PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boris Cekada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phineus Gage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gage has chosen Mac Lethal - Black Widow Spider as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Boris Cekada has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cekada
vs
Gage

178 cm
28
163 lbs
25 - 8 - 1

165 cm
22
162 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Boris Cekada!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Phineus Gage!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cekada connects with a solid leg kick.
Cekada goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cekada feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gage throws the kick towards the body but Cekada avoids it.
Gage swinging wildly here.
Gage slips a jab and a cross from Cekada.
A combination from Gage does no damage.
Gage moves out of range of the strikes.
Gage ducks right into an uppercut from Cekada.
Cekada misses with a kick to the body.
Gage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cekada.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gage is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Cekada finds it's target.
Gage misses with a series of wild punches.
Cekada is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Gage looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cekada throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gage's waist but Gage gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cekada off to one side.
Gage throws a nice looking combination but Cekada bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gage avoids the head kick by Cekada.
Cekada fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gage throws a right and a left that Cekada avoids nicely.
A left lands for Cekada.
Gage fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gage throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cekada counters with a leg kick.
Gage looks to land a combination but Cekada avoids it well.
Cekada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gage.
Cekada thows a body shot but no joy.
Cekada ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Boris Cekada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cekada is looking to clinch.
Gage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cekada.
Gage swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cekada counters with a good low kick that Gage was not able to check.
Cekada throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gage.
Gage fails to land with a series of punches.
Gage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Cekada changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gage looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cekada throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Check out the look on Cekada's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Cekada lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gage down.
Gage defending against the ground and pound.
Cekada has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Cekada wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gage, who protects the arm well.
Cekada lands an elbow.
Cekada in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cekada lands a nice forearm strike.
Cekada is looking to take a break and control but Gage is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gage struggling a bit here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cekada postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cekada scoring with punches and elbows.
Gage on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Gage is rocked!
Cekada in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Gage looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Cekada turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boris Cekada!
Boris Cekada retains his lightweight title!
Boris Cekada gave a mention to GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).