PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Ben Joshua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osold Seth Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Joshua comes to the cage accompanied by Time of dying- Three Days Grace. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ben Joshua
vs
Seth Sinclair

187 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

181 cm
32
203 lbs
11 - 12 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Caleb Ben Joshua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Osold Seth Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ben Joshua throws a series of punches but Seth Sinclair moves out of range.
Ben Joshua feints a jab promting Seth Sinclair to slip. Ben Joshua then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Seth Sinclair slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Seth Sinclair drives through and clinches with Ben Joshua against the cage.

Seth Sinclair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ben Joshua seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ben Joshua closes the distance and clinches up with Seth Sinclair, looking for a takedown. Ben Joshua pushes Seth Sinclair against the cage but Seth Sinclair circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Seth Sinclair takes the fight into the clinch.

Seth Sinclair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Seth Sinclair closes the distance and pushes Ben Joshua back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ben Joshua wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ben Joshua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Seth Sinclair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Seth Sinclair finds it's way through Ben Joshua's defenses.
Seth Sinclair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ben Joshua's waist but Ben Joshua gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Seth Sinclair off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ben Joshua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Seth Sinclair closes the distance and pushes Ben Joshua back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Ben Joshua's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Seth Sinclair breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ben Joshua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ben Joshua appears to be looking for a big counter.

Seth Sinclair clinches.

Seth Sinclair breaks the clinch.

Seth Sinclair closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seth Sinclair cracks Ben Joshua with a nice body shot.

Seth Sinclair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ben Joshua misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ben Joshua is defended easily by Seth Sinclair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Ben Joshua. Those never looked like landing.
Seth Sinclair shoots and misses
and Ben Joshua counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ben Joshua punishes Seth Sinclair's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ben Joshua walks straight into a right hand from Seth Sinclair - that's dropped him! Seth Sinclair jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Ben Joshua from any more punishment! Ben Joshua complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Osold Seth Sinclair!