PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Billy Branton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Caudill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Branton comes to the cage accompanied by Face the Pain by Stemm. Caudill has chosen Breaking Benjamin- Breath as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Branton
vs
Caudill

194 cm
23
199 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

175 cm
29
185 lbs
21 - 9 - 1

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

STEEL PENN'S 160 OF STEEL $50 Rio

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Branton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Caudill!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Branton keeps the fight on the outside.

Branton clinches.
Caudill lands an elbow just above Branton 's eye.
Branton has had enough of the clinch but Caudill keeps him there for the moment.
Branton letting Caudill take a breather here.
Caudill missing with knees to the body.
Caudill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Caudill with a knee to the head.
Caudill trying to land knees to the body.
Caudill scores with a knee to the head.

Branton is rocked!
Branton tries to stall but Caudill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Branton has had enough of the clinch but Caudill keeps him there for the moment.
Caudill is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Caudill working Branton over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caudill working Branton over with knees to the body.
Branton is breathing heavily.
Branton tries for a takedown but Caudill manages to get underhooks.
Caudill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Caudill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Branton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caudill lands a nice shot to the body.
Branton tries to circle away but Caudill has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Branton takes an elbow to the forehead.
Caudill with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Caudill lands a nice knee to the body.
Caudill landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Caudill lands a damaging elbow.
Caudill landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Caudill.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Caudill lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oh Branton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Caudill landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Branton seems to have got his legs back now.
Branton wants to break the clinch but can't.
Caudill scores with a hook to the body.
Knees to the body from Caudill.
Caudill unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Caudill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Caudill lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Caudill lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Caudill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caudill lands a knee to the head.
Caudill lands an elbow that stopped Branton in his tracks for a moment.
Caudill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Caudill - that landed with a thud.
Caudill connects with a nasty looking knee right to Branton's face.
Caudill unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Caudill is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Caudill.
Caudill landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Caudill comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Caudill manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Caudill.
Caudill scores with a knee to the head.
Caudill lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Branton has had enough of the clinch but Caudill keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Caudill.
Caudill scores with a knee to the head.
Caudill lands an elbow just above Branton 's eye.
Caudill lands a nice knee to the body.
Caudill landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Caudill lands a nice knee to the body.
Caudill crunches a lovely knee into Branton's ribcage.
Caudill landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caudill obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caudill obliges.
Caudill lands a good knee to the midsection. Branton won't want to take too many of those.
Caudill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Caudill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Branton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Caudill.
Caudill putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Branton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Caudill using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caudill landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Caudill with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Caudill lands a nice elbow.
Branton wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Branton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Branton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Caudill lands a good knee to the midsection. Branton won't want to take too many of those.
Caudill with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Caudill.
Caudill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Branton's defenses.
Branton looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Branton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Caudill landing knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caudill content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Caudill obliges.
Caudill connects with a nasty looking knee right to Branton's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Caudill.
Branton takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Caudill dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Caudill gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Branton managing to block the knees to the body from Caudill.
Branton looking for a takedown.
Caudill working Branton over with knees to the body.
Branton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Caudill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Branton's defenses.
Caudill creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Branton's defenses.
Nice elbow from Caudill.
Caudill unloads a knee to the mid-section. Branton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caudill lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Caudill lands a nice elbow.
Caudill landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Caudill.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Caudill scores a nice knee to the body.
Caudill landing knees to the head.
Caudill lands a big knee to the head and Branton goes down! Caudill pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Caudill!
During a confident post fight interview, Kenny Caudill thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.