PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Capone
vs
Cullen

185 cm
36
201 lbs
20 - 11 - 1

180 cm
29
204 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikey Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Cullen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cullen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Capone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cullen blocks a head kick by Capone.
Cullen avoids the body shot from Capone.
Cullen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cullen lands with a nice body punch.
Capone throws a hook but Cullen avoids it easily.
Cullen is looking to clinch.
Capone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cullen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Capone tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cullen is able to avoid easily.
Capone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Cullen moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Capone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Capone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cullen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cullen lands a body shot.
Capone avoiding damage as Cullen throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Capone's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Capone's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Capone tries to break the clinch but Cullen is controlling the position.
Capone tries to circle away but Cullen has him pinned against the cage.

Capone manages to break the clinch.
Capone lands an overhand right.
Capone rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cullen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Capone.
Cullen tries to clinch but Capone is having none of it.
Capone lands a nice hook to Cullen's body. Cullen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen clobbers Capone with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cullen checks a leg kick nicely.
Cullen looks to score with a jab to the body but Capone is just out of range.
Cullen throws a poor cross that misses
and Capone counters with a right hand to the body.
Capone lands a front kick.
Cullen lands a slapping body shot.
A leg kick checked by Capone.
Cullen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Capone's calf.
Cullen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice body punch from Capone.
Cullen wants to clinch up but Capone keeps it at a distance.
A lazy left from Capone finds it's target.
Capone misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone feints and then cracks Cullen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cullen down.
Capone lands with a shot to the body.
Capone keeps the fight on the outside.
Cullen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Capone throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Capone.
Cullen cracks a nice hook into Capone's ribs.
Capone jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cullen throws a body punch but Capone moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cullen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cullen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Capone lands a nice hook to Cullen's body. Cullen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Cullen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen misses with a two punch combination.
Capone missing with a left hand there. Cullen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Capone throws a leg kick but Cullen moved away.
Cullen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A jab from Cullen does it's job there.
Capone lands a right hook to the body.
Capone lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Capone takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cullen walks into a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone lands a jab to the head.

Cullen closes the distance and clinches.
Cullen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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 Mikey Capone will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A kick lands to the mid section there for Capone.
Cullen just misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen wants to clinch up but Capone keeps it at a distance.
Cullen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Capone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cullen wants to clinch.
Capone throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cullen tries to bum rush Capone with a series of wild strikes but Capone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Capone misses with a looping left.
Cullen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Capone rather than just go for the knockout.
Capone loads up on a big right hand but Cullen slips the punch.
Capone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cullen moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Capone throws out the jab.
Cullen sizes up Capone with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Capone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Capone misses with a body kick.
Capone takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Capone will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice combination there by Capone.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cullen. Capone does a little dance to reset his feet.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cullen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Cullen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Capone's corner calls for a 1-2. Capone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cullen lands with a shot to the body.
Mikey Capone is winning the standup battle so far.
Capone throws a shot from downtown. Cullen moves away and avoids it.
Capone pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen checks a leg kick.
Cullen checks a low kick from Capone.
Capone scores with a decent looking hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cullen.
Capone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cullen manages to avoid it.
Cullen misses with a body shot
and Capone counters with a nice kick to the body.
Capone throws a looping overhand right but Cullen ducks down to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Capone.
Cullen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Capone avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Cullen swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Capone, right into the meat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cullen tries a body shot but Capone blocks it.
Cullen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Capone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Capone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cullen.

Cullen gets a clinch.
Capone is trying to push Cullen away but Cullen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Capone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Capone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Capone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cullen lands a nice looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Capone on the side of the head.
Capone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Capone is looking to chop away at Cullen's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cullen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Capone.
Cullen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cullen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cullen is looking to clinch.
Capone throws out a loose jab but Cullen uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cullen throws an off balance right hand
enabling Capone to counter with a crisp jab.
Cullen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cullen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 Mikey Capone will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cullen tries to move into range but Capone moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Capone throws a leg kick
and Cullen counters with a nice body shot.
Cullen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cullen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Capone misses with a straight left.
Cullen misses with a body shot.
Cullen tries to clinch up.

Cullen closes the distance and clinches.
Capone stalls.
Cullen tries to land knees in the clinch but Capone avoids the damage to the body.
Cullen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Capone backwards.
Capone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Capone breaks from the clinch.
Cullen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Capone.
Cullen swings for the body but Capone moves out of range.
Cullen connects with a looping right hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Capone blocks the leg kick.
Cullen throws out a loose jab but Capone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Capone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Capone misses with a looping right.
Cullen throws a leg kick but Capone sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Capone avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Cullen is looking to clinch.
Capone is looking to slow Cullen down with leg kicks.
Richard Cullen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen wants to clinch
and Capone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cullen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cullen stuns Capone with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A slow jab from Capone misses its intended target.
Capone lands with a nice combination. Cullen backs away looking to recover.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Cullen misses the target.
Cullen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Capone.
Capone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cullen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice cross by Capone.
Cullen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Capone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cullen misses with the combination.
Cullen throws a sloppy body shot
and Cullen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cullen tries to move into range but Capone moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Capone avoids the body shot from Cullen.
A big right from Capone misses.
Capone throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cullen on the side of the head.
Cullen is looking to clinch but Capone is avoiding it.
Cullen throws a body punch but Capone moves out of range.
Capone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mikey Capone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Capone scores with the left hand. Cullen knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cullen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Capone can pounce on him.
Capone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cullen was well out of range. Poor timing from Capone.
Cullen throws a poor cross that misses
and Capone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cullen misses with a jab to the body
and Capone counters with a leg kick.
Cullen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Capone.
Capone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cullen. Capone does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cullen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cullen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Capone moves away.
Cullen throws a body punch but Capone moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mikey Capone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Capone, 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Capone!