PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Cadmea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Munch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Munch is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cadmea
vs
Munch

192 cm
24
252 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
32
289 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 4 - 2 - 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 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, John Munch!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Munch feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Munch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Munch throwing strikes but missing.
Cadmea looking for a sweep. Not yet Cadmea, not yet.
Cadmea might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cadmea trying to keep a closed guard but Munch is proving a slippery customer.
Cadmea looking to hit a scissor sweep but Munch is one step ahead there.
Cadmea throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Munch loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cadmea keeping moving, preventing Munch from controlling successfully.
Cadmea looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cadmea keeping moving, preventing Munch from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Munch lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadmea scores with a body shot.
Cadmea throws a series of punches but Munch moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Munch.
Cadmea throws a big shot that misses.
Cadmea throws a series of punches but Munch avoids them all with ease.

Munch moves into the clinch successfully.

Munch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Munch lands with a good body shot.
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!
Munch checks a leg kick nicely.
Munch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jab by Cadmea.
Nice defenses there by Munch.
Cadmea throws a sloppy head kick and Munch moves out of range easily.
Munch tries to work over Cadmea's front leg with a kick but Cadmea checks it.

Cadmea gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Munch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Munch is in close to Cadmea's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Munch drops back looking for a leg! Cadmea is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cadmea manages to kick Munch off! Munch jumps back into Cadmea's guard.
Munch connects with a couple of short punches.
Cadmea utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Munch stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Munch slips a jab and a cross from Cadmea.
Cadmea throws a series of punches but Munch moves out of range.

Munch shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cadmea manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Munch with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Munch content to stall in guard here.
Cadmea knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Munch on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cadmea pushes Munch off and gets back to his feet.
Munch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Munch fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cadmea on the side of the head.

Munch scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Cadmea is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Munch lands an elbow.
Oh Cadmea is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cadmea is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Munch is controlling him well.
Cadmea seems to have got his legs back now.
Munch scores with punches from side control.
Munch wants to control but Cadmea is keeping him busy.
Cadmea can't do much from the bottom here.
Munch working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cadmea tries to improve position but can't.
Munch tries to score with some ground and pound. Cadmea controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Cadmea tries to buck Munch off but Munch is having none of it.
Cadmea wants to get back to his feet but Munch drags him back down.
Cadmea tries to improve position but can't.

Munch stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Cadmea slips a jab and a cross from Munch.

Munch moves into the clinch.

Munch is trying to trip Cadmea. He has hold of a leg but Cadmea is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Munch persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Munch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Munch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cadmea wants to stand up but Munch is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Munch dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Munch pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Cadmea drops Munch with a beautiful combination! Munch stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cadmea is looking for the KO!

It looks like John Munch has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cadmea manages to avoid it.
Cadmea throws an overhand right that lands on Munch's shoulder, as Munch tries to avoid the shot.
Victor Cadmea is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cadmea keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cadmea fails to land with a series of punches.
Munch looks to land a combination but Cadmea avoids it well.
Cadmea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Munch moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cadmea takes one to the side of the head.
Cadmea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Munch circles away quickly and effectively.
Cadmea tries to bum rush Munch with a series of wild strikes but Munch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cadmea throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Munch counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Cadmea down! Munch is looking to finish but Cadmea is intelligently defending himself.
Munch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Munch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cadmea's head.

Munch thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadmea looking to control.
Cadmea wants to stand and escape but Munch is having none of it.
John Munch has got the better of the ground game so far.
Munch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Munch's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cadmea is looking to stand up but Munch isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cadmea utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cadmea is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Munch looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Munch thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Munch being controlled here momentarily.
Munch sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Cadmea is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Munch fails to land with a series of punches.
John Munch seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cadmea thuds a left hand into Munch's body.
Munch is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Munch shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cadmea keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Munch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Munch throwing shots but Cadmea is blocking nicely.
Cadmea wants to get back to his feet.
Cadmea wants to stand back up but Munch manages to pass into side control.
Cadmea wants to get back to his feet.
Cadmea is not content to let Munch control the position.
Cadmea is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cadmea is looking for a sweep.
Munch trying to control the position but Cadmea is working away.
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!
Munch in side control lands a decent elbow.
Munch misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cadmea has one of Munch's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Munch trying to control the action but Cadmea is working from the bottom.
Cadmea on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cadmea tries to get out of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Munch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Munch's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Cadmea scores with the left hand. Munch knows he should have avoided that one.
Cadmea slips under a jab.
Cadmea misses with the combination.
Munch connects with a crisp jab.
Cadmea throws a poor cross that misses
and Munch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

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

Munch is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cadmea drops Munch with a naaaaasty hook - Munch is in real trouble here! Cadmea dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Cadmea!
Victor Cadmea really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Namunamu Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.