PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Caerdinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by lio Rapture - Armin van Buuren rmx . The crowd seem to be enjoying Caerdinn's choice of entrance music: Dr. Feelgood. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holmes
vs
Caerdinn

200 cm
19
230 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Forbidden Apple

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Samuel Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brent Caerdinn!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caerdinn cracks a nice hook into Holmes's ribs.
Donk. Caerdinn catches Holmes right on the button with a cross.
Holmes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Caerdinn circles away and keeps his distance.
Caerdinn scores with a punch to the head.
Holmes tries to clinch but Caerdinn moves out of range.
Caerdinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Caerdinn.
Caerdinn connects with a jab.
Caerdinn misses with the combination.
Caerdinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caerdinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmes.
Holmes tries to clinch up.
Holmes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caerdinn.
Nice takedown defense from Caerdinn. No joy for Holmes on that attempt.
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caerdinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holmes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Caerdinn but Caerdinn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Caerdinn missing with a left hand there. Holmes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two 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.
Holmes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caerdinn misses with a double jab.
Caerdinn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Caerdinn fails to land with a series of punches.
Holmes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice shot by Caerdinn.
Holmes tries to clinch but Caerdinn is having none of it.
Caerdinn works over Holmes's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caerdinn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Holmes on the side of the head.
Caerdinn misses with a two punch combination.
Holmes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Caerdinn.
Nice takedown defense from Caerdinn. No joy for Holmes on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Holmes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caerdinn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Caerdinn lands with a hook. Holmes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Caerdinn misses with a straight right.
Samuel Holmes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Caerdinn circles away and keeps his distance.
Caerdinn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Holmes tries for a takedown but Caerdinn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Caerdinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Holmes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Holmes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Holmes throws a sloppy head kick and Caerdinn moves out of range easily.
Holmes shoots in and drives through. Caerdinn sprawls well.
A jab from Caerdinn misses.
Holmes shoots for a double leg takedown but Caerdinn sprawls well. He's pushed Holmes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Holmes is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Caerdinn dominated that round.
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.

Caerdinn works Holmes's body with a nice hook.
Holmes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Holmes moves forwards but Caerdinn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Caerdinn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caerdinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Caerdinn circles away and keeps his distance.
Caerdinn works Holmes's body with a nice hook.

Holmes drives through and clinches with Caerdinn against the cage.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Holmes. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Holmes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Caerdinn is keeping busy.
Holmes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Caerdinn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
Caerdinn swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holmes fails to pull guard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
A short right from Caerdinn on the inside.
Caerdinn working aggressively here.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
Holmes is trying to stall.
Caerdinn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Caerdinn pushes Holmes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caerdinn misses with a punch on the inside.
Caerdinn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Caerdinn swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Caerdinn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Caerdinn misses with a punch on the inside.
Caerdinn gets through Holmes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Caerdinn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Caerdinn lands a hook that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
A short left from Caerdinn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caerdinn.
Holmes has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Caerdinn avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Caerdinn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caerdinn lands with a short shot to the head.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holmes.
Holmes blocks an uppercut.
Holmes takes a shot to the head.
Caerdinn is pressed up against the cage. Holmes has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Caerdinn down to the mat. Caerdinn avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Holmes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caerdinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Caerdinn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caerdinn has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caerdinn lands with a cross.
Caerdinn tests Holmes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Caerdinn is avoiding it.
Caerdinn bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Holmes's head.
Brent Caerdinn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Caerdinn is avoiding it.
Holmes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Caerdinn tries to avoid it but Holmes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Caerdinn to the ground. Caerdinn escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Holmes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Caerdinn throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Holmes.
Holmes moves in looking to clinch but Caerdinn pushes him off.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caerdinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Holmes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caerdinn.
Caerdinn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holmes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Caerdinn throws a nice looking combination but Holmes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holmes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caerdinn.
A jab lands there for Caerdinn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brent Caerdinn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Holmes.
Holmes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Caerdinn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Holmes wants to clinch up but Caerdinn keeps it at a distance.
Caerdinn throws a series of punches but Holmes avoids them all with ease.
Holmes tries to clinch up.
No joy there for Caerdinn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Caerdinn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holmes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caerdinn.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Caerdinn.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Caerdinn is avoiding it.
Holmes misses with a head kick.
Holmes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holmes tries to clinch up but Caerdinn circles away and keeps his distance.
Holmes ducks under a wild hook from Caerdinn.
Caerdinn misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice defenses there by Caerdinn.
Caerdinn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holmes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Caerdinn misses the shot to the body.
Caerdinn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caerdinn misses with a wild combination.
Brent Caerdinn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caerdinn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caerdinn slips a straight right by Holmes.
Holmes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caerdinn throws a one two combo.
Caerdinn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Holmes is rocked!
Holmes is looking to clinch but Caerdinn is avoiding it.
Caerdinn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Caerdinn works the jab nicely.
Holmes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Caerdinn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caerdinn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Holmes.
Oh Holmes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Holmes wants to clinch up but Caerdinn keeps it at a distance.
Holmes seems to have got his legs back now.
Holmes moves in looking to clinch but Caerdinn pushes him off.
Holmes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Holmes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Caerdinn to score with a decent uppercut.
Caerdinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmes.
Samuel Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holmes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Caerdinn blocks a low kick nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brent Caerdinn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Caerdinn has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brent Caerdinn!