PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carson Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincenzo Calliente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holliday comes to the cage accompanied by Andreas Johnson - Glorious. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holliday
vs
Calliente

190 cm
23
179 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

179 cm
29
172 lbs
13 - 22 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carson Holliday!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincenzo Calliente!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holliday keeps the fight on the outside.
Calliente looks to throw the jab but Holliday is out of range.
Calliente misses with a low kick.
Calliente closes this distance looking for a takedown but Holliday circles away.
Calliente misses with a two punch combination.
Holliday uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Calliente.
Holliday closes this distance looking for a takedown but Calliente circles away.
Calliente pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Calliente throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Holliday counters with a takedown into side control.
Holliday will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Holliday is trying to get an arm triangle but Calliente is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday wants to take a breather but Calliente manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Holliday.
Holliday trying to control the position from guard on top but Calliente is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Holliday trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Holliday with a flurry of punches that miss.
Calliente keeping moving, preventing Holliday from controlling successfully.
Holliday pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Calliente is keeping the position for now.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Carson Holliday.
Calliente keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calliente takes the fight into the clinch.
Holliday goes for a takedown in the clinch but Calliente prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carson Holliday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holliday wants a takedown.
Holliday fails to pull guard.
Holliday tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Calliente breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calliente looks to land a left hand but Holliday moved out of range nicely.
Holliday fails with the takedown
enabling Calliente to counter with a crisp jab.
Calliente misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Calliente throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Holliday counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Calliente!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Holliday is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Calliente has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Calliente!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Calliente postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carson Holliday dominated that round.
That's time! Holliday's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Calliente works over Holliday's head and body with a nice combination.
Holliday with a poor takedown
and Calliente counters with a slapping leg kick.
Holliday fails to land the takedown.
Calliente throws a right and a left that Holliday avoids nicely.
Horrible takedown by Holliday or perhaps it was just good defense by Calliente which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carson Holliday. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holliday defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Calliente.
Calliente fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Calliente takes the fight into the clinch.

Calliente breaks from the clinch.
Holliday looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Calliente is fending him off so far but Holliday persists. Nope, Calliente circles away and we're back to standing.
Calliente finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Holliday shoots in and drives through. Calliente sprawls well.
Holliday tries for a takedown but Calliente circles away easily
and Calliente counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Holliday shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Calliente as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calliente is trying hard to land a takedown here. Holliday sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Calliente throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Holliday on the side of the head.
Vincenzo Calliente seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calliente tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Calliente tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Holliday manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Holliday shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Calliente sprawls well. Calliente wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Holliday gets slowly back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calliente looks to land a right hand but Holliday moved out of range.
Vincenzo Calliente seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calliente shoots in and gets a takedown into Holliday's guard.

Holliday looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Calliente really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Holliday. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Calliente scoring with some ground and pound.
Holliday lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Calliente!
Calliente is controlling an arm, preventing Holliday from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday controlling from mount.

Calliente defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Holliday.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Holliday goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Calliente turns into him and now he's in Holliday's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincenzo Calliente showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Calliente shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Calliente pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Holliday bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Calliente wants to get back to his feet but Holliday is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Holliday stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Calliente swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Holliday postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Calliente is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Holliday, into his guard.
Calliente missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Calliente looking to pass the guard.
Calliente is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Calliente throws a sloppy strike and Holliday has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Calliente is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Holliday!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carson Holliday!
Carson Holliday retains his welterweight title!