PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zander Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yama Mama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cage's entrance music is Xander Intro. A fine choice. Mama is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Denez Prigent - Gortoz A Ran. Zander Cage has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cage
vs
Mama

185 cm
30
215 lbs
14 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zander Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yama Mama!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mama throws a head kick but Cage moves out of range.
Cage lands with a good body shot.
Cage takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mama misses with a body shot
and Cage counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zander Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mama takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cage works Mama's body with a nice hook.
Mama throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cage misses with a jab to the body
and Mama counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cage staying out of range there.
Cage swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mama counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cage is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mama tries to bum rush Cage with a series of wild strikes but Cage uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mama takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cage is looking to wear down Mama with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cage on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Mama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cage scores with a hook to the body. Mama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mama tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mama fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mama lands an overhand right.
Cage throws a poor cross that misses
and Mama counters with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mama feints a jab promting Cage to slip. Mama then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cage slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mama looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mama scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab, jab by Cage - just one landing.
Cage looks to land a combination but Mama avoids it well.
Mama connects with a solid leg kick.
Cage misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Mama, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cage takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mama displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cage. Mama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cage jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mama fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cage swings for the body but Mama moves out of range.
Mama fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mama feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mama.

It looks like Zander Cage has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cage moves out of range of the strikes.
Cage keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mama. That's going to slow Cage down.
Cage misses with a left hand
enabling Mama to counter with a crisp jab.
Mama lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mama connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab from Mama.
Mama looks to score with a jab to the body but Cage is just out of range.
A jab from Mama does it's job there.
Cage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cage misses with a shot to the body
and Mama counters with a leg kick.
Mama tests Cage's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cage throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mama misses the shot to the body.
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and Mama counters with a nice kick to the body.
Cage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mama explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cage is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mama lands a lovely overhand right.
Mama thows a body shot but no joy.
Mama connects with a body shot that sends Cage's belly button to the back.
Cage thows a body shot but no joy.
Mama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mama lands a jab to Cage's midsection.
Mama throws a right hand that Cage ducks under and follows up with a left that Cage also avoids with ease.
Cage misses with a lunging right hand
and Mama counters with a head kick. That will keep Cage thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mama scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mama.
Mama tries to land a front kick but Cage steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cage was well out of range. Poor timing from Mama.
Mama catches Cage with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cage misses with a hook
and Mama counters with a good low kick that Cage was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage swings widly with a right hand
and Mama counters with a right hand to the body.
Mama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cage. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Mama.
Cage takes one to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mama moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mama connects with a leg kick. Cage looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mama scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cage in his tracks.
Cage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mama is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cage had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cage takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cage walks into a jab.
Mama scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Mama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mama throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cage throws a right hand that misses
enabling Mama to counter with a crisp jab.
Mama lands a head kick. Cage smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cage slips a jab and a cross from Mama.
Mama has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mama, as that shot connected.
Cage misses with a hook
and Mama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cage will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mama throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cage stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yama Mama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zander Cage's cut.
That's time! Cage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mama throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cage throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mama getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cage waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mama.
Cage on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mama. Mama obviously looking to wear him down.
Mama lands a right hook to the body.
Mama lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cage at a distance.
Yama Mama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mama, right into the meat.
Cage on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Cage might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Mama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cage takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mama lands the left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Mama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mama. That's going to slow Cage down.
Cage looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mama.
Cage tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cage takes one on the button.
Cage on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mama, right into the meat.
Cage on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mama lands with a slapping head kick.
Mama cracks Cage with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mama lands a leg kick that knocks Cage off balance momentarily.
Mama fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mama lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cage 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.
Mama with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mama cracks a nice hook into Cage's ribs.
Mama cracks Cage with an open hand slap.
Mama jabs at Cage's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mama scores with a jab.
Mama lands a jab to Cage's midsection.
Cage doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mama jabs Cage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mama feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cage's calf.
Cage takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mama lands with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mama connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mama lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mama scores with a leg kick.
Cage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mama to score with a decent uppercut.
Mama lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Some wild striking there from Mama.
Mama connects with a crisp jab.
Cage looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mama lands a jab to the head.
Mama scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mama lands a nice hook to Cage's body. Cage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mama looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mama throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cage's head.
