PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Caiman (ranked 4067 p4p, 461 weight class) and David Prior (ranked 3290 p4p, 401 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Caiman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Iron - Woodkid. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Caiman
vs
Prior

185 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

187 cm
22
199 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Caiman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Prior!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prior fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Prior scores with a leg kick.
Caiman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Caiman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prior lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Caiman has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Caiman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prior scores with a spinning back kick!

Prior fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Caiman, pushing him back against the cage.
Prior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Prior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Prior stalling against the cage.
Prior lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prior scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prior works on Caiman's body with a couple of short punches.
Caiman avoids a wild elbow strike from Prior.
Prior lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Prior makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Prior breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prior scoring well with a low kick there.
Prior fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Caiman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prior.
Prior lands with a nice body kick.
Prior tries a head kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Prior.
Caiman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Prior.
Prior throws a leg kick which misses Caiman's front leg but catches the back leg as Caiman tries to avoid it.
Caiman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Prior can pounce on him.
A combination from Caiman does no damage.
Prior feints and then cracks Caiman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Caiman down.
Prior fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caiman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caiman misses with a looping right.
Prior throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prior throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Caiman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Caiman drives through and clinches with Prior against the cage.
Prior pushes Caiman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prior digs a right hand underneath Caiman's ribcage. Caiman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Prior - that landed with a thud.
Prior goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Prior manages to break the clinch.
Prior scoring well with a low kick there.

Prior shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Caiman is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Prior dives into side control.

Prior working away.
Prior taking a breather here.
Caiman can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caiman is trying to escape the position but Prior is controlling the position.
Prior's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The strikes coming from Prior are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Prior scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prior is chipping away with strikes.
Caiman struggling a bit here.
Check out the look on Prior's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prior gets to mount! Caiman was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Prior connects with a bit shot that sees Caiman covering up! More strikes from Prior and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Prior is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Prior!
After winning the bout, David Prior thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.