PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Caius Cosades (ranked 1121 p4p, 111 weight class) and Because I Can (ranked 1909 p4p, 195 weight class). Cosades comes to the cage accompanied by Reign of the Septims. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cosades
vs
I Can

175 cm
26
152 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

155 cm
28
145 lbs
17 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caius Cosades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Because I Can!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cosades fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and I Can has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cosades throws a head kick that half lands.
I Can has his takedown stuffed
and Cosades counters with a left to the body.
Cosades ducks under a wild hook from I Can.
An attempted straight right counter from Cosades misses the target.
I Can walks into a jab.
Cosades slips under a jab.
Cosades throws a low kick, looking for I Can's leg but I Can calmly moves out of range.
Cosades uses good head movement to avoid the hook from I Can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
I Can steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cosades.
Nice body punch from Cosades.
I Can throws a lazy uppercut
and I Can takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've been hearing reports that Cosades has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
I Can moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
I Can ducks under a wild hook from Cosades.
I Can tries to counter with a clinch but Cosades shakes him off and moves away.
Good exchange - Cosades coming out on top.
Cosades throws the left hand but I Can avoids the punch easily.
I Can misses with a hook to the body
and Cosades counters with a left to the body.
I Can swings widly with a right hand
and Cosades counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
I Can lands a nice shot to the body.
I Can misses with a body shot.
Cosades swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Because I Can seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Cosades.
I Can throws an overhand right that lands on Cosades's shoulder, as Cosades tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosades clobbers I Can with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
I Can with a poor takedown
and Cosades counters with a nice uppercut.
Cosades throws a leg kick but I Can moved away.
I Can has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cosades looks to land a left hand but I Can moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from I Can misses.
Cosades bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of I Can's head.
I Can is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from I Can. Cosades does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cosades lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
I Can shoots in for a double leg but Cosades sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Caius Cosades has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Because I Can.
I Can throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cosades cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Cosades! I Can is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caius Cosades!
A victorious Caius Cosades thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Because I Can spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm so handsome i'm not surprised this guy was all over me the way he was!'.