PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lapu Lapu (ranked 312 p4p, 40 weight class) and Aaron Casaus (ranked 1891 p4p, 207 weight class). Lapu comes to the cage accompanied by Noypi by Bamboo. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Lapu
vs
Casaus

168 cm
26
153 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

172 cm
26
147 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lapu Lapu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aaron Casaus!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Lapu does it's job there.

It looks like Aaron Casaus has been cut.
Lapu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Casaus keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Casaus throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Lapu counter with a right hand.

Casaus is rocked!
Casaus has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lapu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Casaus.
Lapu moves out of range of the strikes.
Lapu misses with a wild body shot.
Casaus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lapu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Casaus lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A shot to the liver by Lapu. Beautiful body shot.
Casaus walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Lapu clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lapu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Casaus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Casaus fails to land.
Casaus working aggressively here.
Lapu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Casaus's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Lapu fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapu swings wildly with an uppercut but Casaus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lapu is working Casaus over against the cage.
Lapu misses with the head strike.
Casaus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lapu tries a body shot but Casaus blocks it.
Lapu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Casaus.
Lapu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Casaus takes a shot to the head.
Casaus swings wildly with an uppercut but Lapu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casaus blocks an uppercut.
Lapu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short left from Lapu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Lapu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casaus.
Lapu blocking some punches.
Casaus blocking some punches.
Casaus lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casaus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lapu swings wildly with an uppercut but Casaus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casaus working aggressively here.
Lapu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Casaus fails to land.
Lapu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lapu lands a hook that snaps the head of Casaus backwards.
Lapu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Casaus backwards.
Casaus misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lapu misses with a punch on the inside.
Casaus misses with the head strike.
Casaus lands a right hand.
Casaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Casaus.
Lapu has a couple of punches blocked by Casaus.
Casaus lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Lapu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Casaus throws a head punch that misses.
Lapu misses with the head strike.
Lapu misses with the head strike.
Lapu misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lapu.
Lapu misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Casaus.
Casaus misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casaus.
Casaus swings wildly with an uppercut but Lapu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casaus misses with a body punch.
Casaus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Casaus misses with some punches.
Lapu blocking some punches.
Lapu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casaus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lapu misses with a punch on the inside.
Casaus throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapu.
Casaus has a couple of punches blocked by Lapu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapu.
Lapu lands with a light punch inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lapu Lapu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Casaus's cut.
That's time! Lapu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lapu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Casaus manages to avoid it.
Lapu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Casaus's head backwards.
Casaus is still on wobbly legs! Can Lapu finish him?
Lapu staying out of range there.
Casaus seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circling - Casaus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lapu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Casaus looks to land a right hand but Lapu moved out of range.
Casaus changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lapu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Casaus can do to turn this around?
Casaus slips under a jab from Lapu.
Casaus throws a lazy uppercut
and Lapu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Casaus thinking.
Casaus throws a hook but Lapu avoids it easily.
Casaus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapu throws out a loose jab but Casaus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lapu keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

Lapu rushes Casaus and presses him up against the cage.
Lapu Lapu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lapu slows down the pace here.
Lapu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casaus tries to work over Lapu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Casaus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Casaus misses with a punch on the inside.
Lapu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Casaus swings wildly with an uppercut but Lapu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lapu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casaus.
A right handed body shot lands from Lapu.
Lapu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lapu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lapu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Casaus.
Casaus throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lapu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapu.
Lapu lands a body shot in the clinch.
Casaus throws a head punch that misses.
Lapu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lapu misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lapu.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Casaus blocks a body shot from Lapu.
Lapu misses with some punches.
Casaus misses with the head strike.
Casaus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lapu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Casaus misses with a punch on the inside.
Lapu presses Casaus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casaus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lapu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lapu misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Lapu scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Lapu.
A head punch on the inside from Lapu fails to land.
Casaus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Casaus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lapu tries a body shot but Casaus blocks it.
Casaus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Casaus misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Lapu fails to land.
A short left from Casaus.
Casaus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Casaus.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lapu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lapu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Casaus fails to land.
Casaus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Lapu.
Lapu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Lapu.
Lapu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Casaus can't find room to land a body shot as Lapu controls the action.
Lapu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lapu scores with a shot to the side of Casaus's head.
Lapu misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lapu.
Lapu lands with a short shot to the head.
Lapu throws a punch but it's blocked by Casaus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lapu Lapu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Casaus's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Casaus connects with a single shot there.
Casaus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lapu takes a swing at Casaus's ribcage but misses.
Lapu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Casaus was well out of range. Poor timing from Lapu.

Lapu takes the fight into the clinch.
Casaus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lapu lands with a short shot to the head.
Casaus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Casaus misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lapu blocks an uppercut.
Lapu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lapu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lapu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lapu misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lapu throws a punch but it's blocked by Casaus.
A shot in the inside from Lapu.
Lapu throws a head punch that misses.
Lapu tries a body shot but Casaus blocks it.
Casaus digs a right hand into Lapu's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lapu's gas tank.
Casaus takes a shot to the head.
Casaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Casaus misses with a body punch.
Lapu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lapu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lapu misses with the head strike.
Casaus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lapu has him pressed against the cage.
Lapu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lapu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Casaus blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lapu.
Lapu lands a right hand.
Lapu has a couple of punches blocked by Casaus.
Casaus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lapu stalling in the clinch.
Lapu swings wildly with an uppercut but Casaus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casaus takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Casaus blocks an uppercut.
Lapu has a couple of punches blocked by Casaus.
Lapu lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lapu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Casaus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Casaus throws a head punch that misses.
Casaus blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casaus misses with a punch on the inside.
Casaus misses with a punch on the inside.
Casaus lands a left hand.
Lapu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lapu tries to throw a body punch but Casaus avoids it by throwing Lapu back against the cage.
Lapu blocking some punches.
Lapu misses with some punches.
A short right from Lapu.
Lapu has a couple of punches blocked by Casaus.
Lapu lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lapu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lapu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Casaus backwards.
Casaus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lapu pushes Casaus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Casaus misses with a punch on the inside.
Casaus throws a punch but it's blocked by Lapu.
Casaus has a couple of punches blocked by Lapu.
Lapu struggles to land a body shot inside as Casaus controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Casaus.
Lapu misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapu.
Lapu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Lapu.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lapu.
Casaus blocks a body shot from Lapu.
Lapu misses with a punch on the inside.
Lapu blocks an uppercut.
Lapu throws a punch but it's blocked by Casaus.
Lapu throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lapu Lapu clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Casaus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Casaus scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Casaus looks to clinch
letting Lapu counter with a right hand.
Casaus lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Casaus misses the target.
Lapu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lapu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Casaus.
Lapu throws an overhand right that drops Casaus like a sack of potatoes! Lapu dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lapu Lapu!
Lapu Lapu retains his featherweight title!
Lapu Lapu thanked the fans post fight for their support.