PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reginald Cavendish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sassou ZuZu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cavendish
vs
ZuZu

187 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reginald Cavendish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sassou ZuZu!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cavendish throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cavendish throws a nice looking combination but ZuZu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cavendish misses with the combination.
ZuZu tries to clinch up but Cavendish circles away and keeps his distance.
Reginald Cavendish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cavendish misses with a double jab.
ZuZu tries to clinch but Cavendish moves out of range.
Cavendish circles away from the clinch attempt.
ZuZu avoids a punch combination nicely.

ZuZu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
ZuZu tries to land knees in the clinch but Cavendish avoids the damage to the body.
Cavendish on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
ZuZu missing with knees to the body.
Cavendish prevents the takedown attempt.
ZuZu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cavendish is looking to break free of the clinch but ZuZu has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for ZuZu.
ZuZu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cavendish blocks it with crossed arms.
Cavendish dodges an elbow strike from ZuZu.
ZuZu lands an elbow inside.
Cavendish wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Cavendish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
ZuZu fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cavendish misses with a jab, cross combination.
ZuZu wants to clinch up but Cavendish keeps it at a distance.
Cavendish swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cavendish scores with a hook.

It looks like Sassou ZuZu has been cut.
Cavendish misses with a two punch combination.
Cavendish is breathing heavily.

ZuZu lands a head kick that stumbles Cavendish and the fighters go to the mat.

Cavendish is rocked!

It looks like Reginald Cavendish has been cut.
ZuZu prevents Cavendish from getting back to his feet.
Oh Cavendish is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cavendish 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.
ZuZu passes Cavendish's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

ZuZu decides to return to a standing position.
Cavendish seems to have got his legs back now.
Cavendish circles away from the clinch attempt.
ZuZu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
ZuZu wants to clinch.
Cavendish misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ZuZu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cavendish paws at him with a jab and circles away.
ZuZu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
ZuZu tries to clinch but Cavendish is having none of it.
Cavendish looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

ZuZu bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cavendish is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

ZuZu stands up and beckons Cavendish to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cavendish scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cavendish swinging wilding here.
Cavendish throws a leg kick but ZuZu sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ZuZu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cavendish.
ZuZu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
ZuZu moves in looking to clinch but Cavendish pushes him off.
Cavendish getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
ZuZu wants to clinch.
Reginald Cavendish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ZuZu tries to clinch up.
ZuZu throws a right and a left that Cavendish avoids nicely.
ZuZu tries to close the distance and clinch but Cavendish swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cavendish looks to land a combination but ZuZu avoids it well.
ZuZu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cavendish attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
ZuZu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cavendish fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. ZuZu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
ZuZu wants to clinch.
Cavendish works the jab nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - ZuZu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good leg kick by Cavendish there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cavendish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cavendish falls off balance throwing a combination

and ZuZu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by ZuZu.
ZuZu blocking some punches.
ZuZu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
ZuZu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cavendish is trying to break free.
ZuZu misses with an elbow strike.
ZuZu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cavendish lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from ZuZu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sassou ZuZu dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cavendish keeps the fight on the outside.
Cavendish misses with a series of wild punches.
Cavendish darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

ZuZu forces Cavendish back against the cage and clinches.
ZuZu tries to land knees in the clinch but Cavendish avoids the damage to the body.

Cavendish breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
ZuZu tries to clinch there but Cavendish circles away.
Cavendish misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cavendish throws a combination that misses

and ZuZu counters with a single leg into guard. Cavendish didn't expect that.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
ZuZu works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

ZuZu is trying for a kimura here. Cavendish looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! ZuZu wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sassou ZuZu!