PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carver Cade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Psi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Psi has chosen The Final Countdown - Europe as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cade
vs
Psi

170 cm
29
153 lbs
18 - 8 - 1

165 cm
28
150 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Carver Cade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abraham Psi!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Psi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cade.
Psi misses with a wild combination.
Jab from Psi.
Cade missing with a left hand there. Psi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Psi thuds his right hand into Cade's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Psi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cade.
Psi throws a series of punches but Cade avoids them all with ease.
Cade lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cade misses with the body kick
and Psi counters with a straight right hand.
No luck for Cade with that takedown attempt.

Cade fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Psi sprawls well initially but Cade persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Psi is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Psi wants to improve his position but Cade is controlling well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cade thows a huge punch but Psi dodges it nicely.
Psi is not content to let Cade control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psi is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cade in particular looking to stall.
Psi trying to control here.
Cade throwing shots but Psi is blocking nicely.
Cade prevents Psi from improving his position.
Cade working Psi over with strikes.
Psi is trying is best to control the position here.
Psi tries to kick Cade off but Cade keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Cade not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Psi is trying to stand.
Cade controlling the pace.
Psi works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Psi is trying to control the position but Cade postures up.
Cade trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Psi keeping full guard, as Cade tries to pass.
Cade stands up over Psi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cade working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cade wants to control from the top but Psi keeps moving.
Cade is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Cade tries to free his leg and advance position but Psi is retaining full guard.
Cade preventing the sweep.
Cade throws a big elbow that misses.
Psi keeping moving, preventing Cade from controlling successfully.
Psi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psi is controlling Cade's posture.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cade throwing strikes from guard but Psi blocks nicely.
Psi is adopting a defensive guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Abraham Psi was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Psi wants to clinch up but Cade keeps it at a distance.
Cade keeps the fight on the outside.
Psi lands the left hand.
A leg kick checked by Psi.
Cade listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Psi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Psi wants it to stay on the feet.
Psi throws a lazy right hand but Cade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cade throws an overhand right that lands on Psi's shoulder, as Psi tries to avoid the shot.
Psi misses with a hook. Cade ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi misses with a hook.
Abraham Psi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cade misses with a straight left.
Cade misses with a series of wild punches.
Cade keeps the fight on the outside.
Psi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Psi blocks a low kick nicely.
Psi misses with a looping right.
Cade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Psi.
Psi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cade connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Psi's hands.
Psi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Psi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cade manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cade avoids the body shot from Psi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Psi gets a clinch.
Cade misses with some punches.
Psi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Psi misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Carver Cade will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Psi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cade.
Cade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Psi.
Cade punishes Psi's body with a nice straight punch.
Cade motions for Psi to come forward. Cade throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Cade shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Psi's guard.
Cade is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Psi holds on and takes a little breather.
Carver Cade overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cade is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Psi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Abraham Psi wasn't active enough on the ground.
Cade on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cade tries to land a leg kick but Psi saw it coming and moves away.
Cade misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Psi counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Psi lands an elbow that stopped Cade in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Carver Cade has been cut.
Cade misses with the head strike.
Psi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cade is working for takedown but Psi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Psi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Psi leaning against his opponent.
Cade lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cade.
Psi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Psi blocking some punches.
Psi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cade swings wildly with an uppercut but Psi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cade swings wildly with an uppercut but Psi uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Cade.
Cade struggles to land a body shot inside as Psi controls his hands.
Cade is working for takedown but Psi is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cade gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cade trying to control the position from guard on top but Psi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Psi controls Cade momentarily but Cade frees himself.
Psi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Psi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cade 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.
Cade wants to pass the guard but Psi is keeping the position.
Psi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cade's guard.
Psi preventing the sweep.
Psi wants to stand but Cade has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Psi gets to his feet - Cade follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Psi.
Cade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Psi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Psi works Cade's body with a nice hook.
Cade drops his hands momentarily and Psi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cade wants to clinch.
Abraham Psi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Psi cracks a nice hook into Cade's ribs.
Cade slips a jab and a cross from Psi.
Cade scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cade scores with a shot to the body.
Cade fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Psi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cade lands with a nice body punch.
Cade tries to score a power double leg takedown but Psi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cade somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carver Cade. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Psi digs a good body shot into Cade's ribs.
Cade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Psi moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Psi connects with a single shot there.
Cade lands a jab.
Cade takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Psi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Cade scores with a leg kick.
Psi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cade uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Psi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cade fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cade lands with a nice body kick.

Cade manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Psi on his heels. He'll look to pass Psi's guard now, I'm sure.
Cade loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carver Cade dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carver Cade's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cade misses the shot to the body.

Cade manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Psi on his heels. He'll look to pass Psi's guard now, I'm sure.
Cade postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cade working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cade's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cade won't allow Psi to sweep him here.
Psi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cade trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cade wants to control from the top but Psi keeps moving.
Cade is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cade loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cade stopping the sweep attempt from Psi.
Cade wants to control from the top but Psi keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cade works over Psi with some ground and pound from guard.
Cade stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Psi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Psi trying to keep a closed guard but Cade is proving a slippery customer.
Cade scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Psi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cade working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cade trying to control the position from guard on top but Psi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Psi wants to stand and escape but Cade is having none of it.
Cade throws a big right hand that misses.
Carver Cade is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cade sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Psi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Psi looking for a sweep. Not yet Psi, not yet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Psi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cade was well out of range. Poor timing from Psi.
Cade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Psi misses with a straight right.
Cade throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Psi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cade throws a body punch but Psi moves out of range.
Cade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Psi throws out the jab.
Cade thows a body shot but no joy.
Psi scores with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Psi is looking to clinch.
Cade connects with a looping right hand.
Psi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cade can pounce on him.
Cade changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Psi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cade.
Cade throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Psi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Good exchange - Psi coming out on top.
Cade shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Psi defends it nicely.
Psi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cade takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Psi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cade.
Psi just misses with a punch to the body.
Psi checks a leg kick.
Psi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cade is looking to score with low kicks.
Cade misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Psi. Cade does a little dance to reset his feet.
Psi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cade.
Cade connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Psi's hands.
Psi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Psi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Psi looks to land a combination but Cade avoids it well.
Abraham Psi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cade fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab from Cade.
Psi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Psi misses with a body shot.

Cade looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cade is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Carver Cade showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cade has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carver Cade!
Carver Cade thanked the fans post fight for their support.