cash has Pittana pressed against the cage, preventing Pittana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pittana is trying to push Cash away but Cash has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cash tries a knee to the head but Pittana blocks it.
Cash keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cash with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pittana tries to break the clinch but Cash is controlling the position.
Cash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pittana.
Cash is trying to maintain a safe position but Pittana gets an underhook and turns Cash into the cage.
Cash throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pittana blocks it with crossed arms.
Pittana is trying to break the clinch but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Pittana wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cash has him pressed against the cage.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Cash keeps control of Pittana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cash has Pittana pressed against the cage.
Pittana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cash utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Pittana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pittana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cash moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Alessandro Pittana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pittana paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pittana tries to bum rush Cash with a series of wild strikes but Cash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Cash rushes Pittana and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pittana can't break the clinch.
Pittana has had enough of the clinch but Cash keeps him there for the moment.
Cash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pittana wants to get back to striking at distance but Cash won't allow it.
Pittana takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cash utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cash lands a knee to the head.
Pittana managing to block the knees to the body from Cash.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but Pittana blocks with his arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash wants to stall.
Cash unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Martin Cash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cash blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Cash showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cash 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Cash!
An out of breath Martin Cash thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.