PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph T O Callahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Alexander might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Eminem-Cinderella Man. O Callahan has chosen More human than human - White Zombie as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alexander
vs
T O Callahan

185 cm
25
213 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

198 cm
21
218 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Alexander!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joseph T O Callahan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Callahan lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Christian Alexander has been cut.
O Callahan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Alexander closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming O Callahan to the mat! O Callahan manages to get full guard.
Alexander with a nice head shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
O Callahan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Alexander sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed O Callahan's guard.
Alexander works his way into full mount!
O Callahan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Alexander lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
O Callahan is trying to escape the mount.
O Callahan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alexander scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Alexander dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander controlling from the full mount.
Alexander scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish O Callahan?
Alexander landing shots from mount.

O Callahan is rocked!

Alexander is going oldschool here, as he tries to force O Callahan to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so O Callahan shrugs it off.
O Callahan is still in real trouble! Can Alexander finish him?
O Callahan taking shots to the head.

Alexander is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but O Callahan is surviving well by controlling Alexander's body position as best he can.
O Callahan seems to have recovered his senses.
Alexander thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
O Callahan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Alexander tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Alexander looking to secure an arm triangle but O Callahan defends it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Callahan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alexander throws some wild stikes that O Callahan manages to avoid easily.
O Callahan is looking to get to half guard.
O Callahan is squirming around, avoiding Alexander's attempts to control the action.
O Callahan is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Alexander landing punches.

It looks like Joseph T O Callahan has been cut.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if O Callahan can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alexander misses with a head shot.
O Callahan really wants to buck Alexander off and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander content just to control the position here.
O Callahan tries to lock up and control but Alexander gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alexander lands with some vicious ground and pound - can O Callahan hang on?
Alexander can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as O Callahan is looking to escape.

Alexander looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Alexander working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Alexander breaks from O Callahan's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Callahan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Alexander trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Alexander cracks O Callahan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Alexander working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. O Callahan looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Alexander! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Christian Alexander!
Christian Alexander is the new light heavyweight champion!