PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Caldwell (ranked 6257 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Norman (ranked 24937 p4p, 820 weight class). Norman has chosen Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Caldwell
vs
Norman

194 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
203 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Caldwell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ted Norman!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norman works over Caldwell's head and body with a nice combination.
Caldwell misses the shot to the body.
Norman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Caldwell lands a head shot.
Norman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Caldwell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Norman.
Norman shoots in but Caldwell avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Caldwell rushes Norman and presses him up against the cage.
Caldwell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caldwell tries to throw a body punch but Norman avoids it by throwing Caldwell back against the cage.
A short right from Caldwell.
Caldwell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Norman backwards.
Norman blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A left hand lands to the body for Caldwell.
Caldwell misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norman.
Caldwell tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Norman tries to break the clinch but Caldwell is controlling the position.
Caldwell gets through Norman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Norman blocking some punches.
Caldwell cracks Norman with a nice body shot.
Caldwell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Caldwell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norman has had enough of the clinch but Caldwell keeps him there for the moment.
Norman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Caldwell throws a head punch that misses.
Norman blocking some punches.
Caldwell stalls.
Caldwell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norman.

Caldwell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Norman showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caldwell.

Caldwell has managed to clinch.
Caldwell scores with a shot to the side of Norman's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Caldwell fails to land.
Caldwell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caldwell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caldwell tries to throw a body punch but Norman avoids it by throwing Caldwell back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Norman's efforts to push away.
Norman wants to get back to striking at distance but Caldwell won't allow it.
Caldwell works on Norman's body with a couple of short punches.
Caldwell lands with a light punch inside.
Caldwell pushes Norman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Caldwell.
Caldwell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Caldwell gets through Norman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caldwell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Norman backwards.
Caldwell lands a right hand.
Norman blocks an uppercut.
Caldwell presses Norman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Caldwell.
Caldwell lands a left hand that snaps the head of Norman backwards.
Caldwell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Norman working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caldwell.
Caldwell scores with a shoulder strike.
Caldwell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Caldwell.
Caldwell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Caldwell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Norman blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Caldwell.
Norman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Caldwell dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Caldwell has Norman up against the cage in a clinch.
Caldwell tries to work over Norman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Norman is trying to force a seperation but Caldwell has the dominant position.
Caldwell misses with the head strike.
A short right from Caldwell.
Caldwell struggles to land a body shot inside as Norman controls his hands.
Caldwell lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Caldwell scores with a shoulder strike.
Caldwell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Norman can do to turn this around?
Caldwell lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caldwell lands with a light punch inside.
Caldwell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Norman is trying to break the clinch but Caldwell has him pressed against the cage.
Caldwell misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Caldwell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norman is trying to drag Caldwell to the mat but Caldwell just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Caldwell prevents Norman from breaking the clinch.
Norman tries to break free but Caldwell pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Norman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Caldwell.
Norman misses with a knee to the head.
Caldwell lands with a light punch inside.
Norman takes a shot to the head.
Caldwell lands a right hand.
Ryan Caldwell has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Norman.
Caldwell misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Caldwell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Caldwell on the inside.
Norman tries for a takedown but Caldwell manages to get underhooks.
A nice right hand lands inside from Caldwell.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Caldwell.
Norman is breathing heavily.
Caldwell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Normans head.
Still in the clinch, Caldwell scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Caldwell.
Caldwell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Caldwell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Norman backwards.

Norman is rocked!
Caldwell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Norman is still on wobbly legs! Can Caldwell finish him?
Caldwell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Caldwell.
Caldwell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Come on Caldwell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Caldwell scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Norman to his knees! Caldwell keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Caldwell!