PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Caldwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Shaw
vs
Caldwell

185 cm
19
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

186 cm
19
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Don Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Caldwell!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Caldwell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shaw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caldwell.
A slow jab from Caldwell misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Caldwell misses the target.
Caldwell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Caldwell thows a body shot but no joy.
Jimmy Caldwell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caldwell looks to throw the jab but Shaw is out of range.
Caldwell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shaw avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caldwell throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Caldwell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shaw manages to avoid it.
Caldwell throws a hook but Shaw blocks it.
Caldwell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Caldwell.
Nice sprawl there from Caldwell as Shaw shoots in.
Caldwell throws a right hand that Shaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaw also avoids with ease.
Caldwell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shaw sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Shaw has closed the distance and engaged Caldwell in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shaw avoiding damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A bit of stalling here from Shaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Caldwell is trying to break the clinch but Shaw is controlling him.
Caldwell prevents a takedown attempt there.
Shaw leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Caldwell throws a head punch that misses.

Caldwell breaks the clinch.
Caldwell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caldwell looks to land a left hand but Shaw moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Caldwell misses its intended target.
Caldwell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Caldwell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Shaw moves into range and clinches up with Caldwell.
Shaw lands an elbow that stopped Caldwell in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Jimmy Caldwell has been cut.
Caldwell being controlled against the ropes.
Caldwell misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw tries to land a knee to the head but Caldwell blocks with his arms.
Shaw is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Caldwell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaw misses with a knee to the head.
Caldwell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shaw lands a knee to the head.
Shaw taking a breather.
Caldwell lands a nice shot to the body.
Shaw with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Caldwell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Caldwell just misses with a punch to the body.
Caldwell throws the left hand but Shaw avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Shaw.
Caldwell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Caldwell lands a jab to Shaw's midsection.
Caldwell takes a swing at Shaw's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell misses with a series of wild punches.
Shaw tries to clinch but Caldwell is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shaw looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shaw tries to clinch there but Caldwell circles away.
Shaw ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Caldwell throws a one two combo.
Caldwell looks to land a combination but Shaw avoids it well.
Caldwell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caldwell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Caldwell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Caldwell's cut.
That's time! Shaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Shaw showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caldwell.
Caldwell just misses with a punch to the body.
Caldwell lands a body shot.

Shaw moves into the clinch.
Caldwell takes an elbow to the temple.
Shaw trying to land knees to the body.
Caldwell is leaning against Shaw and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shaw lands an elbow inside.
Shaw wants a takedown.
Shaw just leaning against Caldwell, taking a breather.
Shaw looking to throw knees to the head but Caldwell is blocking nicely.
Caldwell lands a shot to the body.
Caldwell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shaw has him pressed against the ropes.
Caldwell working hard to break the clinch.
Shaw is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Caldwell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A shot in the inside from Caldwell.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw tries to land knees in the clinch but Caldwell avoids the damage to the body.
Shaw with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shaw lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Caldwell wants to get back to striking at distance but Shaw won't allow it.
Shaw with a knee to the head.
Shaw throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caldwell gets through Shaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shaw unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caldwell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shaw swings wildly with an uppercut but Caldwell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shaw lands a nice elbow.
Caldwell is trying to force a seperation but Shaw has the dominant position.
Caldwell taking a breather.
Shaw drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Caldwell gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Caldwell is trying to stall.
Shaw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shaw misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caldwell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shaw tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shaw keeps control of Caldwell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shaw keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caldwell's efforts to push away.
Caldwell tries to circle away but Shaw has him pinned against the ropes.
Shaw connects with a nasty looking knee right to Caldwell's face.
Caldwell is breathing heavily.
Shaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Caldwell wants to get back to striking at distance but Shaw won't allow it.
Shaw goes for a takedown attempt but Caldwell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caldwell lands a jab.
Shaw wants to clinch.
Caldwell throws a right hand that Shaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaw also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shaw. Shaw circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shaw tries to clinch up but Caldwell circles away and keeps his distance.
Shaw tries to clinch up.
Caldwell misses with a double jab.
Caldwell scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jab from Caldwell.
Caldwell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jimmy Caldwell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shaw keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Caldwell.
Caldwell swings for the body but Shaw moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caldwell misses with a looping left.
Shaw slips a straight right by Caldwell.
Shaw dodges the punch combination from Caldwell.
Caldwell throws a body punch but Shaw moves out of range.
Caldwell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Caldwell swings for the body but Shaw moves out of range.
Caldwell takes a swing at Shaw's ribcage but misses.
Shaw shoots in for a takedown but Caldwell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Caldwell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caldwell throws a right and a left that Shaw avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Caldwell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Caldwell's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Shaw tries to clinch up but Caldwell circles away and keeps his distance.
Caldwell digs a good body shot into Shaw's ribs.
Caldwell misses with a body shot.
Caldwell swats away the attempt to clinch by Shaw.
Shaw is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Caldwell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw slips a jab and a cross from Caldwell.
Caldwell misses with a double jab.
Shaw moves out of range as Caldwell strikes.
Shaw avoids a punch combination nicely.
Caldwell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Caldwell gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shaw to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Shaw loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shaw looking to pass the guard.
Shaw connects with a couple of short punches.
Shaw works over Caldwell with some ground and pound from guard.
Shaw cracks Caldwell with a solid left hand.
Shaw trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Shaw postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shaw loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Caldwell wants to sweep here but Shaw controlling him for the moment.
Shaw with a nice head shot there.
Shaw trying to control but Caldwell is working from the bottom.
Shaw makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Shaw loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Caldwell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shaw accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shaw throwing strikes from guard but Caldwell blocks nicely.

Caldwell is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shaw is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Caldwell works over Shaw's head and body with a nice combination.
Donk. Caldwell catches Shaw right on the button with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Caldwell.
Jimmy Caldwell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Shaw darts in and clinches Caldwell up against the ropes.
Shaw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Caldwell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Shaw prevents a body shot from Caldwell.
Knees to the body from Shaw.
Caldwell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caldwell lands with a short shot to the head.
Caldwell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Caldwell takes an elbow to the temple.
Shaw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw lands a left hand that snaps the head of Caldwell backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shaw.
Caldwell tries a body shot but Shaw blocks it.
Shaw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shaw comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Caldwell wants to break free but Shaw has control.
Still in the clinch, Caldwell scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shaw lands a nice uppercut.
Shaw lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caldwell tries to break the clinch but Shaw is controlling the position.
Caldwell is trying to break free.
Shaw tries for a takedown but Caldwell manages to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caldwell.
Caldwell wants to get back to striking at distance but Shaw won't allow it.
Shaw stalling in the clinch but Caldwell improves position.
Shaw lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Don Shaw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Caldwell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shaw looking to throw knees to the head but Caldwell is blocking nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Don Shaw showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Caldwell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Caldwell!