PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Corrida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Callaghan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corrida's entrance music is Shadowhunter. A fine choice. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Corrida
vs
Callaghan

179 cm
28
180 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

185 cm
32
185 lbs
26 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Corrida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Callaghan!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corrida avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Callaghan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Callaghan lands a body shot.
Corrida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Callaghan misses with a body shot.
Corrida's corner calls for a 1-2. Corrida obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Callaghan cracks Corrida with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Callaghan scores with a hook.
Callaghan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Corrida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Callaghan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corrida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Callaghan.
Corrida throws a half hearted mid kick.
Callaghan wants to clinch up but Corrida keeps it at a distance.
Nice straight punches there by Corrida. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Corrida.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corrida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Callaghan lands the left hand.
Corrida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Callaghan throws out the jab.
Corrida throws a chopping leg kick but Callaghan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Richard Callaghan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corrida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Callaghan.
Callaghan lands a right hook to the body.
Callaghan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Callaghan walks into a stiff left hand from Corrida.
Callaghan looks to throw the jab but Corrida is out of range.
Corrida pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Corrida misses with a low kick.
Callaghan cracks Corrida with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Corrida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan throws a leg kick but Corrida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Callaghan connects with a jab.
Callaghan misses with a low kick.
A big left from Callaghan misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Callaghan.
Callaghan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Callaghan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Callaghan. That's going to slow Corrida down.
Callaghan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corrida on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Corrida slips a jab from Callaghan.
Callaghan missing with a left hand there. Corrida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Callaghan lands with a hook. Corrida tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corrida is looking to slow Callaghan down with leg kicks.
Callaghan throws the left hand but Corrida avoids the punch easily.
Callaghan throws an off balance right hand

and Corrida counters with a takedown into side control.
Corrida wants to lay and pray for a moment but Callaghan keeps working.
Corrida works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Corrida goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Callaghan rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Corrida's guard! Nice work there by Callaghan!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corrida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Corrida controls Callaghan momentarily but Callaghan frees himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Callaghan trying to control the position from guard on top but Corrida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Corrida is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Callaghan defends well.
Callaghan forces his way into half guard.
Callaghan throwing shots but Corrida is blocking nicely.
Corrida is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Corrida looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Corrida keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Callaghan is taking a breather. Corrida says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Corrida is pressing down on Callaghan's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Corrida is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Richard Callaghan 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.

Callaghan looks to throw the jab but Corrida is out of range.
Callaghan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Corrida.
Callaghan tries to clinch there but Corrida circles away.
Corrida misses with a body kick.
Callaghan misses with a few strikes there.
Callaghan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Corrida listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Corrida has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Corrida there as he acknowledges the shot.
Callaghan scores with a nice head shot.
Callaghan misses with a double jab.
Corrida dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Corrida throws a body punch but Callaghan moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan with a jab.
Corrida throws a jab when Callaghan was well out of range.
Corrida lands a glancing blow to the side of Callaghan's head.
Corrida looks to score with a jab to the body but Callaghan is just out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Corrida cracks the inside of Callaghan's front leg.
Jab by Callaghan.
Callaghan looks to throw the jab but Corrida is out of range.
Callaghan lands a nice looking body shot.
Corrida avoids the head kick by Callaghan.
Corrida misses with a wild body shot.
Corrida checks a low kick from Callaghan.
Corrida lands with a good body shot.
Callaghan jabs at Corrida's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Corrida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Callaghan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Callaghan throws a nice head kick!
Callaghan lands with an uppercut that bounces Corrida off the cage and back into range.
A lazy left from Callaghan finds it's target.
Callaghan throws a hook but Corrida avoids it easily.
Corrida swings for the body but Callaghan moves out of range.
Corrida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Callaghan at a distance.
Callaghan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Corrida.
Callaghan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Callaghan misses with a hook. Corrida ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Callaghan misses.
Callaghan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Callaghan swings widly with a right hand
letting Corrida counter with a right hand.
Corrida swats away the attempt to clinch by Callaghan.
Callaghan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Corrida is out of range.
Corrida misses with a wild body shot.
Corrida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaghan.
Callaghan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Callaghan connects with a body shot that sends Corrida's belly button to the back.
Callaghan throws a right hand that misses
and Corrida counters with an inside leg kick.
Callaghan jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan misses the jab.
Callaghan jabs Corrida to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Callaghan looks to land a right hand but Corrida moved out of range.
Callaghan throws out a loose jab but Corrida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Callaghan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Callaghan throws a hook but Corrida avoids it easily.
Callaghan misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Corrida blocks the leg kick.
Callaghan is looking to chop away at Corrida's legs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Callaghan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Corrida.
Callaghan misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Callaghan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Callaghan misses with a hook

and Corrida counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Corrida thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Callaghan's head.
Corrida not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Corrida not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Corrida throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Callaghan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Corrida.
Corrida seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Corrida not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Callaghan is not content to let Corrida control the position.
Corrida not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan is looking to improve his position.
Callaghan trying to control here.
Callaghan has his hands clasped together around Corrida's back. He's all about the action.
Corrida stalling away here and it's allowed Callaghan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Corrida trying to control but Callaghan is working from the bottom.
Corrida throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Juan Corrida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corrida passes Callaghan's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Callaghan is staying active underneath Corrida, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Corrida thows a huge punch but Callaghan dodges it nicely.

Corrida is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Callaghan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Corrida.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Callaghan trying to control from the bottom.
Corrida thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Callaghan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Callaghan controls Corrida momentarily but Corrida frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corrida trying to control but Callaghan is working from the bottom.
Corrida showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Corrida wants to control from the top but Callaghan keeps moving.
Callaghan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Corrida throws a big elbow that misses.
Corrida wants to pass the guard but Callaghan is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corrida with a flurry of punches that miss.
Corrida stands up over Callaghan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Juan Corrida overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Corrida throws a strike but Callaghan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Callaghan trying to control the position from guard on top but Corrida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Corrida looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Callaghan is defending well. Corrida quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Callaghan has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Corrida celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Juan Corrida!
Juan Corrida looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Now go get your fuckin' shinebox.'.