PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Casio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Freeman's choice of entrance music: Can't Tell Me Nothing. Huey Freeman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Casio
vs
Freeman

199 cm
22
284 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
260 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Casio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Huey Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Freeman takes the fight into the clinch.
Freeman trying to land knees to the body.
Casio lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Huey Freeman has been cut.
A shot in the inside from Casio.
A frustrated look appears on Freeman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Freeman takes an elbow to the temple.
Casio misses with an elbow strike.
Casio working Freeman over with knees to the body.
Freeman looks gassed!

Casio pulls guard effortlessly.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Casio is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Freeman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Casio bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Freeman's guard.
Casio is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Casio gets to his feet. Freeman looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nice jab there from Casio.

That has opened up Huey Freeman's cut even more.
Freeman misses with a combination
and Casio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Freemans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Freeman throws a combination that misses
and Casio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Freeman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Casio manages to avoid it.
Casio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Freeman forces Casio back against the cage and clinches.
Freeman trying to land knees to the body.

Freeman gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Casio regains guard.

Casio has his feet on Freeman's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Freeman misses with a combination
and Casio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Freeman closes the distance and clinches.
Casio lands with a right to the head.

The cut above Huey Freeman's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Casio is trying to trip Freeman. He has hold of a leg but Freeman is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Casio persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Casio throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Freeman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casio sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Casio slips nicely into half guard.
Casio is keen to just control but Freeman is a slippery customer.
Casio throwing shots but Freeman is blocking nicely.
Casio throws a strike but Freeman avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casio controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Casio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Freeman's head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Huey Freeman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Casio!