PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cody Lake (ranked 3266 p4p, 3332 weight class) and Paddy Sly (ranked 426 p4p, 435 weight class). Paddy Sly will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lake
vs
Sly

180 cm
26
182
3 - 1 - 0

193 cm
19
185
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Urban Fighter

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cody Lake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Sly!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lake sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Lake moves into the clinch.
Sly avoids the elbow strike from Lake, against the cage.

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

Sly has Lake up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Lake.
Sly working aggressively here.
Sly struggles to land a body shot inside as Lake controls his hands.
Lake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sly dodges an elbow strike from Lake.
Sly is trying to break the clinch but Lake has him pressed against the cage.
Sly throws a head punch that misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sly 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lake creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sly tries to work over Lake's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lake softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sly misses with a punch on the inside.
Sly wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lake has him pressed against the cage.
Lake lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Paddy Sly has been cut.
Lake blocks a body shot from Sly.
Lake blocks a body shot from Sly.
A short uppercut from Lake.
Sly misses with a punch to the body.
Lake is stalling here.
Lake lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lake keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sly's efforts to push away.
Lake lands a shoulder strike.
Lake lands a nice uppercut.
Lake gets through Sly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sly lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lake throws an elbow but misses.
Sly blocks an elbow strike from Lake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sly moves away from the strike by Lake.
Sly misses with a straight left.
Sly tries to bum rush Lake with a series of wild strikes but Lake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lake with a body punch. A glancing blow.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sly wants to stall.
Sly misses with a punch to the body.
Sly blocks an elbow strike from Lake.

Sly breaks from the clinch.

Lake moves into the clinch.
Lake lands with a left to the head.
Lake lands with a light punch inside.
Lake lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sly wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sly fails to land.
Lake blocks a body shot from Sly.
Sly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Lake.
Lake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sly.
Lake lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lake lands an elbow that stopped Sly in his tracks for a moment.
Lake looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Lake lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Lake scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lake just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sly's brow.
Sly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lake working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sly wants to break free but Lake has control.
Nice body punch from Lake - that landed with a thud.

Sly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Lake darts in and clinches Sly up against the cage.
Lake working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lake lands a shoulder strike.

Sly is rocked!
Lake scores with a hook to the body.
Lake lands an elbow inside that Sly shrugs off.
Sly is still on wobbly legs! Can Lake finish him?
Sly looks winded!
Lake lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lake unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Sly! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lake is unloading with more strikes now! Sly drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Lake!
Cody Lake took some time post fight to say the following; 'See! That was to easy! Give me the title shot for the winner of Chimaev vs Ilmarinen because neither of them deserve it. '.