PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryant is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by My Life. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Casey
vs
Bryant

183 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
19
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Casey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Bryant!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bryant ducks under a wild hook from Casey.
Bryant wants to clinch.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Casey lands with a kick to the temple. Bryant shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Casey tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bryant tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Casey swivels and escapes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Casey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant tries to clinch there but Casey circles away.
Casey stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Casey wants it to stay on the feet.
Casey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bryant manages to avoid it.
Casey scoring well with a low kick there.
Bryant doesn't manage to clinch there - Casey circles away.
Nice body kick from Casey.
Casey throws a nice looking combination but Bryant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bryant wants to clinch.
Bryant bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Casey loads up on a big right hand but Bryant slips the punch.
Casey throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Casey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Casey thows a body shot but no joy.
Casey scores with a nice body kick.
Casey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bryant stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Casey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
James Casey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Bryant.
Bryant fails in his attempt to clinch.
Casey throws a head kick that half lands.
Casey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bryant.
Bryant fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck for Bryant with that takedown attempt.
Bryant moves in looking to clinch but Casey pushes him off.
James Casey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Casey feints and then cracks Bryant's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bryant down.
Bryant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Casey takes a swing at Bryant's ribcage but misses.
Joseph Bryant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Casey!
Casey misses with a looping left.
Casey looks to land a combination but Bryant avoids it well.
Casey throws a sloppy head kick and Bryant moves out of range easily.
Bryant tries for a takedown but Casey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Casey misses with a few strikes there.
Bryant tries to clinch there but Casey circles away.
Bryant tries to clinch up.
Bryant fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bryant looks gassed!
Bryant tries to clinch but Casey moves out of range.
Casey lands a head kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant wants to clinch up but Casey keeps it at a distance.
Casey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Casey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Casey throws a jab but it's blocked by Bryant.
Bryant wants to clinch.
Bryant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Casey can pounce on him.
Bryant tries to clinch but Casey is having none of it.
Bryant tries to clinch up but Casey circles away and keeps his distance.
Casey throws a right hand that Bryant ducks under and follows up with a left that Bryant also avoids with ease.
Casey throws a nice looking combination but Bryant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bryant tries to clinch up but Casey circles away and keeps his distance.
Casey tests Bryant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Casey.
Casey throws a jab when Bryant was well out of range.
Casey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bryant. That did some damage!
Casey plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Bryant closes the distance and clinches.
Bryant misses with a knee to the head.

Casey breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Casey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bryant's sensitive parts.
Casey feints and then cracks Bryant's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bryant down.
Casey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Casey looks to land a combination but Bryant avoids it well.
Casey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bryant wants to clinch up but Casey keeps it at a distance.
Bryant tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Casey lands a jab to the nose.
Casey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Casey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Casey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Casey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Casey misses with a straight right.
Casey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bryant avoids a punch combination nicely.
Casey misses with a hook. Bryant ducked under it nicely.
Casey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Casey throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casey misses with a double jab.
Casey throws a right and a left that Bryant avoids nicely.
A good leg kick by Casey.
Casey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bryant takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Casey jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Casey misses with a series of wild punches.
Bryant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bryant takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bryant fails in his attempt to clinch.
Casey misses with a straight right.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch but Casey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bryant tries to clinch up.
Casey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Casey misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bryant looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bryant moves out of range as Casey strikes.

Bryant moves into range and clinches up with Casey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Casey dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Casey swinging wildly here.
Bryant tries to clinch up.
Bryant tries for a takedown but Casey sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Casey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Casey scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Casey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Casey scores with a leg kick.
Bryant shoots in and drives through. Casey sprawls well.
A jab from Casey does it's job there.
Casey lands with an overhand left.

