PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neal Caffrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Farrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Caffrey
vs
Farrow

182 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Neal Caffrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tyler Farrow!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrow tries to clinch but Caffrey is having none of it.
Farrow looks to land a combination but Caffrey avoids it well.
Caffrey fails with an attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Farrow is trying to break free.
Caffrey effectively controlling the action here.
Caffrey looking for a takedown.

Caffrey gets control of Farrow's arms and successfully pulls guard. Caffrey will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Caffrey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Caffrey tries to strike from the bottom.
Caffrey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Caffrey trying to control the position.
Farrow wants to control from the top but Caffrey keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrow would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Farrow postures up.
Caffrey wants to sweep here but Farrow controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from Farrow misses.
Caffrey misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Farrow throws a series of punches but Caffrey avoids them all with ease.

Caffrey gets a clinch.

Caffrey has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Farrow regains guard immediately.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caffrey preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caffrey throwing strikes from guard but Farrow blocks nicely.
Farrow wants to stand but Caffrey is controlling the position.
Caffrey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Farrow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Caffrey postures up in Farrow's guard and throws a big left but Farrow blocks it.
Farrow preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Caffrey with a flurry of punches that miss.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caffrey loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Caffrey throws a big elbow that misses.
Caffrey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caffrey works over Farrow with some ground and pound from guard.
Caffrey trying to control the position from guard on top but Farrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Farrow is trying to control the position but Caffrey postures up.
Caffrey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Caffrey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Farrow looks gassed!
Farrow trying to control the position.
Caffrey missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Farrow wants to sweep here but Caffrey controlling him for the moment.
Caffrey cracks Farrow with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrow is looking to stand up but Caffrey isn't so interested in that idea.
Caffrey lands a couple of digs.
Caffrey works over Farrow with some ground and pound from guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caffrey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Caffrey is looking to work some ground and pound but Farrow has wrist control.
Caffrey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Farrow's head.
Farrow avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Caffrey is working Farrow over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Caffrey decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Farrow, up you get!

Caffrey rushes Farrow and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Caffrey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Farrow's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neal Caffrey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Caffrey shoots in and gets a takedown into Farrow's guard.
Caffrey trying to control the position from guard on top but Farrow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Caffrey decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Farrow, up you get!
Caffrey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Farrow fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Caffrey is out of range.
Caffrey shoots in for a double leg but Farrow sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Caffrey changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Farrow tries to avoid it but Caffrey manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Farrow to the ground. Farrow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neal Caffrey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caffrey doesn't manage to clinch there - Farrow circles away.
Caffrey tries to clinch but Farrow is having none of it.
Caffrey swats away the attempt to clinch by Farrow.
Farrow with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Caffrey as he checks the leg kick.
Neal Caffrey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Farrow.
Caffrey keeps the fight on the outside.
Farrow is breathing heavily.
Farrow defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Caffrey.

Caffrey pushes Farrow up against the cage in a clinch.
Farrow tries for a takedown. No joy.
Farrow wants to take the fight to the mat but Caffrey manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Farrow working hard to break the clinch.
Caffrey drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Farrow gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Caffrey wants to take the fight to the mat but Farrow manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Farrow tries to break the clinch but Caffrey is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caffrey wants a takedown but no success here.
Caffrey keeps control of Farrow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Farrow wants to take the fight to the mat but Caffrey manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Farrow has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Caffrey avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Farrow lands a nice elbow.

Caffrey wants the takedown. Farrow is fighting it off but Caffrey persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Farrow's guard against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caffrey working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Farrow is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Caffrey postures up and lands a big shot to Farrow's brow.
Caffrey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Farrow has momentary wrist control but Caffrey slips an elbow through the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrow trying to control the position.
Caffrey stands up over Farrow, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Caffrey works over Farrow with some ground and pound from guard.
Farrow keeping moving, preventing Caffrey from controlling successfully.
Caffrey slips nicely into half guard.
Neal Caffrey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Caffrey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Caffrey drops an elbow to the side of Farrow's head.
Farrow wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caffrey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Farrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Farrow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Caffrey lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caffrey is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Caffrey drops an elbow to the side of Farrow's head.
Caffrey 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.
Caffrey is controlling the pace.
Caffrey working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neal Caffrey dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Caffrey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Caffrey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Farrow is trying to stand back up but Caffrey is controlling him
Farrow is looking to improve his position.
Farrow is trying to stand up here but Caffrey is controlling him well.
Farrow won't allow Caffrey to pass to mount.
Caffrey sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Caffrey works his way into full mount!
Farrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Farrow is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caffrey landing punches.
Caffrey raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Caffrey.
Caffrey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Farrow that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caffrey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Caffrey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Farrow looks a forlorn figure.
Caffrey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farrow can do to turn this around?
Caffrey with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caffrey scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Farrow is rocked!
A big strike lands for Caffrey! That's really hurt Farrow and he's turned his back - Caffrey keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Caffrey jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neal Caffrey!
Neal Caffrey decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.