PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Seivard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seivard's entrance music is Reap and Sow- L'Astronaut. A fine choice. Cage has chosen Evolution : Enter The New World as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Seivard
vs
Cage

172 cm
18
162 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle Seivard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tristan Cage!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Seivard moves into the clinch successfully.
Cage jumps guard but Seivard stands there with Cage around his waist. Cage gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cage.
Seivard stalling in the clinch.

Seivard gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Cage kicks off Seivard and gets to his feet.

Seivard moves into range and clinches up with Cage.

Cage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cage moves out of range of the leg kick from Seivard.
It seemed like Cage was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kyle Seivard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cage throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage avoids a kick to the body.
Cage avoids the body shot from Seivard.
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seivard throws a body shot but no joy.
Seivard swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Seivard digs a good body shot into Cage's ribs.
Seivard misses with a body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cage - that will leave a mark!
Seivard stuffs the takedown.
Cage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cage avoids the body shot from Seivard.
Cage is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cage closes this distance looking for a takedown but Seivard circles away.
Kyle Seivard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tristan Cage.
Cage will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cage looks winded!
Cage takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Seivard misses with a low kick.

Seivard looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seivard is fighting to break Cage's control of his arms but Cage is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Seivard is working Cage over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
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!
Cage not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Seivard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Seivard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Seivard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Seivard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cage's head.
Seivard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cage looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage is controlling Seivard's posture.
Cage preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Seivard lands a couple of digs.

Seivard stands and steps away. Cage gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Seivard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Seivard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cage fails with the takedown.
Seivard throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Seivard is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seivard. Cage does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cage tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Cage or perhaps it was just good defense by Seivard, which made it look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Seivard gets a takedown into half guard.
Seivard looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cage on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seivard lands strikes from half guard.
Seivard lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seivard drops an elbow to the side of Cage's head.
Seivard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Seivard decides to return to a standing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Seivard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Seivard throws a head kick but Cage moves out of range.

Seivard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Cage explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Seivard is looking to wear down Cage with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cage avoids the body shot from Seivard.
Seivard looks for the body kick but Cage saw that one coming.
Cage staying out of range there.

Seivard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cage looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seivard sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cage is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Seivard tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cage sneaks back into half guard.
Seivard scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cage is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seivard working the head and body with strikes.
Seivard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Seivard wants to take a breather but Cage is having none of it.
Seivard working Cage over with strikes.
Seivard seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cage does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Seivard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Cage is trying to maintain the position but Seivard is very close to passing his half guard.
Seivard lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cage trying to control from the bottom.
Cage is staying active underneath Seivard, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Seivard is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Seivard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cage on the ground.
Cage is looking to control Seivard's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cage avoid being mounted?
Cage is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Seivard scores with a couple of nice shots.
Seivard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kyle Seivard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Seivard is working for a kimura but Cage is defending it quite comfortably.
Cage trying to control but Seivard postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage tries to get to full guard but Seivard has control of the leg.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Seivard connects with a nice short shot to Cage's temple.
Seivard drops an elbow to the side of Cage's head.
Seivard wants to free his trapped foot but Cage is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Seivard slips a nice elbow through Cage's hands, connecting with Cage's forehead.
Seivard scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Seivard is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seivard slows the pace down in half guard.
Seivard works his foot free and advances to mount.
Seivard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cage can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seivard with shots to the head and body - Cage looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cage takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cage bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Seivard has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cage off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cage throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Seivard's waist but Seivard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cage off to one side.
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Seivard backs off Cage throws a huge counter combo but Seivard manages to avoid it all.
Seivard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cage unleashes a big counter combination but Seivard bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Seivard shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cage's guard.
Seivard working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Seivard dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Seivard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cage.
Cage appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Seivard decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cage on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seivard trying to control the action but Cage is working from the bottom.
Seivard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Cage trying to control from the bottom.
Seivard stops Cage from getting back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seivard working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cage moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cage takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Seivard connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seivard working some strikes from top position.
Cage is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Seivard works over Cage with some ground and pound from guard.
Seivard throws a big elbow that misses.
Seivard won't allow Cage to get back to his feet.
Seivard trying to control but Cage is working from the bottom.
Seivard landing with the ground and pound.
Seivard scoring with some ground and pound.
Cage trying to keep a closed guard but Seivard is proving a slippery customer.
Seivard trying to control the position from guard on top but Cage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seivard is working Cage over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seivard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Seivard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Seivard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Seivard works over Cage with some ground and pound from guard.
Seivard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Seivard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Seivard stands up and waves to Cage to follow him.
Cage tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Seivard swivels and escapes.
Cage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seivard throws out the jab.
Cage wants to counter the offense by Seivard and move into the clinch position.
Seivard tries to work over Cage's front leg with a kick but Cage checks it.
Kyle Seivard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Seivard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cage looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Seivard working the head and body with strikes.
Seivard landing a few strikes.
Seivard scoring with punches from side control.
A lull in the action here as Seivard stalls from top position.
Seivard cracks Cage with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Kyle Seivard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Seivard is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Cage will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Seivard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Seivard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Cage seems a little lost for a moment, as Seivard dominates the positioning.
Seivard has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seivard working the ground and pound from side control.
Seivard throwing strikes but Cage manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cage tries to advance position but instead Seivard slips a leg back in to half guard.

Seivard manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Seivard swings for the body but Cage moves out of range.
Tristan Cage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seivard wants to clinch.
Cage looks like he wants to counter punch here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Seivard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Seivard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Seivard!
Kyle Seivard seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.