PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Holden Caufield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Pharaoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caufield comes to the cage accompanied by Let Me See Dat. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Caufield
vs
Pharaoh

185 cm
26
165 lbs
9 - 13 - 1

176 cm
30
158 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Determined

5th Round Clothing
BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Holden Caufield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Pharaoh!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caufield looks to land a combination but Pharaoh avoids it well.
Caufield displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pharaoh.
A good leg kick by Caufield.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pharaoh is defended easily by Caufield.
Pharaoh with a lazy takedown attempt

and Caufield counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Holden Caufield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Pharaoh.
Caufield tries to free his leg and advance position but Pharaoh is retaining full guard.
Caufield working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Caufield trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Caufield 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.
Caufield slips nicely into half guard.
Caufield moves into full mount! Pharaoh won't be happy about that!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caufield looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Caufield wants to control the pace but Pharaoh is squirming around nicely.
Caufield landing shots from mount.
Caufield avoids the attempt from Pharaoh to control.
Pharaoh working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caufield working the ground and pound effectively.
Pharaoh tries to hold on but Caufield pushes him away.
Pharaoh is looking to get to half guard.
Pharaoh tries to hold on but Caufield postures up.
Pharaoh tries to reverse the position but Caufield maintains control.
Pharaoh wants to try and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caufield looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pharaoh is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Caufield wants to control the pace but Pharaoh is squirming around nicely.
Caufield looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caufield landing strikes from the mount and Pharaoh is in trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pharaoh is in all sorts of trouble here.
Caufield landing strikes from the mount.
Caufield looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Pharaoh is rocked!
Caufield avoids the attempt from Pharaoh to control.
Pharaoh is still in real trouble! Can Caufield finish him?
Pharaoh is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pharaoh in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Caufield lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Caufield looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Pharaoh covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Holden Caufield!
Holden Caufield was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.