PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Balbus Michael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lachlan Cassidy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Lachlan Cassidy was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Michael
vs
Cassidy

178 cm
20
150 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

163 cm
21
148 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Balbus Michael!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lachlan Cassidy!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cassidy tries to keep at a distance but Michael has taken the fight into the clinch.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Cassidy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michael goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cassidy prevents it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Michael obliges.
Cassidy misses with the head strike.
Michael is pushing Cassidy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Michael misses with a knee strike.
Michael blocking some punches.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch but Michael keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Cassidy.
Michael with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Michael missing with knees to the body.
Cassidy tries to work over Michael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cassidy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cassidy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michael tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cassidy avoids it.
Michael lands a good knee to the midsection. Cassidy won't want to take too many of those.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michael blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cassidy misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Michael.
Cassidy is working Michael over against the cage.
Michael tries to land a knee to the head but Cassidy blocks with his arms.
Michael trying to land knees to the body.
Cassidy working aggressively here.
Michael keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cassidy's efforts to push away.
Michael can't find room to land a body shot as Cassidy controls the action.

Cassidy breaks from the clinch.

Michael clinches up with Cassidy and pushes him back against the cage.
Cassidy lands a shoulder strike.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cassidy has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Cassidy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michael tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michael.
Michael tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michael.
Cassidy has a couple of punches blocked by Michael.

Cassidy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael misses the shot to the body.
Michael lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good work by Cassidy as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cassidy. Michael does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cassidy lands a slapping body shot.

Michael pushes Cassidy up against the cage in a clinch.
Cassidy throws a punch but it's blocked by Michael.
A shot in the inside from Cassidy.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cassidy as Michael tries to tie him up.
Michael trying to stall but Cassidy improves his position.
Michael content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cassidy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Michael blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cassidy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Michael backwards.
Michael blocking some punches.
Cassidy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Cassidy manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy misses with a looping right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Michael looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Cassidy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cassidy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michael manages to avoid it.
Michael wants to clinch.
Michael thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cassidy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Michael with a body shot.
A punch combination from Cassidy misses.
Cassidy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cassidy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michael throws a jab when Cassidy was well out of range.
Cassidy misses with a looping left.
Michael slips a jab and a cross from Cassidy.
Michael thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michael manages to avoid it.
Michael misses with a body shot
and Michael takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cassidy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cassidy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michael moves away.
Michael is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Cassidy.
Michael takes a swing at Cassidy's ribcage but misses.
Cassidy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cassidy throws a looping overhand right but Michael ducks down to avoid it.
Cassidy lands with a right hand.
Michael doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cassidy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michael sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Michael slips under a jab.
Cassidy lands a jab to the head.
Cassidy lands a jab to the nose.
Cassidy loads up on a big right hand but Michael slips the punch.
Michael wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lachlan Cassidy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cassidy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Cassidy.
Lachlan Cassidy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michael is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lachlan Cassidy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cassidy blocks a jab.
Michael takes one to the chin there.
Michael takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Michael needs to keep his hands up - Cassidy had a free shot at his head there.

Michael is rocked!
Michael takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oh Michael is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cassidy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cassidy drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Michael's head, knocking him out cold! Cassidy is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lachlan Cassidy! Lachlan Cassidy retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Lachlan Cassidy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.