PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julian Casablancas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Cutting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Casablancas comes to the cage accompanied by Gers Pardoel - Bagagedrager ft. Sef . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Casablancas
vs
Cutting

193 cm
23
219 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
203 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Casablancas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Cutting!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casablancas staying out of range there.
Cutting wants to clinch up but Casablancas keeps it at a distance.
Cutting shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice defenses there by Casablancas.
Cutting misses with a hook

and Casablancas moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Casablancas.
Casablancas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Casablancas swings wildly with an uppercut but Cutting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casablancas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cutting is trying to break the clinch but Casablancas is controlling him.
Casablancas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Casablancas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cutting wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Casablancas has him pressed against the cage.
Casablancas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casablancas lands a knee to the body.
Casablancas gets through Cutting's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Casablancas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Casablancas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Casablancas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cutting's efforts to push away.
Casablancas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Casablancas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Casablancas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Casablancas misses with an elbow over the top.
Cutting wants to get back to striking at distance but Casablancas won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas lands a left hand.
Cutting can't break the clinch.
Cutting is trying to break free.
Cutting wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Casablancas has him pressed against the cage.
Casablancas crunches a lovely knee into Cutting's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Casablancas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cutting avoiding damage as Casablancas throws knees to the body.
A short right from Casablancas on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Casablancas.
Cutting wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Casablancas working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Casablancas breaks from the clinch.
Cutting wants to clinch
and Casablancas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cutting misses with a body shot.
Casablancas lands with a straight right. Cutting didn't see that one coming.
Casablancas lands a lovely overhand right.
Bill Cutting seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cutting tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Casablancas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cutting tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casablancas swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Casablancas moves into range and clinches up with Cutting.
Casablancas has Cutting pressed against the cage, preventing Cutting from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Casablancas prevents Cutting from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A frustrated look appears on Cutting's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Casablancas lands an elbow just above Cutting 's eye.
Casablancas lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cutting lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Casablancas cracks Cutting with a nice body shot.
Casablancas utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cutting looks gassed!
Casablancas scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Casablancas obliges.
Casablancas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cuttings head.
Casablancas with a knee to the head.
Casablancas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cutting backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Casablancas is leaning against Cutting and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Casablancas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cutting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Casablancas dominated that round.
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.

Cutting tries to keep at a distance but Casablancas has taken the fight into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Casablancas.
Casablancas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Casablancas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Casablancas misses with a knee strike.

Casablancas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Casablancas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cutting looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A cross from Casablancas lands.
Casablancas throws a nice looking combination but Cutting bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cutting. Casablancas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cutting fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Casablancas manages to avoid it.
Cutting is looking to clinch but Casablancas is avoiding it.
Bill Cutting is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutting throws an overhand right that lands on Casablancas's shoulder, as Casablancas tries to avoid the shot.
Casablancas tests Cutting's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cutting doesn't manage to clinch there - Casablancas circles away.
Cutting doesn't manage to clinch there - Casablancas circles away.
Casablancas swats away the attempt to clinch by Cutting.
Cutting looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Good shot there by Casablancas.

Casablancas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Casablancas misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Casablancas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cutting tries to clinch but Casablancas moves away
and Casablancas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cutting tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Casablancas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cutting shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cutting connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Casablancas's hands.
Julian Casablancas is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas lands the left hand.
Casablancas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cutting can do to turn this around?

Cutting gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Cutting escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cutting is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cutting tries to clinch but Casablancas is having none of it.
Casablancas lands a leg kick that knocks Cutting off balance momentarily.

Casablancas moves into the clinch.
Casablancas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Casablancas has Cutting pressed against the cage, preventing Cutting from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cutting wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Casablancas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cutting looks to land a combination but Casablancas avoids it well.
Casablancas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cutting looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas scores with a nice right hand.
Casablancas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cutting is breathing heavily.
Casablancas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cutting tries to clinch up but Casablancas circles away and keeps his distance.
Cutting looks to clinch
and Casablancas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cutting tries to clinch up.
Casablancas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Casablancas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

Casablancas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Casablancas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Casablancas lands with a light punch inside.
Casablancas lands a nice elbow.
Casablancas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Casablancas.
Casablancas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cutting backwards.

Cutting is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas is leaning against Cutting and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Julian Casablancas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cutting wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Casablancas has him pressed against the cage.
Casablancas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Casablancas.
Casablancas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees to the body from Casablancas.
Casablancas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cutting's efforts to push away.
Cutting takes a shot to the head.
Cutting is still on wobbly legs! Can Casablancas finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Casablancas pushes Cutting against the cage. Casablancas is working some dirty boxing. Casablancas pushes off with a quick right hook! Cutting goes down! Cutting tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Casablancas moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julian Casablancas!
Julian Casablancas retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Julian Casablancas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.