PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lachlan Cassidy (ranked 93 p4p, 8 weight class) and Misha Collins (ranked 522 p4p, 57 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cassidy
vs
Collins

163 cm
29
151 lbs
17 - 3 - 0

167 cm
28
148 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing
Red Light Coffeeshop

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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 17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lachlan Cassidy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Misha Collins!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Collins has a takedown stuffed.
Collins lands a body shot.
Collins connects with a nice looking jab.
Misha Collins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collins shoots in and drives through. Cassidy sprawls well.
Cassidy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collins was well out of range. Poor timing from Cassidy.
Collins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cassidy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lachlan Cassidy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misha Collins.
Collins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cassidy just misses with a punch to the body.
Collins lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Collins throws a poor cross that misses
and Cassidy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cassidy slips a straight right by Collins.
Sloppy strikes from Cassidy. Those never looked like landing.
Collins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins tries for a takedown but Cassidy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Collins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Collins.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cassidy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Collins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Collins shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cassidy napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Collins swings around for an armbar but Cassidy sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Collins's guard.
Collins trying to control the position.

Collins is looking for a triangle here but Cassidy uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee asks Cassidy politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Cassidy prefers to stall for the moment though.
Collins gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to control but Cassidy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Collins wants to control but Cassidy passes into side.
Collins tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cassidy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Collins can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cassidy working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins tries to improve position but can't.
Collins keeps trying to improve his position.
Collins manages to get back to half guard.
Collins tries to roll over but Cassidy keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Collins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Collins throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cassidy uses it to pass to side control.
Collins can't do much from the bottom here.
Collins is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
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 Lachlan Cassidy will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cassidy slips under a jab.
Cassidy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Collins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cassidy scrambles back to his feet.
Cassidy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Collins circles away quickly and effectively.
A nice side step and Collins releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Collins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cassidy defends it nicely.
Collins tries for a takedown but Cassidy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Collins throws a poor cross that misses
and Collins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice takedown defense from Cassidy. No joy for Collins on that attempt.
Lachlan Cassidy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misha Collins.
Cassidy misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassidy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cassidy takes one on the button.
Cassidy stuffs the takedown attempt from Collins. Collins gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Cassidy. That snapped Collins's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Collins keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Collins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cassidy on the side of the head.
Collins misses with a straight right.
Cassidy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Collins.
Collins catches Cassidy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Collins 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.
Collins throws a combination that misses
and Cassidy counters with a nice uppercut.
Cassidy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Collins.
Cassidy misses the shot to the body.
Collins takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
No luck for Collins with that takedown attempt.
Cassidy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Collins.
Cassidy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cassidy misses with the combination.
Cassidy is looking to clinch.
Collins is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Cassidy closes the distance and clinches.
Cassidy misses with a body punch.
Cassidy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Collins wants to get back to striking at distance but Cassidy won't allow it.
Cassidy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cassidy is pushing Collins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Collins goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cassidy prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cassidy.
Collins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cassidy has Collins pressed against the cage, preventing Collins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Collins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cassidy. Cassidy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lachlan Cassidy is winning the standup battle so far.
Collins swings for the body but Cassidy moves out of range.
It looked like Cassidy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Collins fails with the takedown
and Cassidy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Collins throws a poor cross that misses
and Cassidy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cassidy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collins.
Collins loads up on a big right hand but Cassidy slips the punch.
Cassidy takes a swing at Collins's ribcage but misses.
Collins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy walks into a left hand.
Cassidy avoids the body shot from Collins.
Nice sprawl there from Cassidy as Collins shoots in.
A little feinted left hand from Cassidy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Collins.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cassidy moves away.
Cassidy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Collins at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Collins.
It looked like Cassidy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Collins.
Cassidy slaps away a takedown attempt from Collins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Collins throws out a loose jab but Cassidy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cassidy is looking to wear down Collins with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Collins throws an off balance right hand
letting Cassidy counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Collins misses the target.
Collins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lachlan Cassidy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cassidy tries to clinch but Collins is having none of it.
Collins avoids the body shot from Cassidy.
Cassidy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Collins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Collins misses the shot to the body.
Collins swings widly with a right hand
and Cassidy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Collins thinking.
Collins misses with a left hand
and Cassidy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cassidy looks to score with a jab to the body but Collins is just out of range.
Collins appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab, jab by Collins - just one landing.
Cassidy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Collins moves away.
A shot to the liver by Collins. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cassidy scores with a jab. Collins acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Collins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cassidy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Collins lands with a hook. Cassidy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Collins lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cassidy throws a looping overhand right but Collins ducks down to avoid it.
Collins misses with a hook to the body
and Cassidy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cassidy dips to his left and cracks Collins with an uppercut!

Collins is rocked!
Collins avoids the body shot from Cassidy.
Collins missing with a left hand there. Cassidy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cassidy slips a straight right by Collins.
Cassidy thuds a left hand into Collins's body.
Cassidy throws a shot from downtown. Collins moves away and avoids it.
Cassidy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Collins.
A swing and a miss from Collins.
Collins dips to his left and cracks Cassidy with an uppercut!
Collins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cassidy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Cassidy to counter with a crisp jab.
Collins scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collins misses with a wild body shot.
Collins misses the shot to the body.
Cassidy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Collins fails with a takedown attempt.
Collins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cassidy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Collins.
A punch combination from Collins misses.
Cassidy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Collins tries to bum rush Cassidy with a series of wild strikes but Cassidy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A quick step to the side and Cassidy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cassidy misses with a jab to the body
and Collins counters with a straight right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Cassidy. No joy for Collins on that attempt.
Collins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cassidy misses with an uppercut. Collins saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy misses with a wild body shot.
Collins punishes Cassidy's body with a nice straight punch.
Cassidy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Collins has his takedown stuffed
and Cassidy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lachlan Cassidy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Misha Collins.
Collins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cassidy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Collins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Collins swinging wildly here.
Collins scores with a jab to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Collins misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Collins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cassidy counters with a nice uppercut.
Collins connects with a body shot that sends Cassidy's belly button to the back.
Collins misses with a hook
and Cassidy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Collins is still on wobbly legs! Can Cassidy finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Collins misses with an uppercut
and Cassidy counters with a right hand from hell and Collins is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lachlan Cassidy!
Lachlan Cassidy retains his featherweight title!
Lachlan Cassidy took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Red Light Coffeeshop for their support in the buildup to the fight.