PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kick Kicker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cash
vs
Kicker

193 cm
20
213 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

192 cm
22
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Top MMA Nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, John Cash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kick Kicker!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cash tries to close the distance and clinch but Kicker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cash wants to clinch up but Kicker keeps it at a distance.
Kicker scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like John Cash has been cut.

Cash has closed the distance and engaged Kicker in a clinch.
Kicker scores with a knee to the head.
Cash misses with a knee to the head.
Kicker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kicker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kicker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A right hand to the body from Kicker.
Cash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cash throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kicker misses with a knee to the head.
Kicker throws an elbow that misses.
Cash tries a knee to the head but Kicker blocks it.
Kicker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cash blocks it with crossed arms.
Cash misses with a knee strike.
Kicker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cash with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cash is breathing heavily.
Kicker wants to get back to striking at distance but Cash won't allow it.
Cash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the head but Cash blocks with his arms.
Kicker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cash blocks it with crossed arms.
Kicker swings wildly with an uppercut but Cash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kicker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kicker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cash has him pressed against the ropes.
Cash looking to throw knees to the head but Kicker is blocking nicely.
Kicker landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kicker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
Kicker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kicker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cash misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kicker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cash lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kicker wants to break free but Cash has control.
Kicker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cash has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Kicker gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Cash stands up from Kicker's guard - Cash perhaps looking for a knockout.
Kicker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cash tries to clinch up.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Kicker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kicker fails to land with a series of punches.
Kicker misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Kicker misses.
Kicker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Cash shoots in and bounces Kicker off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Kicker throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kicker is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kicker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cash's guard.
Kicker won't allow Cash to get back to his feet.
Cash working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kicker.
Kicker throws a big right hand that misses.
Cash wants to stand and escape but Kicker is having none of it.

Kicker decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Kicker is looking to clinch but Cash is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kicker lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cash takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick from Kicker misses.
Cash shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kicker but Kicker pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cash shoots for a double leg takedown but Kicker sprawls well. He's pushed Cash's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cash. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cash feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kicker throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Kicker has a closed guard, preventing Cash from standing up.

Kicker manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kicker lands a nice looking body kick.
A combination from Kicker does no damage.
Cash is looking to clinch.
Kicker misses with a double jab.
Kicker tries to clinch up

so Cash counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cash decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kicker, up you get!

Cash clinches.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the head but Cash blocks with his arms.
Cash lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cash landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cash lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Kicker is rocked!
Cash blocks an elbow strike from Kicker.
Kicker misses with a knee strike.
Cash lands a knee to the body.
Cash looking to throw knees to the head but Kicker is blocking nicely.
Kicker has had enough of the clinch but Cash keeps him there for the moment.
Cash tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cash crunches a lovely knee into Kicker's ribcage.
Cash using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kicker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cash tries a knee to the head but Kicker blocks it.
Cash misses with a knee strike.
Cash throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cash lands a knee to the body.
Cash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kicker's face.
Kicker tries to break the clinch but Cash is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kicker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cash avoiding damage as Kicker throws knees to the body.
Cash lands a knee to the body.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but Kicker blocks with his arms.
Kicker throws an elbow but it misses.
Kicker is trying to break free.
Kicker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kicker avoiding damage as Cash throws knees to the body.
Kicker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cash tries to land a knee to the head but Kicker blocks with his arms.
Cash misses with an elbow strike.
Cash throws an elbow but it misses.
Kicker throws a punch but it's blocked by Cash.
Kicker wants to break free but Cash has control.
Cash on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kicker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kicker scores with a shot to the side of Cash's head.
Kicker lands with a right to the head.
Cash looking to throw knees to the head but Kicker is blocking nicely.
Kicker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cash has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kicker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kicker tries to break the clinch but Cash is controlling the position.
Kicker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cash tries a knee to the head but Kicker blocks it.
Cash with a knee to the head.
Kicker is still on wobbly legs! Can Cash finish him?

It looks like Kick Kicker has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cash has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Kicker - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Cash, and another! Kicker is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). John Cash!