PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and demian maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cole
vs
maia

178 cm
19
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

177 cm
22
197 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

2KMMA Ultimate Nutrition 144 Quality
MMA's Best Nutrition

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron Cole!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, demian maia!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
maia avoids a punch combination nicely.
maia throws a right hand that Cole ducks under and follows up with a left that Cole also avoids with ease.

Cole has closed the distance and engaged maia in a clinch.
Cole lands with a short shot to the head.
Cole is leaning against maia and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Cole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
maia misses with a series of wild punches.
Cameron Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cole clinches.
maia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
maia fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The referee calls for Cole to work.

Cole breaks the clinch.
maia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cole drops maia with a left and a right! Oh, maia is hurt - Cole dives into side control looking to finish!

maia is rocked!

It looks like demian maia has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
maia tries to bench press Cole off him but Cole keeps the position.
maia is still in real trouble! Can Cole finish him?
maia prevents Cole from moving into mount.
Cole controls the position from side control.
maia seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
maia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cole wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
maia struggling a bit here.
Cole remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Cole has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
maia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cole wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cole working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
maia is looking to regain half guard here but Cole keeps moving and retains side control.
Cole working away.
Cole knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for maia on the ground.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
No joy there for maia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cole doesn't manage to clinch there - maia circles away.

Cole closes the distance and clinches.
maia tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Cole working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cole lands a left hand that snaps the head of maia backwards.
Cole is stalling here.
Cole seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Cole lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of maia backwards.
Cole lands with a light punch inside.

Cole manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Cole as maia shoots in.
Cole checks a low kick from maia.
Cole tries to clinch up.

Cole darts in and clinches maia up against the cage.

Cole manages to break the clinch.
Cole fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cole moves into range and clinches up with maia.

Cole lands a big uppercut and maia is down! He's in big trouble - Cole follows him to the mat!

Cole decides to stand up.
maia looks gassed!
maia keeps the fight on the outside.
Cole lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. maia is looking to close the distance but Cole sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! maia crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope maia is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Cameron Cole!
Cameron Cole retains his middleweight title!