PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mamath Blah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Cappo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blah
vs
Cappo

183 cm
23
147 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Good elbows
Determined

Resistance

Resistance
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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mamath Blah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ray Cappo!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blah throws a sloppy body shot

and Cappo counters by clinching up.
Cappo misses with the head strike.
Blah being controlled against the cage.
Blah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cappo blocking some punches.

Cappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cappo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cappo throws a series of punches but Blah avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cappo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cappo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cappo misses with a hook
and Blah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cappo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Cappo clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blah has had enough of the clinch but Cappo keeps him there for the moment.
Blah lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cappo tries a body shot but Blah blocks it.
Blah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cappo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blah prevents it.
Blah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cappo fails to pull guard.

Cappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cappo takes one to the chin there.
Cappo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Cappo drives through and clinches with Blah against the cage.
Cappo stalls.
Blah wants to get back to striking at distance but Cappo won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blah takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Mamath Blah has been cut.
Blah is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mamath Blah has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Cappo.
Cappo crunches a lovely knee into Blah's ribcage.
Cappo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blah has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Blah taking a breather.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cappo lands a good knee to the midsection. Blah won't want to take too many of those.
Blah is trying to push Cappo away but Cappo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Blah is trying to maintain a safe position but Cappo gets an underhook and turns Blah into the cage.
Cappo lands a good knee to the midsection. Blah won't want to take too many of those.
Blah is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cappo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blah is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Cappo drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Blah showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cappo trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cappo is looking for a triangle but Blah pushes his legs off easily.
Cappo is trying to keep Blah in close.
Blah won't allow Cappo to sweep him here.
Blah sitting in guard here, content to control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Blah misses the shot to the body.
Cappo walks into a left hand.
Blah moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cappo tries to clinch there but Blah circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cappo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blah is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Blah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cappo wants to clinch up but Blah keeps it at a distance.

Cappo forces Blah back against the cage and clinches.
Cappo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cappo lands an elbow just above Blah 's eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cappo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cappo manages to pull guard.

Cappo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Blah got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cappo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Blah has managed to get both his arms back between Cappo's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Cappo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mamath Blah's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Blah lands a jab-cross combination.
Ray Cappo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blah lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cappo wants to clinch up but Blah keeps it at a distance.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cappo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Blah lands a nice looking body shot.
Cappo misses with a wild combination.
Nice cross by Blah.
Blah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blah fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cappo is out of range.
Blah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cappo.
Cappo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blah lands a nice looking body shot.
Blah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cappo.

Cappo clinches up with Blah and pushes him back against the cage.
Blah is trying to break the clinch but Cappo is controlling him.
Cappo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Cappo jumps into guard, dragging Blah to the mat.
Blah has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Blah trying to control the position from guard on top but Cappo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cappo doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Blah knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cappo on the ground.
Blah trying to control the position from guard on top but Cappo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blah would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Blah wants to pass the guard but Cappo is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Blah trying to control but Cappo is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Mamath Blah wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Blah throws a big shot that misses.
Blah misses with an uppercut. Cappo saw that one coming.
Cappo motions for Blah to come forward. Cappo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cappo avoids the body shot from Blah.
Blah is looking to score with low kicks.
Blah moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Blah!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cappo clinches.

Cappo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blah throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cappo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cappo sizes up Blah with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Cappo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cappo leaning against his opponent.

Cappo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cappo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blah fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cappo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Cappo moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cappo manages to break the clinch.
Cappo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cappo looks to clinch
and Blah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cappo thinking.
Blah throws a body punch but Cappo moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Cappo. Those never looked like landing.
Cappo wants to clinch up but Blah keeps it at a distance.
Blah blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blah misses with a hook to the body

and Cappo moves into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cappo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blah misses with a wild body shot.
Blah dodges the punch combination from Cappo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mamath Blah will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mamath Blah's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Cappo looks to clinch
and Blah counters with a stiff right hand.
Blah works the jab nicely.
Blah misses with a straight right.
Blah ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cappo moves away.
A cross from Blah lands.
Blah throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cappo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cappo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cappo doesn't manage to clinch there - Blah circles away.
Blah swats away the attempt to clinch by Cappo.
Blah swats away the attempt to clinch by Cappo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blah lands a nice shot to the body.

Cappo closes the distance and clinches.
Blah looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cappo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blah prevents it.
Blah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Cappo has picked Blah up - he's going for a ride! Cappo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Cappo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Blah defends it well.
Cappo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cappo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Cappo is looking for a kimura here.
Blah is trying to maintain the position but Cappo is very close to passing his half guard.
Blah is trying to stand back up but Cappo is controlling him
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blah keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cappo wants to stand up but Blah is controlling the position.
Cappo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blah is not content to let Cappo control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cappo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Blah defends it well.
Cappo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Blah is looking to control Cappo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blah avoid being mounted?
Blah keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Blah wants to get back to full guard.
Cappo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Blah is trying to stand up here but Cappo is controlling him well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blah is not content to let Cappo control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cappo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Cappo prevents Blah from standing back up.

Cappo stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Blah to get to his feet.
Cappo staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cappo is looking to clinch but Blah is avoiding it.
Cappo avoids the body shot from Blah.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Cappo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cappo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Cappo!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ray Cappo thanked Resistance for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).