PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Cahill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Schultz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cahill's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bringing it Back. Schultz has chosen Proven (Hatebreed) as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Cahill
vs
Schultz

190 cm
24
215 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

190 cm
26
223 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Rōnin

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Cahill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Schultz!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cahill fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Schultz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Schultz closes the distance but Cahill moves to the side
and Schultz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Schultz moves to clinch but Cahill breaks away
and Cahill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cahill scores with a nice body kick.
Schultz walks into a jab.
Cahill uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cahill missing with a left hand there. Schultz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Schultz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Schultz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cahill counters with a nice kick to the body.
Schultz looks gassed!
Cahill misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cahill misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schultz tries to clinch up
and Cahill counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Schultz tries to clinch
and Cahill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cahill misses with a straight right.
Schultz wants to clinch
and Cahill counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cahill lands a leg kick that knocks Schultz off balance momentarily.
Cahill looks to score with a jab to the body but Schultz is just out of range.
Schultz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cahill counters with an outside leg kick.
Cahill with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schultz tries to clinch
and Cahill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Dave Schultz has been cut.
Cahill fails to land with a series of punches.
Schultz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cahill counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cahill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Schultz.
Schultz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cahill lands a nice looking kick to the body. Schultz takes a step back to recover.
Schultz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cahill.
Schultz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cahill circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Schultz drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Cahill follows Schultz to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Cahill!