PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Braylon Beswicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Lightfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beswicke comes to the cage accompanied by Kick in the teeth. On his way into the cage it seems that Braylon Beswicke has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Braylon Beswicke seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Beswicke
vs
Lightfoot

186 cm
28
198 lbs
19 - 12 - 1

189 cm
28
192 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

$10

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Braylon Beswicke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Lightfoot!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beswicke takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lightfoot avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lightfoot misses with a leg kick.
Beswicke throws a push kick but Lightfoot slaps the foot to one side.
Lightfoot checks a leg kick.
Lightfoot lands a right hook to the body.
Beswicke misses with a low kick.
Lightfoot looks to land a left hand but Beswicke moved out of range nicely.
Lightfoot misses with a looping left.
Beswicke misses with a hook. Lightfoot ducked under it nicely.
Beswicke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beswicke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lightfoot is looking to clinch.
Beswicke tries to land a front kick but Lightfoot steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lightfoot throws a big shot that misses.
Lightfoot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beswicke.
Lightfoot bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beswicke's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightfoot scores with a decent looking hook.
Lightfoot checks the leg kick.
Beswicke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Beswicke misses the shot to the body.
Lightfoot throws an overhand right that lands on Beswicke's shoulder, as Beswicke tries to avoid the shot.
Beswicke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lightfoot connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beswicke. Beswicke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Beswicke throws a right hand that misses
and Lightfoot counters with a body kick.
Beswicke throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lightfoot counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beswicke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Beswicke cracks Lightfoot with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lightfoot smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Beswicke lands a leg kick that knocks Lightfoot off balance momentarily.
Lightfoot misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beswicke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lightfoot throws out the jab.
Beswicke swats away the attempt to clinch by Lightfoot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lightfoot avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lightfoot tries to clinch but Beswicke moves out of range.
Beswicke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lightfoot connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beswicke scrambles back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Beswicke.
Lightfoot misses with a hook.
Lightfoot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A leg kick checked by Beswicke.
Lightfoot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beswicke.
Beswicke misses with a hook.
Lightfoot lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lightfoot slips under a jab.
Beswicke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beswicke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lightfoot.
Beswicke shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lightfoot defends it nicely.
Lightfoot scores with a push kick.
Beswicke throws a jab when Lightfoot was well out of range.
Braylon Beswicke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lightfoot takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Beswicke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Beswicke.
Beswicke loads up on a big right hand but Lightfoot slips the punch.
Lightfoot misses with an attempted mid kick.
Beswicke turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lightfoot connects with a nice looking jab.
Lightfoot misses with a wild body shot.
Beswicke throws a leg kick which misses Lightfoot's front leg but catches the back leg as Lightfoot tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lightfoot takes a swing at Beswicke's ribcage but misses.
Lightfoot stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beswicke.
Lightfoot fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lightfoot scores with a shot to the body.
Beswicke lands a jab to Lightfoot's midsection.

Lightfoot drives through and clinches with Beswicke against the cage.
Beswicke is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lightfoot lands a nice knee to the body.
Beswicke is breathing heavily.
Lightfoot lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lightfoot prevents a body shot from Beswicke.
Lightfoot stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Lightfoot dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lightfoot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beswicke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A low kick from Beswicke misses
and Lightfoot counters with an inside leg kick.
Lightfoot throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beswicke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lightfoot connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beswicke scrambles back to his feet.
Lightfoot thows a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Beswicke is predictable there
and Lightfoot cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lightfoot throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lightfoot sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Beswicke throws a head kick but Lightfoot moves out of range.

Lightfoot has Beswicke up against the cage in a clinch.
Lightfoot with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lightfoot misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lightfoot fails to land.
Beswicke effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beswicke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lightfoot is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Beswicke is defending well for now.
Lightfoot displaying some good clinch control by pressing Beswicke up against the cage.

