PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caeas Liege (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Thai Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liege comes to the cage accompanied by Will T. Bear: For a Few Dollars . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Liege
vs
Thai Spar

183 cm
29
187 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

200 cm
25
189 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Untouchable Fight Gear
Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Caeas Liege!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Muay Thai Spar!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liege checks a low kick from Spar.
Liege shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spar pinned against the cage. Spar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Liege checks the leg kick nicely there.
Liege shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spar pinned against the cage. Spar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Liege thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice body kick from Spar.
Liege misses the shot to the body.
Spar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Liege misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spar.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Spar darts in and clinches Liege up against the cage.

Liege pulls guard effortlessly.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Spar throwing strikes from guard but Liege blocks nicely.
Spar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Liege swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Liege is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Spar prevents Liege from getting back to his feet.
Spar throwing strikes from guard but Liege blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spar looking to sit in guard and control but Liege gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Spar is trying to control the position but Liege postures up.
Liege working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Spar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Spar is looking for a triangle but Liege pushes his legs off easily.
Liege throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Liege stopping the sweep attempt from Spar.
Liege 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.
Liege working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Spar looking for a guillotine here but Liege defends easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liege cracks Spar with a solid left hand.
Liege trying to control the position from guard on top but Spar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Liege passes Spar's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Liege frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liege is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Liege looking to secure an arm triangle but Spar defends it well.
Liege connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Spar is bucking up trying to escape but Liege cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Liege lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Liege is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Spar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Spar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Spar wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Spar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Liege wants to control but Spar is keeping busy.
Spar can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in a bad position, Spar is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.

Spar is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Spar trying to control the position but Liege manages to sink in the hooks.

Liege is cranking Spar's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Spar! He's tightened the choke and Spar is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Caeas Liege!
Caeas Liege retains his middleweight title!
Caeas Liege spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.