PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neal Caffrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin O Brien could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Neal Caffrey's chin.

O Brien
vs
Caffrey

180 cm
18
191 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Neal Caffrey!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

O Brien tries to sprawl but Caffrey drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Caffrey lands with a punch from half guard.
Caffrey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
O Brien has hold of Caffrey's hands but Caffrey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Brien has hold of Caffrey's hands but Caffrey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Caffrey connects with a nice short shot to O Brien's temple.
Caffrey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks O Brien with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Caffrey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Caffrey slows the pace down in half guard.
O Brien on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Caffrey works his way into full mount!
O Brien can't escape the position.
Caffrey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that O Brien really doesn't like being in this position too much.

O Brien is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Caffrey locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! O Brien is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Neal Caffrey!
Neal Caffrey spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.