PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Callaghan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Hungus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hungus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Callaghan
vs
Hungus

185 cm
36
185 lbs
30 - 17 - 2

186 cm
34
184 lbs
29 - 22 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 30 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Callaghan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Karl Hungus!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hungus fakes the leg kick and cracks Callaghan in the body.
Hungus takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hungus uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Callaghan has time to react.
Hungus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Callaghan misses with a double jab
and Hungus counters with a body kick.
Hungus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Callaghan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Callaghan moves out of range of the leg kick from Hungus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hungus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hungus scores with a hook to the body.
Hungus misses with a body punch.
Hungus avoiding damage as Callaghan throws knees to the body.
Hungus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Callaghan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hungus avoids the elbow strike from Callaghan, against the cage.
Callaghan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hungus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hungus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Callaghan's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Hungus gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Callaghan regains guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hungus accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hungus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Callaghan keeping full guard, as Hungus tries to pass.
Hungus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hungus trying to control the position from guard on top but Callaghan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Callaghan keeping full guard, as Hungus tries to pass.
Hungus throws an elbow that misses. Callaghan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hungus's guard. Nice move by Callaghan!
Callaghan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hungus is keeping the position for now.
Hungus has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Callaghan has passed into side control.
Callaghan controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hungus is looking to regain half guard here but Callaghan keeps moving and retains side control.
Hungus is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Callaghan controlling the position.
Hungus managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Callaghan.
Hungus is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hungus can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan trying to control the position but Hungus is working away.
Callaghan works to advance to full mount. Hungus defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hungus throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Callaghan content just to control the position here.
Hungus tries to lock up and control but Callaghan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Callaghan trying to control but Hungus is having none of it.
Hungus is looking to get to half guard.
Hungus tries to lock up and control but Callaghan gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hungus is looking to improve his position but Callaghan isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hungus is squirming around, avoiding Callaghan's attempts to control the action.
Hungus is working to get back to half guard.
Callaghan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hungus looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Callaghan tries to control but Hungus wriggling away.
Callaghan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callaghan wants to control but instead Hungus manages to regain half guard.

Hungus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Callaghan pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Karl Hungus 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.

Hungus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaghan.
Hungus scores with a nice head shot.
Hungus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Hungus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hungus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Callaghan sprawls well. Callaghan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hungus gets slowly back to his feet.
Callaghan misses the shot to the body.
Hungus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hungus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hungus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Callaghan.
Callaghan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hungus.
Callaghan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaghan lands a head shot.
Callaghan feints and then cracks Hungus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hungus down.
Callaghan tries to clinch up but Hungus circles away and keeps his distance.
Hungus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Hungus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hungus blocks a head kick by Callaghan.
Hungus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Callaghan. That one must have hurt.
Hungus misses with a low kick.
Richard Callaghan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Hungus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hungus leaning his opponent against the cage.

Hungus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Callaghan lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hungus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaghan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hungus.
Hungus avoids the head kick by Callaghan.
Callaghan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Hungus clinches with his opponent.
Hungus tries to circle away but Callaghan has him pinned against the cage.
Hungus blocking some punches.
Hungus tries to throw a body punch but Callaghan avoids it by throwing Hungus back against the cage.
Callaghan tries a knee to the head but Hungus blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Hungus.
Hungus is trying to drag Callaghan to the mat but Callaghan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Callaghan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hungus's defenses.

It looks like Karl Hungus has been cut.
Callaghan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Callaghan has Hungus pressed against the cage, preventing Hungus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hungus lands a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hungus blocking some punches.
Hungus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Callaghan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Callaghan blocks a body shot from Hungus.
Callaghan gets through Hungus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Hungus is rocked!
Hungus is pressed against the cage. Callaghan pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Hungus! Two more big strikes from Callaghan and Hungus crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Richard Callaghan!
Richard Callaghan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.