PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nolan Caswell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caswell has chosen Somebody that i used to know as his entrance music. Nolan Caswell is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Ross
vs
Caswell

169 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nolan Caswell!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ross shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Caswell pinned against the cage. Caswell gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Caswell tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Caswell throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Caswell shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ross as he avoids it easily.
Caswell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ross tries to avoid it but Caswell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ross to the ground. Ross escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Caswell stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Caswell wants it to stay on the feet.
Ross looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caswell is fending him off so far but Ross persists. Nope, Caswell circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Ross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ross fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Ross scores a takedown into full mount!
Ross could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
BOOM! Ross connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caswell is looking to improve his position but Ross isn't that keen on the idea.
Ross looking to control but Caswell is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ross has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caswell is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ross scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Caswell?
Ross lands a big shot there that rocks Caswell but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ross can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Caswell is looking to escape.
Caswell is bucking up trying to escape but Ross cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ross lands a big shot there that rocks Caswell but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Caswell is looking to get to half guard.
Ross lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ross lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Caswell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ross. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Caswell looks gassed!
Ross lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ross lands a heavy elbow.
Ross working Caswell over with strikes here.
Ross connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ross landing strikes from the mount.

Caswell is rocked!
Ross drops a big elbow. That's hurt Caswell! More shots from Ross and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Ross!