Bryant clinches with his opponent.
Casey is trying to break the clinch but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Casey has had enough of the clinch but Bryant keeps him there for the moment.
Bryant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Casey blocks it with crossed arms.
Bryant misses with a knee strike.
Bryant is breathing heavily.
Casey is trying to break free.
Bryant tries to pull guard but Casey holds him up against the cage and eventually Bryant drops back down to his feet.
James Casey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Bryant.
Bryant tries a knee to the head but Casey blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey tries to circle away but Bryant has him pinned against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bryant keeps control of Casey as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Casey takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bryant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Casey is trying to force a seperation but Bryant has the dominant position.
Bryant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Casey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Casey is trying to break the clinch but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Bryant's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Casey tries to circle away but Bryant has him pinned against the cage.
Casey is trying to break the clinch but Bryant has him pressed against the cage.
Bryant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Casey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.
Casey misses with a straight left.
Casey lands with a nice body kick.
Casey throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Casey throws a head kick that misses.
Bryant is looking to clinch but Casey is avoiding it.
Casey misses with a few strikes there.
Bryant tries to clinch up.
Bryant slips a straight right by Casey.
James Casey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Casey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bryant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Casey wants to slow Bryant down by chopping away at his legs.
Bryant moves out of range of the strikes.
Bryant moves in looking to clinch but Casey pushes him off.
Bryant doesn't manage to clinch there - Casey circles away.
Bryant wants to clinch up but Casey keeps it at a distance.
Casey misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bryant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casey swats away the attempt to clinch by Bryant.
Bryant blocks a low kick nicely.
Bryant tries to clinch up but Casey circles away and keeps his distance.
A clash of legs there as Bryant blocks the low kick.
Casey throws a front kick aimed at Bryant's knee but Bryant avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casey throws a right and a left that Bryant avoids nicely.
Casey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant is looking to clinch but Casey is avoiding it.
Bryant is looking to clinch but Casey is avoiding it.
Bryant moves in looking to clinch but Casey pushes him off.
Bryant wants to clinch.
Casey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Casey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bryant is looking to clinch.
Bryant tries to clinch there but Casey circles away.
Casey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant wants to clinch up but Casey keeps it at a distance.
Casey loads up on a big right hand but Bryant slips the punch.
Casey lands a high kick!
Bryant tries to clinch up.
Casey circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch but Casey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Casey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Bryant moves in looking to clinch but Casey pushes him off.
Bryant closes this distance looking for a takedown but Casey circles away.
Bryant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casey.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bryant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bryant tries to clinch up but Casey circles away and keeps his distance.
Bryant is trying desperately to land a takedown but Casey is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Bryant.
Casey lands with a thumping leg kick.
Casey lands a high kick!
Casey is looking to slow Bryant down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Casey.
Casey throws a jab when Bryant was well out of range.
Bryant chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Casey can pounce on him.
Bryant tries to clinch but Casey is having none of it.
Casey keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Casey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bryant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bryant tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Casey throws a series of punches but Bryant moves out of range.
Bryant tries to clinch there but Casey circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Casey dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Casey cracks Bryant with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Casey lands a head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bryant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.
Bryant moves in looking to clinch but Casey pushes him off.
Casey tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Casey.
Casey misses with an attempted mid kick.
James Casey is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Casey.
Casey throws a series of punches but Bryant avoids them all with ease.
Casey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bryant slips under a jab from Casey.
Bryant fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from Casey.
Casey lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bryant's sensitive parts.
Casey misses with a low kick.
Casey thumps Bryant with a low kick.
No joy there for Casey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Casey misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Casey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Casey keeps the fight on the outside.
Bryant tries to clinch but Casey is having none of it.
Casey throws a leg kick which misses Bryant's front leg but catches the back leg as Bryant tries to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Casey.
Bryant on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Casey. Casey obviously looking to wear him down.
Bryant shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Casey but Casey pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Casey cracks the inside of Bryant's front leg.
Bryant tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Casey swivels and escapes.
James Casey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joseph Bryant.
Casey misses with a looping left.
Nice sprawl there from Casey as Bryant shoots in.
A nice leg kick lands there from Casey.
Bryant tries to clinch but Casey moves out of range.
Casey lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bryant backs up against the cage.
Bryant keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Casey.
Casey connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Casey. That's going to slow Bryant down.
Casey throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bryant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casey throws a head kick that Bryant semi-blocks.
Bryant tries to clinch up.
Bryant ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slapping leg kick lands for Casey.
Left hook, right uppercut from Casey.
Casey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bryant. That did some damage!
Bryant on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Casey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bryant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Casey sprawls well. Casey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bryant gets slowly back to his feet.
Bryant tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Casey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bryant momentarily.
Bryant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice sprawl there from Casey as Bryant shoots in.
Casey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Casey throws a head kick that Bryant semi-blocks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Casey.
Casey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bryant fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Casey scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Casey.
Casey fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bryant.
Bryant slips a straight right by Casey.
Casey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bryant. That did some damage!

Bryant has Casey up against the cage in a clinch.
Bryant tries a knee to the head but Casey blocks it.
Bryant tries a knee to the head but Casey blocks it.
Bryant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bryant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Casey tries to circle away but Bryant has him pinned against the cage.
Bryant tries a knee to the head but Casey blocks it.
Casey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bryant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Casey blocks it with crossed arms.
Bryant has Casey pressed against the cage, preventing Casey from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bryant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bryant throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bryant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Casey's efforts to push away.
Bryant looking to throw knees to the head but Casey is blocking nicely.
Bryant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Casey working hard to break the clinch.
Bryant scores with a knee to the head.
Bryant prevents Casey from breaking the clinch.
Casey is trying to break the clinch but Bryant is controlling him.
Bryant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bryant scores with a knee to the head.
Casey tries to break the clinch but Bryant is controlling the position.
Bryant misses with a knee strike.
Bryant looking to throw knees to the head but Casey is blocking nicely.
Bryant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Casey has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Casey wants to get back to striking at distance but Bryant won't allow it.
Bryant with a knee to the head.
Joseph Bryant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Casey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bryant throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Casey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Casey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Casey!