PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Squirrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardinal Sanctus's entrance music is Ghost B.C. - Secular Haze. A fine choice. Squirrel has chosen Bio Crisis - Delirio as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Eminence Cardinal Sanctus
vs
Squirrel

191 cm
24
220 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

195 cm
27
226 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Squirrel!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Squirrel punishes Cardinal Sanctus's body with a nice straight punch.
Squirrel throws a series of punches but Cardinal Sanctus avoids them all with ease.
Squirrel lands with a straight right. Cardinal Sanctus didn't see that one coming.
Cardinal Sanctus throws a leg kick but Squirrel sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Squirrel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cardinal Sanctus doesn't seem phased though.
Squirrel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cardinal Sanctus eats them both and turns towards Squirrel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Squirrel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cardinal Sanctus was well out of range. Poor timing from Squirrel.
Cardinal Sanctus fires out a quick counter leg kick but Squirrel just manages to avoid it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Squirrel has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Squirrel!
Squirrel swinging wildly here.
Steve Squirrel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Squirrel misses with a left hand
and Squirrel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Steve Squirrel has been cut.
Squirrel just misses with a punch to the body.
Squirrel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cardinal Sanctus at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardinal Sanctus goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Squirrel just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Squirrel as he connects with a hook.
Cardinal Sanctus has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Martial Arts Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Squirrel misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cardinal Sanctus counters with a low kick, right behind Squirrel 's knee.
Squirrel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Squirrel.

Squirrel drives through with a takedown into Cardinal Sanctus's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Squirrel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Cardinal Sanctus is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Squirrel is aware though and is defending well.
Squirrel is looking to work some ground and pound but Cardinal Sanctus has wrist control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Squirrel postures up.
Squirrel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Cardinal Sanctus looking for a guillotine here but Squirrel defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal Sanctus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Squirrel.
Squirrel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cardinal Sanctus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Squirrel is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cardinal Sanctus is trying to keep Squirrel in close.

Cardinal Sanctus wants to control position but Squirrel is using a can opener to pass guard... He's turned it into a full on guillotine from mount now! Big trouble for Cardinal Sanctus here! He's turning a lovely shade of purple and yep! He's tapping out! I would say world class Jiu Jitsu but is it really? It was nice but let's not get silly about it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Steve Squirrel!
A victorious Steve Squirrel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated His Eminence Cardinal Sanctus had this to say: 'Damn you DEVIL'.