Mama connects with a body shot that sends Cage's belly button to the back.
Cage's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mama connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cage scrambles back to his feet.
Mama scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mama.
Cage takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Mama sizes up Cage with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mama jabs at Cage's body.
Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mama scores with a leg kick.
Mama connects with a solid leg kick.
Mama scores with a jab to the body.
Mama fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cage on the side of the head.
Mama lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mama pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cage throws a poor cross that misses
and Cage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mama throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cage on the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mama counters with a nice leg kick.
Mama jabs at Cage's body.
Cage takes one on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by Mama as he connects with a hook.
Mama digs a good body shot into Cage's ribs.
Cage takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mama cracks Cage with a good jab.
Mama has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mama cracks the inside of Cage's front leg.
Mama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mama lands a high kick!
Mama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cage.
Cage misses with a hook
and Mama makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Mama lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cage at a distance.
Mama paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mama swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cage.
Mama lands with a slapping head kick.
Nice body punch from Mama.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mama throws a body punch but Cage moves out of range.
Mama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cage tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cage swings widly with a right hand
and Mama counters with a head kick. That will keep Cage thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cage misses with a hook to the body
and Mama counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cage thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yama Mama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zander Cage's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mama lands a nice hook to Cage's body. Cage takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cage throws a poor cross that misses
and Mama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cage on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mama. Mama obviously looking to wear him down.
Mama thuds his shin into the meat of Cage's side.
Mama throws a head kick that half lands.
Mama cracks Cage with a good jab.
Mama bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cage misses with a right hand
and Mama counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cage takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cage on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mama. Mama obviously looking to wear him down.
Cage takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cage looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mama throws a right and a left that Cage avoids nicely.
Cage on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mama jabs Cage to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mama lands with a kick to the temple. Cage shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mama comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mama throws a head kick that misses.
Mama lands with a shot to the body.
Mama fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cage looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mama throws a series of punches but Cage moves out of range.
Mama scores with a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Mama - just one landing.
Cage takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cage with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mama to score with a decent uppercut.
Cage closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cage takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sloppy strikes from Mama. Those never looked like landing.
Mama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Mama lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cage backs up against the cage.
Mama scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mama lands a nice shot to the body.
Mama goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mama thuds a left hand into Cage's body.
Cage takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cage crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mama - the referee stops the clock and Cage gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mama. Cage manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mama lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cage at a distance.
Mama scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cage in his tracks.
Mama connects with a leg kick. Cage looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mama lands with a shot to the body.
Mama throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cage's head.
Mama misses with a body shot.
Cage takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mama connects with a body shot.
Jab by Mama.
Mama fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cage on the side of the head.
Mama throws a head kick that half lands.
Mama lands with a kick to the temple. Cage shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cage misses the body punch
and Mama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cage walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mama.
Mama will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mama scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mama throws a leg kick which misses Cage's front leg but catches the back leg as Cage tries to avoid it.
Mama swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cage counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cage avoids the head kick by Mama.
Cage takes one on the button.
Cage takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cage throws an off balance right hand
and Mama counters with a head kick. That will keep Cage thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cage swings widly with a right hand
and Mama counters with a leg kick.
Mama lands with a nice combination. Cage backs away looking to recover.
Mama scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mama feints and then cracks Cage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cage down.
Cage misses with a hook
and Mama counters with a head kick.
Mama lands a head kick!
Mama throws a shot to the body.
Mama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mama connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mama lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cage's sensitive parts.
Cage slips a jab and a cross from Mama.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cage tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mama looks to land a combination. Cage sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mama throws a nice head kick!
Cage takes one to the side of the head.
Mama throws a head kick that half lands.
Mama jabs Cage right on the nose. Cage blinks but takes it well.
Mama uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cage has time to react.
Mama lands with a nice body kick.
Cage has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cage there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yama Mama is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mama feints and then cracks Cage's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cage down.
Cage takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mama throws a leg kick which misses Cage's front leg but catches the back leg as Cage tries to avoid it.
Mama lands a jab to Cage's midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mama looks to land a combination but Cage avoids it well.
Mama thuds his right hand into Cage's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Cage takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zander Cage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mama lands with a good body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yama Mama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mama has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 25:30
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 24:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yama Mama!