PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keat Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man has chosen Penthouse as his entrance music. Ice Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cullen
vs
Man

177 cm
22
184 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

186 cm
23
180 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keat Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ice Man!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man throws a right hand that Cullen ducks under and follows up with a left that Cullen also avoids with ease.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cullen circles away quickly and effectively.

Cullen closes the distance and clinches.
Cullen scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ice Man has been cut.
Cullen keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Man looking for a takedown.
Cullen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Man's efforts to push away.
A hook to the body from Cullen.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cullen slowing the pace effectively.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cullen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Cullen.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cullen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cullen working Man over with knees to the body.
Cullen leaning against his opponent.
Cullen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Cullen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Cullen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cullen landing knees to the head.
Cullen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man is trying to drag Cullen to the mat but Cullen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cullen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cullen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cullen presses Man against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cullen landing knees to the body.
Cullen connects with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cullen gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cullen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Keat Cullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ice Man.

Cullen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cullen misses with a knee to the head.
Cullen landing knees to the head.
Man is trying to push Cullen away but Cullen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cullen is pressed up against the cage. Man has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cullen down to the mat. Cullen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man avoids the body shot from Cullen.
Man takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Cullen's shoulder, as Cullen tries to avoid the shot.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cullen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cullen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Man in his tracks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
A lazy left from Cullen finds it's target.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cullen counters with a right hand to the body.
Cullen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Man shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cullen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Man doesn't seem bothered though.

Cullen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Cullen scores a nice knee to the body.
Cullen with a knee to the head.
Cullen landing knees to the body.
Cullen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Come on Cullen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen lands a good knee to the midsection. Man won't want to take too many of those.
Cullen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Man tries for a takedown but Cullen manages to get underhooks.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stalling in the clinch from Cullen.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man tries to break the clinch but Cullen is controlling the position.
Cullen is struggling to control the position.
Cullen keeps control of Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen leaning against his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Cullen is controlling him.
Good body shot from Cullen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keat Cullen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ice Man's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Man swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cullen counters with a left and a right that stings Man.
Cullen slaps away a takedown attempt from Man, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Cullen counters by clinching up.
Cullen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Keat Cullen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Man is trying to drag Cullen to the mat but Cullen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Cullen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cullen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cullen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cullen obliges.
Cullen stalls.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Man wants to break free but Cullen has control.
Cullen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Man on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Cullen.
Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Cullen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Man can do to turn this around?
Cullen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Man has Cullen pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cullen manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Keat Cullen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ice Man.
Cullen scores a nice knee to the body.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man goes for a takedown attempt but Cullen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Cullen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cullen gets underhooks to prevent Man's takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cullen.
Cullen effectively controlling the action here.
Cullen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Man blocks it with crossed arms.
Cullen missing with knees to the body.
Cullen tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man looking for a takedown.
Man is trying to break the clinch but Cullen is controlling him.
Man fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cullen working Man over with knees to the body.
Cullen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cullen presses Man against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cullen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Man is keeping busy.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cullen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Man's elbow.
Man tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cullen with a knee to the head.
Man avoiding damage as Cullen throws knees to the body.
Man tries to circle away but Cullen has him pinned against the cage.
Cullen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Man drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cullen lands a knee to the body.
Man can't break the clinch.
Man takes a knee right on the jaw!
Man tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cullen just stands there and leans against the cage.
A body shot lands from Cullen.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cullen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cullen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cullen misses with a punch to the body.
Cullen has Man pressed against the cage, preventing Man from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Man tries to break free but Cullen pushes him back against the cage.
Cullen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cullen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Cullen presses Man against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cullen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cullen tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man goes for a takedown attempt but Cullen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Man misses with a takedown attempt
and Cullen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Man tries to score with a low kick but Cullen moves his leg out of the way.
Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keat Cullen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Man avoids the body shot from Cullen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keat Cullen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ice Man's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Man throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Cullen tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Man is in Cullen's guard.
Man wants to control from the top but Cullen keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man throws and elbow that misses. Cullen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Man's guard. Nice move by Cullen!

Man is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cullen is aware though and is defending well.
Man wants to sweep here but Cullen controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cullen stands up from Man's guard - Cullen perhaps looking for a knockout.
Man dives in and grabs Cullen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cullen pushes down on Man's head and hops out.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cullen. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cullen tests Man's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cullen misses with a double jab
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Cullen counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cullen moves away.
Cullen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Man misses with a combination
enabling Cullen to counter with a crisp jab.

Cullen moves into the clinch.
Cullen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Man can't break the clinch.

Man's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man throws a hook to the side of Cullen's head but Cullen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cullen tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cullen misses with a wild body shot.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cullen counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Cullen gets a clinch.
Cullen lands a shot to the body.
Cullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cullen scores a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from Cullen.
Cullen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cullen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Cullen just leaning against Man, taking a breather.
Cullen lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to break the clinch but Cullen is controlling the position.
Cullen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Man lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Man tries to break free but Cullen pushes him back against the cage.
Cullen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cullen trying to land knees to the body.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Cullen has double underhooks.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cullen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cullen lands a nice knee to the body.
Cullen crunches a lovely knee into Man's ribcage.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cullen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ice Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ice Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man tries to bum rush Cullen with a series of wild strikes but Cullen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man throws a nice looking combination but Cullen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keat Cullen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Cullen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Man thinking.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keat Cullen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cullen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keat Cullen!