PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carwyn Cain (ranked 799 p4p, 88 weight class) and Yeu Fei (ranked 1789 p4p, 176 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cain
vs
Fei

175 cm
26
154 lbs
8 - 4 - 2

184 cm
27
148 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Thomspon 90%

Pit Bull Development
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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 - 4 - 2, fighting out of London, Carwyn Cain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yeu Fei!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fei jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cain has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Cain has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cain there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fei explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fei connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cain's hands.
Cain takes a jab right on the kisser.

Cain is rocked!
Fei throws a body punch but Cain moves out of range.
Oh Cain is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fei lands a nice looking body shot.
Cain is looking to land body kicks.
A countering left hand to the body from Fei misses.
A lazy body kick from Fei

and Cain counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fei!
Cain seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fei tries to improve position but can't.
Cain connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fei some visible discomfort.
Fei wants to control but Cain postures up.
Fei is looking to reverse the position.
Cain cracks Fei with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fei tries to bench press Cain off him but Cain keeps the position.
Fei takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cain lands an elbow.
Cain lands a few punches from side control.
Cain takes a little break here. Fei wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Cain works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Cain tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cain has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cain trying to control the position but Fei is working away.
Fei is looking to reverse the position.
Cain working the body and head with strikes.
Cain working the ground and pound from side control.
Fei is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fei tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cain wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cain cracks Fei with a big right hand but Fei just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fei is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cain lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fei is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cain lands a decent elbow from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fei takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cain 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.
Cain cracks Fei with a big right hand but Fei just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fei is looking for a sweep.

Cain thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Cain cracks Fei with a big right hand but Fei just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Check out the look on Cain's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fei takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Check out the look on Cain's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fei is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cain working the ground and pound.

Fei is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cain landing a few strikes.
Cain working the head with strikes.
Fei is still in real trouble! Can Cain finish him?
Fei takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fei tries to improve position but can't.
Fei seems to have recovered his senses.
Fei keeps trying to improve his position.
Cain working the head and body with strikes.

Cain looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cain connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fei some visible discomfort.
Cain lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fei is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cain is chipping away with strikes.
Fei takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cain scores with punches from side control.
Fei is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cain cracks Fei with a big right hand but Fei just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fei can't do much from the bottom here.
Fei taking a bit of punishment here - Cain scoring with strikes.
Cain lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cain working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cain scoring with punches from side control.
Cain working the body and head with strikes.
Fei taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cain lands a nice forearm strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fei is looking to regain half guard here but Cain keeps moving and retains side control.
Cain lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cain creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Cain scoring with punches and elbows.
Fei taking a bit of punishment here - Cain scoring with strikes.

Cain tries for a kimura but Fei is defending well.

Cain tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cain working away.
Fei is looking to regain half guard here but Cain keeps moving and retains side control.
Cain tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cain working the ground and pound from side control.
Cain lands a few punches from side control.
Cain landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cain working the ground and pound.
Cain is looking to take a break and control but Fei is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cain is putting a hurting on Fei here, landing some big shots from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fei stops Cain from passing to mount.
Fei takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cain lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fei taking a bit of punishment here - Cain scoring with strikes.
Cain scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Fei is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Cain can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carwyn Cain!
Carwyn Cain retains his featherweight title!
After the fight, Carwyn Cain was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.