PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Callaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desi Venetiaan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Callaway's entrance music is Scraped . A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that Randy Callaway has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Randy Callaway seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Callaway
vs
Venetiaan

193 cm
30
265 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

205 cm
29
270 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Callaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Desi Venetiaan!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venetiaan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Callaway.
Callaway lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Venetiaan thows a body shot but no joy.

Callaway gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Callaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Venetiaan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Callaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Callaway working aggressively here.
Venetiaan blocks an uppercut.
Callaway pushes Venetiaan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Callaway working aggressively here.
Callaway misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Callaway.
Still in the clinch, Callaway scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Callaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway has a couple of punches blocked by Venetiaan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Venetiaan.
Venetiaan is trying to maintain a safe position but Callaway gets an underhook and turns Venetiaan into the cage.
Callaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Venetiaan is trying to force a seperation but Callaway has the dominant position.
Venetiaan looking to slow down the pace here.
Callaway lands with a short shot to the head.
Venetiaan is trying to break the clinch but Callaway is controlling him.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Callaway has a couple of punches blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaway lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Callaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Venetiaan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Callaway lands a left hand that snaps the head of Venetiaan backwards.
Callaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Venetiaan.
Venetiaan blocks an uppercut.
Callaway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Callaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway misses with a punch on the inside.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Callaway swings wildly with an uppercut but Venetiaan uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venetiaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Callaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Callaway fails to land.
Callaway working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Callaway.
Venetiaan tries to stall but Callaway uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Venetiaan tries to break free but Callaway pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Callaway.
Callaway prevents Venetiaan from breaking the clinch.
Callaway lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Venetiaan backwards.
Callaway lands a right hand that snaps the head of Venetiaan backwards.
Venetiaan trying to stall but Callaway improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Callaway scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Callaway working aggressively here.
Venetiaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Callaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Venetiaan wants to stall.
Callaway throws a head punch that misses.
Venetiaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Callaway throws a head punch that misses.
Venetiaan blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Callaway dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Callaway misses with a wild combination.
Callaway misses with a low kick.
Callaway tries to clinch but Venetiaan is having none of it.
Callaway throws a low kick but Venetiaan avoids it.
Callaway slips a jab and a cross from Venetiaan.
Venetiaan lands a body shot.
Venetiaan catches Callaway with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Randy Callaway has been cut.
Callaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Venetiaan manages to avoid it.
Venetiaan misses with a body shot.
Callaway tries to clinch up but Venetiaan circles away and keeps his distance.
Callaway tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Venetiaan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Callaway, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venetiaan scores with a shot to the body.
Venetiaan takes a swing at Callaway's ribcage but misses.
Venetiaan misses the body punch
and Callaway counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Callaway with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Venetiaan misses with a wild body shot.
Callaway throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Callaway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Callaway throws a right and a left that both miss.
Callaway tries a low kick but Venetiaan avoids it.
Venetiaan misses the shot to the body.
Callaway is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venetiaan digs a good body shot into Callaway's ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Venetiaan misses the shot to the body.
Venetiaan lands a lovely overhand right.
Callaway fails with an attempt to clinch.
Venetiaan just misses with a punch to the body.
Venetiaan misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Venetiaan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Callaway.
A looping hook to the body misses from Venetiaan. Callaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Venetiaan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Venetiaan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Callaway rather than just go for the knockout.
Callaway scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Callaway tries to clinch up.
Callaway is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callaway tries to clinch up.
Callaway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Venetiaan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jab, jab by Callaway - just one landing.
Callaway dips to his left and cracks Venetiaan with an uppercut!
Randy Callaway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Callaway.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Venetiaan in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Callaway connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Callaway takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Venetiaan. Callaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Venetiaan. Callaway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Callaway tried to score with a low kick but Venetiaan checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Callaway looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Callaway is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Venetiaan.
Callaway throws a head kick but Venetiaan moves out of range.
Callaway tries to clinch there but Venetiaan circles away.
Venetiaan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Callaway under the eye.
Callaway tries a head kick but it misses.
Venetiaan lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Callaway throws a low kick, looking for Venetiaan's leg but Venetiaan calmly moves out of range.
Callaway misses with an uppercut
and Venetiaan counters with a right hand to the body.
Callaway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venetiaan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Desi Venetiaan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Randy Callaway's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Callaway gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Venetiaan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Callaway has Venetiaan up against the cage in a clinch.
Callaway misses with some punches.
Venetiaan is trying to break the clinch but Callaway is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Callaway.
Callaway has a couple of punches blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Callaway.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venetiaan blocks an uppercut.
Callaway prevents Venetiaan from breaking the clinch.
Callaway has a couple of punches blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Callaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Callaway fails to land.
Venetiaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Callaway.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Venetiaan blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callaway keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Venetiaan's efforts to push away.
Callaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Venetiaan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Randy Callaway has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Callaway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Venetiaan is trying to break the clinch but Callaway has him pressed against the cage.
Callaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Venetiaan blocking some punches.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callaway misses with some punches.
Venetiaan blocks an uppercut.
Venetiaan is looking to control Callaway's arms but Callaway gets an underhook and turns him. Now Venetiaan has his back to the cage.
Callaway lands with a left to the head.
Callaway misses with the head strike.
Callaway misses with a hook from the clinch.
Callaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway has a couple of punches blocked by Venetiaan.
Callaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Venetiaan.
Venetiaan blocks an uppercut.
Venetiaan blocking some punches.
Callaway lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Callaway misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Callaway fails to land.
A short uppercut from Callaway.
Callaway working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Venetiaan.
Callaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Venetiaan is trying to break the clinch but Callaway is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Callaway creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Callaway keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Venetiaan's efforts to push away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Venetiaan blocking some punches.
Callaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Callaway showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Callaway has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Callaway!
An out of breath Randy Callaway thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.