PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ran Caleb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by This Fire Burns. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Richards
vs
Caleb

186 cm
24
182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ben Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ran Caleb!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caleb misses the shot to the body.
Richards throws a low kick, looking for Caleb's leg but Caleb calmly moves out of range.
Richards throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Richards misses with a hook. Caleb ducked under it nicely.
Richards rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caleb moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richards looks to score with a jab to the body but Caleb is just out of range.
Caleb tries to clinch up but Richards circles away and keeps his distance.
Caleb tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, jab by Caleb - just one landing.
Good exchange - Richards coming out on top.
Richards misses the shot to the body.
Richards misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from Richards.
Richards tries to work over Caleb's front leg with a kick but Caleb checks it.

Caleb drives through and clinches with Richards against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Richards on the inside.
Caleb tries to stall but Richards uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Caleb tries to land knees in the clinch but Richards avoids the damage to the body.
Richards doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caleb pressing his opponent against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Richards's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Richards tries a body shot but Caleb blocks it.
Caleb lands a good knee to the midsection. Richards won't want to take too many of those.
Richards letting Caleb take a breather here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Caleb can't find room to land a body shot as Richards controls the action.
Caleb tries to land knees in the clinch but Richards avoids the damage to the body.
Richards tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Caleb's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Caleb.
Richards misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards wants to break free but Caleb has control.
Richards is trying to stall.
Richards blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Caleb goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Caleb prevents a body shot from Richards.
Caleb lands a body shot.
Richards misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Richards goes for a takedown in the clinch but Caleb prevents it.
Caleb keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Richards's efforts to push away.
Richards effectively controlling the action here.
Richards tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Caleb.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Richards throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caleb blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Caleb lands a body shot in the clinch.
Caleb scores with a nice hook to the head.
Caleb looking to throw knees to the head but Richards is blocking nicely.
Richards is looking to break free of the clinch but Caleb has double underhooks.
Richards swings wildly with an uppercut but Caleb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caleb throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richards blocks it with crossed arms.
Richards blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Richards breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Caleb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Caleb throws a series of punches but Richards moves out of range.
Caleb connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richards misses with a hook to the body
and Caleb counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Caleb moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Caleb.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caleb fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richards looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Caleb fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Richards takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Richards with a lazy takedown attempt
and Caleb counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Caleb lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Caleb cracks Richards with a hook to the temple - Richards is on wobbly legs here! Caleb swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Richards falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Caleb wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ran Caleb!
Ran Caleb 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.