PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Lowal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wech Cakes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lowal comes to the cage accompanied by KING KING KING. Cakes has chosen The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lowal
vs
Cakes

180 cm
23
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Improved boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 Las Vegas, Mohammad Lowal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wech Cakes!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lowal pushes Cakes up against the cage in a clinch.
Lowal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cakes swings wildly with an uppercut but Lowal uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lowal.
Lowal scores with a shot to the side of Cakes's head.
Lowal blocks an uppercut.
Cakes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lowal backwards.
Cakes misses with some punches.
Lowal lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Lowal.
Lowal is working Cakes over against the cage.

Lowal turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Lowal manages to end up in side control.
Cakes trying to remain calm as Lowal controls from the top position.
Cakes is trying to buck Lowal off.
Cakes trying to remain calm as Lowal controls from the top position.
Lowal throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Lowal tries to score with some ground and pound. Cakes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lowal is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Cakes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Cakes pushes Lowal away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lowal gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lowal takes a little break here. Cakes wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Lowal's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mohammad Lowal just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cakes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lowal fails to land with a series of punches.
Cakes doesn't manage to clinch there - Lowal circles away.
Lowal lands with a nice body punch.
Lowal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cakes drives through and clinches with Lowal against the cage.
Cakes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lowal.
Lowal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cakes backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lowal creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lowal lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cakes.
Lowal makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Lowal jumps into guard, dragging Cakes to the mat.
Lowal has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowal manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lowal controlling his opponent.
Cakes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lowal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cakes wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lowal controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cakes wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lowal dominating with strikes here.

Cakes is rocked!
Lowal breaks from Cakes's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cakes is still in real trouble! Can Lowal finish him?
Lowal postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Cakes bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Lowal and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mohammad Lowal!