PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ran Caleb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sharp Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ran Caleb has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ran Caleb seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Caleb
vs
Dick

177 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ran Caleb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sharp Dick!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caleb to score with a decent uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Caleb 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Caleb lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dick misses with a jab, cross combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caleb. Dick does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dick misses with a series of wild punches.
Dick throws a right and a left that both miss.
Caleb is looking to clinch but Dick is avoiding it.
Dick misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Dick. Those never looked like landing.
Dick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dick misses with a double jab
and Caleb counters with a left to the body.

Dick lands a left and a right that send Caleb crashing to the mat, dazed. Dick thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Caleb is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caleb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dick.
Oh Caleb is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Some wild striking there from Dick.
Caleb seems to have got his legs back now.
Caleb fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dick looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caleb has taken the fight to the clinch.
Caleb has Dick pressed against the cage, preventing Dick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dick can't break the clinch.
Caleb stalling in the clinch.
Caleb seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Dick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Caleb is working Dick over against the cage.
Caleb stalling.
Dick wants to get back to striking at distance but Caleb won't allow it.
Dick is trying to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling him.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb lands a body shot.
Dick tries to break free but Caleb pushes him back against the cage.
Dick tries to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caleb lands a nice shot to the body.
Caleb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dick letting Caleb take a breather here.
Caleb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dick has had enough of the clinch but Caleb keeps him there for the moment.
Caleb works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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!
Dick tries to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling the position.
Caleb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caleb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dick is defending well for now.
Caleb digs a right hand into Dick's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dick's gas tank.
Dick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Caleb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caleb is trying to stall.
Caleb lands with a right to the head.
Caleb dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dick is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caleb lands a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Caleb as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caleb.
Caleb has Dick pressed against the cage, preventing Dick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dick tries to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling the position.
Dick is trying to break free.
Caleb throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Caleb stalling against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Caleb.
A right hand to the body from Caleb.
Caleb with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dick tries to break free but Caleb pushes him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Caleb is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Caleb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dick is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Caleb has him pressed against the cage.
Caleb misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Caleb will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dick up against the cage.
Dick tries to break free but Caleb pushes him back against the cage.
Caleb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dick has had enough of the clinch but Caleb keeps him there for the moment.
Caleb stalling in the clinch but Dick improves position.
Caleb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Caleb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caleb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dicks head.
Dick is looking to break free of the clinch but Caleb has double underhooks.
Caleb scores with a shot to the side of Dick's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ran Caleb will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Caleb avoids the head kick by Dick.
Dick throws a series of punches but Caleb avoids them all with ease.
Sharp Dick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caleb scores with a jab to the head.
Caleb fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sharp Dick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caleb misses the shot to the body.

Dick drops Caleb with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Caleb looks back up at him and smiles so Dick waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dick throws a combination that misses
and Caleb counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dick misses with a combination
and Caleb counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dick thinking.

Caleb has taken the fight to the clinch.
Caleb misses with a knee strike.
Caleb stalls.
Caleb is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Caleb landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caleb is stalling here.
Caleb lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dick is trying to push Caleb away but Caleb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dick is trying to push Caleb away but Caleb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dick is trying to break free.
Ran Caleb has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Caleb misses with a punch to the body.
Caleb pressing his opponent against the cage.
Caleb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dick or not.

Dick manages to break the clinch.
Dick lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caleb circles away quickly and effectively.
Dick throws a right hand that Caleb ducks under and follows up with a left that Caleb also avoids with ease.
Caleb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caleb doesn't manage to clinch there - Dick circles away.
Caleb tries to clinch up but Dick circles away and keeps his distance.

Caleb moves into the clinch.
Caleb is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A right hand to the body from Caleb.
Dick is trying to force a seperation but Caleb has the dominant position.
Caleb is trying to stall.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dick's efforts to push away.
Caleb is struggling to control the position.
Caleb lands a nice shot to the body.
Caleb prevents Dick from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caleb lands with a left to the head.
Dick tries to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling the position.
Caleb stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dick wants to get back to striking at distance but Caleb won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Dick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caleb throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caleb utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Caleb landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Caleb.
Dick is trying to push Caleb away but Caleb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Caleb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dick or not.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Caleb is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caleb lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dick working hard to break the clinch.
Caleb prevents Dick from breaking the clinch.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb is struggling to control the position.
Caleb has Dick pressed against the cage, preventing Dick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dick can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caleb lands a nice uppercut.
Caleb stalling in the clinch.
Caleb prevents Dick from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ran Caleb will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Dick tries to keep at a distance but Caleb has taken the fight into the clinch.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Caleb stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Dick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dick is trying to break the clinch but Caleb has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Caleb.
Caleb has Dick pressed against the cage, preventing Dick from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dick is trying to break the clinch but Caleb has him pressed against the cage.
Dick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Caleb has him pressed against the cage.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dick can't break the clinch.
Caleb just leaning against Dick, taking a breather.
Dick wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dick wants to get back to striking at distance but Caleb won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Caleb stalling in the clinch.
Caleb is leaning against Dick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dick wants to break free but Caleb has control.
Nice body punch from Caleb.
Caleb tries to land a knee to the head but Dick blocks with his arms.
Dick wants to get back to striking at distance but Caleb won't allow it.
Caleb misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caleb lands a body shot in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Caleb looking to slow down the pace here.
Caleb is stalling here.
Dick tries to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling the position.
Dick tries to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caleb can't find room to land a body shot as Dick controls the action.
Caleb taking a breather.
Dick wants to break free but Caleb has control.
Caleb keeps control of Dick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caleb lands a body shot.
Dick is looking to break free of the clinch but Caleb has double underhooks.
Caleb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dick lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dick takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dick's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caleb is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dick is trying to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling him.
Dick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Caleb presses Dick against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Caleb stalling in the clinch.
Caleb lands a shoulder strike.
Caleb trying to stall but Dick improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dick is trying to force a seperation but Caleb has the dominant position.
Caleb leaning his opponent against the cage.
Caleb digs a right hand underneath Dick's ribcage. Dick let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Caleb scores with a hook to the body.
Dick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Caleb lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dick or not.
Dick is trying to push Caleb away but Caleb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dick is trying to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling him.
Dick wants to get back to striking at distance but Caleb won't allow it.
Dick wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Caleb has him pressed against the cage.
Dick is trying to push Caleb away but Caleb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dick is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dick being controlled against the cage.
Dick working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caleb presses Dick against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Caleb lands a good knee to the midsection. Dick won't want to take too many of those.
Dick is trying to push Caleb away but Caleb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dick is trying to break free.
Sharp Dick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A right hand to the body from Caleb.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dick is looking to break free of the clinch but Caleb has double underhooks.
Dick is trying to break the clinch but Caleb is controlling him.
Caleb stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Caleb has Dick pressed against the cage.
Caleb with a knee to the head.
Caleb working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caleb.
Ran Caleb is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee is keeping an eye on Caleb - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ran Caleb showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Caleb, 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ran Caleb!
Ran Caleb very nearly forgot to thank [GTI] Divine Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.