PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Owens (ranked 25795 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mick Lovin (ranked 4884 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Owens
vs
Lovin

180 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Caleb Owens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mick Lovin!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Owens has managed to clinch.
Lovin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Caleb Owens has been cut.
Lovin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Owens is trying to break the clinch but Lovin has him pressed against the cage.
Owens avoids the elbow strike from Lovin, against the cage.
Lovin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Owens is trying to pull guard but Lovin has him pressed against the cage.
Lovin lands a knee to the body.
Lovin lands a nice uppercut.
Lovin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Lovin drops Owens onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Owens is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Owens is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Lovin - that landed with a thud.
Oh Owens is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Owens is breathing heavily.
Lovin slowing the pace effectively.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting on Lovin's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Owens jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lovin walks away with a smile on his face. Owens gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A big right from Owens misses.
Owens seems to have got his legs back now.

Lovin has Owens up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovin lands a knee to the head.
Lovin presses Owens against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lovin lands with a left to the head.
Lovin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lovin has Owens pressed against the cage, preventing Owens from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lovin has Owens pressed against the cage.
Lovin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knees to the body from Lovin.
Lovin has Owens pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Owens is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Lovin - that's hurt Owens badly! Oh, another knee lands and Owens is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Owens doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Mick Lovin!
A relieved looking Mick Lovin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.