PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Pokraniac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cage comes to the cage accompanied by Atreyu - . The crowd seem to be enjoying Pokraniac's choice of entrance music: Tango from Poland. 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!

Cage
vs
Pokraniac

190 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
23
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chris Cage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Pokraniac!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pokraniac turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cage shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pokraniac defends it nicely.
Chris Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pokraniac connects with a solid leg kick.
Pokraniac dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cage. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cage shoots in looking for a takedown but Pokraniac manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cage's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pokraniac does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pokraniac pushes Cage up against the cage in a clinch.
Cage drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pokraniac gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Cage. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pokraniac breaks from the clinch.

Pokraniac lands a big uppercut and Cage crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cage looks OK. Pokraniac waves Cage back to his feet!

It looks like Chris Cage has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pokraniac swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pokraniac throws a leg kick but Cage sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cage.
Pokraniac stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pokraniac wants it to stay on the feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Cage shoots in for a takedown but Pokraniac shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cage fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cage is breathing heavily.

Pokraniac gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage has Pokraniac pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pokraniac manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Pokraniac breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Cage. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pokraniac throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Cage stumbling backwards into the cage! Cage bounces back off the cage towards Pokraniac, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Pokraniac lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Pokraniac celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Thomas Pokraniac!