PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pol Cuaresma Iiii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sly Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cuaresma Iiii comes to the cage accompanied by All of the lights!. This should be a great matchup!

Cuaresma Iiii
vs
Guy

160 cm
25
140 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

178 cm
26
115 lbs
11 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pol Cuaresma Iiii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sly Guy!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cuaresma Iiii.
We've been informed that Guy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cuaresma Iiii takes a swing at Guy's ribcage but misses.
Guy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cuaresma Iiii swings for the body but Guy moves out of range.

Cuaresma Iiii moves into the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii is working Guy over against the cage.
Cuaresma Iiii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cuaresma Iiii scores with a nice hook to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Guy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii scores with a nice hook to the head.
Guy blocking some punches.
Cuaresma Iiii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guy tries to break free but Cuaresma Iiii pushes him back against the cage.
Cuaresma Iiii swings wildly with an uppercut but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuaresma Iiii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cuaresma Iiii cracks Guy with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuaresma Iiii.
Guy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cuaresma Iiii has him pressed against the cage.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cuaresma Iiii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Cuaresma Iiii.

Guy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cuaresma Iiii doesn't manage to clinch there - Guy circles away.
Guy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cuaresma Iiii wants to clinch but Guy slips to the side
and Guy counters with a body kick.

Guy pushes Cuaresma Iiii up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cuaresma Iiii is leaning against Guy and scores with a nice uppercut 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!
Guy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuaresma Iiii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuaresma Iiii fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guy blocking some punches.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Guy wants to break free but Cuaresma Iiii has control.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii swings wildly with an uppercut but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guy blocks a body shot from Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a body punch.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guy blocking some punches.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook from the clinch.

Guy manages to break the clinch.
Pol Cuaresma Iiii is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cuaresma Iiii wants to clinch
and Guy counters with a two punch combo.
Cuaresma Iiii fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guy keeps the fight on the outside.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch but Guy moves away
and Guy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii throws a body punch but Guy moves out of range.
Guy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cuaresma Iiii is looking to clinch.

Guy clinches up against the cage.
Guy blocks a body shot from Cuaresma Iiii.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cuaresma Iiii working aggressively here.

Guy breaks the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii moves to clinch but Guy breaks away
and Guy counters with a low kick, right behind Cuaresma Iiii 's knee.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch up but Guy circles away and keeps his distance.

Guy drives through and clinches with Cuaresma Iiii against the cage.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pol Cuaresma Iiii dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Guy connects with a high kick.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook. Guy ducked under it nicely.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch up.

Cuaresma Iiii moves into the clinch successfully.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to work over Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cuaresma Iiii fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a body punch.
Cuaresma Iiii throws a punch but it's blocked by Guy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy has had enough of the clinch but Cuaresma Iiii keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuaresma Iiii.
A head punch on the inside from Cuaresma Iiii fails to land.
Cuaresma Iiii struggles to land a body shot inside as Guy controls his hands.
Cuaresma Iiii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guy can do to turn this around?
Cuaresma Iiii has a couple of punches blocked by Guy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cuaresma Iiii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guy blocks an uppercut.
Guy blocks a body shot from Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a body punch.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cuaresma Iiii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cuaresma Iiii works on Guy's body with a couple of short punches.

Guy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cuaresma Iiii pushes Guy up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Guy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cuaresma Iiii swings wildly with an uppercut but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cuaresma Iiii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuaresma Iiii swings wildly with an uppercut but Guy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with some punches.
Cuaresma Iiii can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to work over Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cuaresma Iiii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuaresma Iiii doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cuaresma Iiii tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cuaresma Iiii tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii throws a head punch that misses.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Guy breaks from the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Guy counters with a low kick, right behind Cuaresma Iiii 's knee.
Sly Guy seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Guy tries to keep at a distance but Cuaresma Iiii has taken the fight into the clinch.
Guy blocking some punches.
Guy prevents a body shot from Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a body punch.
Cuaresma Iiii tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
Cuaresma Iiii working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Guy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Guy.
A nice left hand lands by Cuaresma Iiii.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a punch to the body.
Guy blocks a body shot from Cuaresma Iiii.
A short right from Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Guy wants to break free but Cuaresma Iiii has control.
Pol Cuaresma Iiii has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Guy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Guy pushes Cuaresma Iiii up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cuaresma Iiii can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.

Guy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Guy keeps the fight on the outside.

Cuaresma Iiii pushes Guy up against the cage in a clinch.
Guy blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pol Cuaresma Iiii dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cuaresma Iiii closes the distance but Guy moves to the side
and Guy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuaresma Iiii throws a right and a left that Guy avoids nicely.

Cuaresma Iiii clinches with his opponent.
Cuaresma Iiii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Cuaresma Iiii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with the head strike.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a short punch on the inside.

Guy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Guy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Guy rushes Cuaresma Iiii and presses him up against the cage.
Guy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuaresma Iiii goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
Cuaresma Iiii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.

Guy manages to break the clinch.
Guy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cuaresma Iiii will feel that in the morning.

Cuaresma Iiii tries to keep at a distance but Guy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a body punch.
Guy blocks an uppercut.
Guy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cuaresma Iiii tries a body shot but Guy blocks it.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with some punches.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guy backwards.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to work over Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Guy breaks the clinch.
Sly Guy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy throws a head kick but Cuaresma Iiii moves out of range.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch there but Guy circles away.
Sly Guy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cuaresma Iiii gets tackled into the cage by Guy. Guy maintains the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii lands with a light punch inside.
Cuaresma Iiii misses with a hook to the ribs.
Guy can't break the clinch.
Guy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cuaresma Iiii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Cuaresma Iiii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Guy wants to break free but Cuaresma Iiii has control.
Cuaresma Iiii can't find room to land a body shot as Guy controls the action.
Cuaresma Iiii struggles to land a body shot inside as Guy controls his hands.
Cuaresma Iiii working aggressively here.
Cuaresma Iiii tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Guy manages to break the clinch.
Guy closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Guy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch up but Guy circles away and keeps his distance.
Guy scores with a head kick.
Cuaresma Iiii is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cuaresma Iiii tries to clinch up but Guy circles away and keeps his distance.
Guy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Guy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy circles away from the clinch attempt.

Guy has Cuaresma Iiii up against the cage in a clinch.
Cuaresma Iiii throws a punch but it's blocked by Guy.
Cuaresma Iiii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Cuaresma Iiii tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guy's elbow.
Cuaresma Iiii digs a right hand underneath Guy's ribcage. Guy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Guy tries to break the clinch but Cuaresma Iiii is controlling the position.
Cuaresma Iiii working aggressively here.
Cuaresma Iiii lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to work over Guy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Cuaresma Iiii.
Cuaresma Iiii tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pol Cuaresma Iiii is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Guy misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sly Guy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cuaresma Iiii has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pol Cuaresma Iiii!
A victorious Pol Cuaresma Iiii thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.