PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Casacci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Pae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Casacci comes to the cage accompanied by Serpente by SUBSONICA. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Casacci
vs
Pae

183 cm
22
202 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
191 lbs
10 - 1 - 2

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Casacci!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Pae!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casacci closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Casacci looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Casacci moves out of range of the leg kick from Pae.
Pae takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice leg kick lands there from Casacci.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pae!
Casacci thuds his right hand into Pae's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Casacci misses with an uppercut.
Pae takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pae darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pae moves out of range of the strikes.
Pae misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joe Pae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pae throws a head kick but Casacci moves out of range.
Pae takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Casacci misses with a kick to the body.
Pae moves out of range of the body kick from Casacci.
Pae fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Casacci checks it well.
Pae has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Casacci.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casacci throws a good cross that connects.
Pae is looking to slow Casacci down with leg kicks.
Pae throws a sloppy head kick and Casacci moves out of range easily.
Pae tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Casacci is able to avoid easily.
Pae uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Casacci.

Pae gets a clinch.
Pae blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pae has a couple of punches blocked by Casacci.
Pae throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Casacci blocks it with crossed arms.
Casacci creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pae's defenses.
Casacci blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pae blocks the elbow strike.
Casacci pushes off an throws an elbow but Pae leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pae tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Casacci avoids it.
Pae looking to throw knees to the head but Casacci is blocking nicely.
Casacci managing to block the knees to the body from Pae.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casacci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pae with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Casacci misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Casacci takes a shot to the head.
Casacci on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pae blocks an elbow strike from Casacci.
Casacci lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pae backwards.
Casacci lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pae throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Casaccis head.
Pae dodges an elbow strike from Casacci.
Casacci lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pae backwards.
Casacci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casacci.
Pae lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Casacci backwards.
Casacci using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pae has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Casacci lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pae takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pae scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casacci fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pae just misses with a elbow thrown towards Casacci's brow.
Casacci tries a body shot but Pae blocks it.
Pae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Casacci lands a nice elbow.
Casacci throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pae tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Casacci's elbow.
Casacci on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Casacci swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pae tries a body shot but Casacci blocks it.
Pae working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pae misses with a body punch.
Pae gets through Casacci's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Casacci's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pae misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Casacci.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pae with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Casacci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Casacci tries to land a knee to the head but Pae blocks with his arms.
Pae blocks a body shot from Casacci.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pae trying to land knees to the body.
Casacci pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pae has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Casacci makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Casacci lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Casacci.
Casacci lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pae backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Casacci.
A short right from Casacci.
Pae tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Casacci throws an elbow but it misses.
Casacci tries to work over Pae's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Casacci.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Casacci fails to land.
Casacci lands an elbow just above Pae 's eye.
Casacci creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pae prevents a body shot from Casacci.
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 Max Casacci will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Casacci looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Casacci avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Max Casacci is winning the standup battle so far.
Pae missing with a left hand there. Casacci was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pae tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pae lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pae takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Casacci looks to score with a jab to the body but Pae is just out of range.
Casacci looks to score with a jab to the body but Pae is just out of range.
Pae needs to keep his hands up - Casacci had a free shot at his head there.
Pae doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pae pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick from Pae lands but Casacci takes it in his stride.
Casacci misses with an uppercut
and Pae counters with a low kick, right behind Casacci 's knee.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Pae clinches.
Casacci lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pae backwards.
Pae tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casacci misses with an elbow over the top.
Pae blocks an elbow strike.
Pae tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pae.
Casacci scores with a shot to the side of Pae's head.
Casacci has a couple of punches blocked by Pae.
Casacci misses with a short punch on the inside.
Casacci lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pae takes a shot to the head.

Pae is rocked!
Casacci throws a punch but it's blocked by Pae.
Casacci lands an elbow just above Pae 's eye.
Pae is still on wobbly legs! Can Casacci finish him?
Casacci lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Joe Pae has been cut.
Casacci on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Casacci lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Pae to his knees! Casacci keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Casacci!
Max Casacci retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Max Casacci thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.