PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Edivaldo Luiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and clark McCahon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edivaldo Luiz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Luiz
vs
McCahon

190 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
145 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edivaldo Luiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, clark McCahon!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for McCahon.

Luiz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McCahon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luiz keeps control of McCahon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luiz tries to land a knee to the head but McCahon blocks with his arms.
Luiz gets underhooks to prevent McCahon's takedown attempt.
McCahon managing to block the knees to the body from Luiz.
McCahon trying to stall but Luiz improves his position.
McCahon on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCahon has a couple of punches blocked by Luiz.

Luiz breaks the clinch.
Luiz throws a nice looking combination but McCahon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luiz misses with a head kick.
Luiz is looking to clinch but McCahon is avoiding it.
Luiz throws a head kick that misses.
Luiz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by McCahon.
Luiz misses with a head kick.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCahon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Luiz as he jumps to the side.
Luiz misses with a low kick.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luiz dodges the punch combination from McCahon.
Luiz blocks a head kick by McCahon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Luiz clinches with his opponent.
McCahon is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McCahon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCahon throws a head punch that misses.
Luiz can't break the clinch.
Luiz scores a nice knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luiz.
McCahon wants to get back to striking at distance but Luiz won't allow it.

Luiz breaks the clinch.

McCahon clinches with his opponent.
Luiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McCahon keeps control of Luiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Luiz manages to break the clinch.
Luiz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Luiz counters with a big head kick but McCahon shrugs it off.
Luiz is breathing heavily.
McCahon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Edivaldo Luiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of clark McCahon.
McCahon swinging wilding here.
Luiz tries to clinch but McCahon is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCahon throws a sloppy head kick and Luiz moves out of range easily.
Luiz waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract McCahon.
McCahon tries to close the distance and clinch but Luiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McCahon throws a head kick but Luiz moves out of range.
McCahon lands a jab-cross combination.
Luiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Luiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luiz walks into a jab.
Luiz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Edivaldo Luiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Luiz rushes McCahon and presses him up against the cage.
McCahon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luiz prevents the takedown attempt.
Luiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luiz crunches a lovely knee into McCahon's ribcage.

Luiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luiz scoring well with a low kick there.

Luiz tries to keep at a distance but McCahon has taken the fight into the clinch.

Luiz breaks the clinch.
clark McCahon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCahon fails with a takedown attempt.

Luiz instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCahon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McCahon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Luizs head.
Luiz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from McCahon.
McCahon lands an elbow inside that Luiz shrugs off.
McCahon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luiz backwards.
McCahon keeps control of Luiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCahon lands a nice shot to the body.
McCahon wants a takedown.
Luiz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Luiz breaks the clinch.
McCahon tries to clinch but Luiz moves away
and Luiz counters with an outside leg kick.
Luiz throws a nice looking combination but McCahon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McCahon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Luiz throws the kick towards the body but McCahon avoids it.
Luiz throws a sloppy head kick and McCahon moves out of range easily.
McCahon lands a head shot.

Luiz clinches with his opponent.

Luiz manages to break the clinch.

Luiz has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCahon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luiz prevents it.

Luiz manages to break the clinch.
McCahon throws a series of punches but Luiz moves out of range.
Luiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luiz tries to close the distance and clinch but McCahon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luiz throws a head kick that misses
and McCahon counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Luiz misses with a leg kick
and McCahon counters with a straight right hand.
McCahon shoots in for a takedown but Luiz shows good takedown defense.
Luiz throws a front kick aimed at McCahon's knee but McCahon avoids it well.
McCahon swats away the attempt to clinch by Luiz.
Luiz swats away the attempt to clinch by McCahon.
Luiz tries to clinch up.
McCahon lands a jab-cross combination.

Luiz is rocked!
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luiz tries to clinch up but McCahon circles away and keeps his distance.
Oh Luiz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fight stays on the outside here - Luiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McCahon doesn't manage to clinch there - Luiz circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but clark McCahon will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Luiz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luiz seems to have got his legs back now.
McCahon misses with a body kick.

Luiz has closed the distance and engaged McCahon in a clinch.
McCahon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luiz prevents it.
McCahon tries to land a knee to the head but Luiz blocks with his arms.
Luiz wants to break free but McCahon has control.

Luiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Luiz.
Luiz throws a head kick but McCahon moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Luiz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Luiz misses with a wild combination.
Luiz misses with a combination
and McCahon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCahon throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Luiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCahon.
McCahon throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Luiz's waist but Luiz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McCahon off to one side.
Luiz throws a head kick that half lands.
McCahon slips a jab and a cross from Luiz.
McCahon is breathing heavily.
Luiz misses with a head kick.
McCahon throws an overhand right that lands on Luiz's shoulder, as Luiz tries to avoid the shot.
McCahon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Luiz swivels and escapes.
Edivaldo Luiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of clark McCahon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCahon avoids the head kick by Luiz.

McCahon forces Luiz back against the cage and clinches.
McCahon has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McCahon is working for takedown but Luiz is calmly controlling the position for now.

Luiz breaks the clinch.
McCahon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Luiz throws a head kick that misses.
McCahon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and McCahon duly obliges.
McCahon misses with an attempted mid kick.
McCahon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A jab lands there for McCahon.
McCahon shoots for a double leg takedown but Luiz sprawls well. He's pushed McCahon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Luiz throws a sloppy head kick and McCahon moves out of range easily.
Luiz tries to clinch up

and McCahon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luiz is looking to escape.

McCahon is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
McCahon passes to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz wants to get back to his feet.
Luiz bucks up and tries to throw McCahon off but instead McCahon has got his back!
Luiz is trying to get back to his feet but McCahon has full control of the position and if anything, Luiz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luiz trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz is covering up but some of the strikes from McCahon are getting through and doing damage.
McCahon lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Luiz.
McCahon is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Luiz wants to get back to his feet.
McCahon lands punches and elbows.

McCahon is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Luiz is trying to get back to his feet but McCahon has full control of the position and if anything, Luiz has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCahon lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Luiz is trying to get back to his feet but McCahon has full control of the position and if anything, Luiz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
McCahon lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Luiz.
Luiz is trying to get back to his feet but McCahon has full control of the position and if anything, Luiz has just worked his way into a worse spot.
McCahon is landing with strikes from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCahon is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
McCahon is punishing Luiz with strikes - can he finish him?!
McCahon cracks Luiz with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Luiz from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
McCahon is scoring with a succession of shots from the back. Luiz is covering up - he's had enough and the ref steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). clark McCahon!