PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie McCaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riley Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCaw comes to the cage accompanied by Kula Shaker - Hush. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

McCaw
vs
Lewis

187 cm
24
223 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

191 cm
22
189 lbs
7 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Richie McCaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Riley Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCaw throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lewis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McCaw swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lewis.
Lewis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
McCaw just misses with a punch to the body.
Lewis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCaw.
Lewis lands a nice looking body shot.
Lewis stuffs the takedown.

McCaw decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCaw content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Lewis is refusing to be controlled, as McCaw sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCaw takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Lewis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McCaw's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McCaw stays in close to Lewis's body and controls the position.
McCaw working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lewis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lewis keeping full guard, as McCaw tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCaw is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
McCaw postures up in Lewis's guard and throws a big left but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis seems keen to control McCaw's posture.
McCaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lewis is keeping the position for now.
Lewis wants to sweep but no luck.
McCaw wants to control from the top but Lewis keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCaw looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McCaw shoots in but Lewis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McCaw is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lewis.
McCaw closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lewis circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie McCaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCaw shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Lewis but Lewis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Lewis thuds his shin into the meat of McCaw's side.
Nice defenses there by McCaw.
McCaw scores with the left hand. Lewis knows he should have avoided that one.
McCaw lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Lewis.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lewis throws a shot to the body.
McCaw tries to move into range but Lewis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lewis with a hook.
Lewis moves away from the strike by McCaw.
Lewis looks to land a right hand but McCaw moved out of range.
Lewis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCaw has time to react.
A right-left combo lands from McCaw.
Nice takedown defense from Lewis. No joy for McCaw on that attempt.
Riley Lewis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McCaw misses with a looping right.
Lewis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McCaw throws a shot from downtown. Lewis moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McCaw is defended easily by Lewis.
McCaw looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
McCaw uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lewis.
Lewis misses the shot to the body.
Nice shot by Lewis.
McCaw connects with the punch.
Lewis looks to throw the jab but McCaw is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCaw. Lewis does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCaw swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCaw looks to throw the jab but Lewis is out of range.
Lewis swings widly with a right hand
enabling McCaw to counter with a crisp jab.
McCaw throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McCaw keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lewis.

McCaw fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lewis sprawls well initially but McCaw persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCaw lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is looking to control McCaw's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lewis avoid being mounted?
McCaw keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
McCaw passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lewis!
McCaw controlling from the full mount.
Lewis is looking to improve his position but McCaw isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to lock up and control but McCaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McCaw landing strikes from the mount and Lewis is in trouble!
Richie McCaw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
McCaw thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
McCaw looking to control but Lewis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCaw looking to control and managing it successfully.
McCaw wants to control the pace but Lewis is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richie McCaw dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Lewis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
McCaw misses with a looping left.
Lewis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lewis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice cross by McCaw.
McCaw lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
McCaw lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCaw uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lewis.
Lewis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McCaw misses with an uppercut. Lewis saw that one coming.
Lewis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
McCaw ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lewis throws a jab when McCaw was well out of range.
Lewis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCaw.
Lewis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lewis misses with a looping left.
Riley Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCaw has a takedown stuffed.
McCaw uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lewis.
Lewis lands the left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lewis lands an overhand right.
A lazy left from Lewis finds it's target.
McCaw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lewis slips a jab and a cross from McCaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCaw takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from McCaw misses.
Lewis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCaw.
Lewis throws a big shot that misses.
Lewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCaw.
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
Lewis lands with a hook. McCaw tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lewis lands the left hand.
McCaw fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richie McCaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McCaw.
Richie McCaw is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lewis throws an off balance right hand
and McCaw counters with a straight right hand.
Lewis misses with a shot to the body
and McCaw counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McCaw lands a head shot.

McCaw fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Lewis to the ground. McCaw is now in Lewis's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCaw won't allow Lewis to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McCaw wants to pass the guard but Lewis is keeping the position.

Lewis throws his legs up looking for a submission but McCaw uses it to pass to side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Riley Lewis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McCaw 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richie McCaw!
Our winner, Richie McCaw, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.