PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Brennan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Cage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Nate Brennan has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Brennan
vs
Cage

189 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

178 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Brennan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johny Cage!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brennan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cage looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Brennan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brennan tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Cage tries to bum rush Brennan with a series of wild strikes but Brennan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brennan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brennan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cage pinned against the cage. Cage gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Brennan.
Brennan moves in looking to clinch but Cage pushes him off.
Brennan shoots in looking for a takedown. Cage tries to sprawl out of it but Brennan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cage manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brennan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brennan is looking to clinch but Cage is avoiding it.
Cage keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Brennan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cage swats away the attempt to clinch by Brennan.
Brennan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johny Cage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brennan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cage swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cage darts in trying to clinch

and Brennan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Brennan misses with a knee to the head.
Brennan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brennan connects with a knee to the head.
Brennan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Brennan successfully pulls guard.
Cage is looking to advance position but Brennan has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Brennan lands a big elbow.
Brennan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cage wants to get back to his feet.
Cage really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cage in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brennan with the ground and pound from mount.
Brennan landing strikes from the mount.
Brennan cracks Cage with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cage keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Brennan connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cage takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Brennan working the ground and pound effectively.
Brennan with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brennan lands a big elbow.
Cage taking shots to the head.
Brennan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cage looks a forlorn figure.
Cage is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Cage working to try and regain half guard.
Cage tries to hold on but Brennan postures up.
Cage is looking to get to half guard.
Brennan scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brennan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brennan 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.
Cage keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Brennan raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cage is desperately trying to improve his position but Brennan has a good base and remains in mount.
Brennan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cage really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Brennan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Brennan working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Brennan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johny Cage'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.

Brennan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brennan tries to clinch but Cage is having none of it.
Cage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brennan tries to clinch but Cage moves out of range.
Brennan misses with a head kick.
Brennan fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brennan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brennan is looking to clinch but Cage is avoiding it.
Cage falls off balance throwing a combination

and Brennan counters with a head kick that drops Cage - he's looking to finish, following his stunned foe to the ground!

Cage is rocked!
Brennan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cage is still in real trouble! Can Brennan finish him?
Brennan thows a huge punch but Cage dodges it nicely.
Cage seems to have recovered his senses.
Cage avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Brennan.
Cage is trying to control but can't.
Cage is trying to escape back to his feet but Brennan uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brennan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Brennan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cage takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cage takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cage on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Brennan is working Cage over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cage is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brennan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cage to see if he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cage takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Brennan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cage tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Cage controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Brennan is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Cage up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cage breaks Brennan's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cage looking to pass the guard.
Cage in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cage preventing the sweep.

Cage decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Brennan, up you get!
Brennan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cage as he avoids it easily.

Cage gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brennan scores a nice knee to the body.
Cage takes an elbow to the temple.
Brennan connects with a knee to the head.
Brennan misses with a knee to the head.
Brennan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brennan stalling.
Brennan misses with a knee to the head.
Brennan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cage or not.
Cage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brennan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cage scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brennan scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brennan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brennan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brennan looking to stall.
Brennan misses with a knee strike.
Brennan scores with a knee to the head.
Brennan tries a knee to the head but Cage blocks it.
Brennan lands a knee to the body.
Cage trying to land knees to the body.
Cage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brennan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brennan landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Johny Cage's cut even more.
Brennan lands a big knee to the head and Cage goes down! Brennan pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Brennan!