Beswicke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beswicke throws a looping overhand right but Lightfoot ducks down to avoid it.
Beswicke throws the kick towards the body but Lightfoot avoids it.
Richard Lightfoot seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lightfoot is looking to clinch.
Beswicke connects with a solid leg kick.
Lightfoot looks to score with a jab to the body but Beswicke is just out of range.
Lightfoot moves in looking to clinch but Beswicke pushes him off.
Beswicke takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot blocks a head kick by Beswicke.
Lightfoot lands with a good body shot.
Beswicke misses with a head kick.
Lightfoot throws a head kick but Beswicke moves out of range.
Crunch! Lightfoot slams his shin into Beswicke's torso.
Beswicke avoids the head kick by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Beswicke stuns Lightfoot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beswicke walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lightfoot checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Beswicke lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Beswicke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beswicke works Lightfoot's body with a nice hook.
Lightfoot just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lightfoot looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lightfoot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beswicke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke scores with the left hand. Lightfoot knows he should have avoided that one.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Lightfoot. Beswicke shrugs it off though.
Lightfoot misses with a wild body shot.
Lightfoot misses with a low kick.
Beswicke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lightfoot was well out of range. Poor timing from Beswicke.
Beswicke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lightfoot checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Beswicke checks a leg kick.
Beswicke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lightfoot.
Beswicke swats away the attempt to clinch by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beswicke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lightfoot is out of range and Beswicke settles back down.
Beswicke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Beswicke throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lightfoot counters with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke is looking to land body kicks.
Lightfoot keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Lightfoot closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Beswicke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beswicke looking to stall.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lightfoot tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Beswicke breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Lightfoot misses its intended target.
Beswicke is looking to land body kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beswicke throws a wild body kick that Lightfoot sees coming a mile off.
Beswicke on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lightfoot looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lightfoot misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Richard Lightfoot will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Beswicke throws a right hand that misses
and Lightfoot counters with a low kick, right behind Beswicke 's knee.
Beswicke takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lightfoot fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beswicke thuds a left hand into Lightfoot's body.
Beswicke thows a leg kick but Lightfoot checks it
and Lightfoot cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lightfoot blocks a low kick nicely.
Beswicke throws an overhand right that lands on Lightfoot's shoulder, as Lightfoot tries to avoid the shot.
Lightfoot with a nice cross.
Lightfoot is looking to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Lightfoot finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

Lightfoot clinches.
Beswicke is trying to break the clinch but Lightfoot has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Lightfoot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lightfoot misses with a knee strike.
Lightfoot lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightfoot landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Beswicke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lightfoot scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Braylon Beswicke has been cut.
Beswicke tries a body shot but Lightfoot blocks it.
Lightfoot throws a punch but it's blocked by Beswicke.
A knee to the head by Lightfoot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Beswicke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lightfoot's elbow.

Beswicke manages to break the clinch.
Beswicke throws a head kick that Lightfoot semi-blocks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beswicke throws the kick towards the body but Lightfoot avoids it.
Beswicke on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beswicke tries to land a leg kick but Lightfoot saw it coming and moves away.
Lightfoot moves away from the strike by Beswicke.
Lightfoot scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beswicke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lightfoot throws out the jab.
Lightfoot misses the jab.

Lightfoot moves into the clinch.
Lightfoot misses with a body punch.
Beswicke is trying to push Lightfoot away but Lightfoot has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lightfoot is trying to stall.
Lightfoot can't find room to land a body shot as Beswicke controls the action.
Beswicke will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lightfoot misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lightfoot obliges.
Lightfoot wants to stall.
The referee calls for Lightfoot to work.
Beswicke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lightfoot tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beswicke avoids it.
Braylon Beswicke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lightfoot lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beswicke backwards.
Beswicke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beswicke.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Beswicke.
Beswicke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lightfoot works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Richard Lightfoot seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Beswicke avoids a wild elbow strike from Lightfoot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot looking to slow down the pace here.
Beswicke can't break the clinch.
Lightfoot tries a knee to the head but Beswicke blocks it.
Beswicke avoiding damage as Lightfoot throws knees to the body.
Lightfoot holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lightfoot can't find room to land a body shot as Beswicke controls the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Beswicke breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Beswicke misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beswicke uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beswicke lands a nice looking body shot.
Beswicke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Lightfoot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lightfoot 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Lightfoot!
A very excited looking Richard Lightfoot made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.