PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Eric Caulfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Hester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caulfield comes to the ring accompanied by Ashes Divide - The Stone. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Caulfield
vs
Hester

176 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Counter fighter
Self confident

Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Caulfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint Hester!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hester tries to clinch but Caulfield moves out of range.
Caulfield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hester circles away quickly and effectively.
Hester displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Caulfield throws out the jab.
Hester tries to counter with a clinch but Caulfield shakes him off and moves away.
Caulfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hester only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hester walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Caulfield checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Hester gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hester throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Caulfield.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caulfield is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hester is keeping busy.
Caulfield tries to break the clinch but Hester is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Hester scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hester gets through Caulfield's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hester breaks the clinch.
Caulfield thuds a left hand into Hester's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Caulfield crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hester - the referee stops the clock and Caulfield gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hester. Caulfield manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hester lands with a nice body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Caulfield misses the target.
Hester misses with a wild body shot.
Hester tries to clinch up but Caulfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Caulfield is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Caulfield lands a jab to the head.
A big right from Caulfield misses.
Hester connects with a solid leg kick.
Caulfield fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester pushes Caulfield away with a front kick.
Caulfield misses with a combination
and Hester counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caulfield feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hesters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hester throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hester.
Hester scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Caulfield.
Caulfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caulfield swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Caulfield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hester.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caulfield looks to land a combination but Hester avoids it well.
Caulfield displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Hester lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hester thumps Caulfield with a low kick.
Hester connects with a leg kick. Caulfield looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hester.
Caulfield lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hester lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Caulfield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hester.
Hester thows a body kick. Caulfield tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Caulfield is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hester.
Hester thuds his shin into the meat of Caulfield's side.
Hester thuds his shin into the meat of Caulfield's side.
Hester fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Hester instigates a clinch.
The referee calls for Hester to work.
Hester throws a punch but it's blocked by Caulfield.
Hester lands a hook that snaps the head of Caulfield backwards.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Caulfield throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Hester dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hester connects with a body shot that sends Caulfield's belly button to the back.
Caulfield swinging wildly here.
Hester tries to counter by closing the distance.
Caulfield throws a combination. Hester tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hester walks into a stiff left hand from Caulfield.
Eric Caulfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Caulfield on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caulfield falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hester counters with a good, hard body kick but Caulfield shrugs it off.
Hester feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Caulfield's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hester lands a front kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hester fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caulfield.
Caulfield takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hester!
Hester lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hester fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Caulfield.
Hester is looking to slow Caulfield down with leg kicks.
Caulfield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hester only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hester tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Caulfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Caulfield is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hester missing with a left hand there. Caulfield was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester scores with the left hand. Caulfield knows he should have avoided that one.
Caulfield looks to land a right hand but Hester moved out of range.
Hester steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Caulfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Hester responds with a good body kick, but Caulfield manages to step out the way in time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caulfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Hester wants to clinch up but Caulfield keeps it at a distance.
Caulfield will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hester fails with an attempt to clinch.
Caulfield darts in trying to clinch
and Hester counters with a nice body kick.
Hester buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caulfield on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hester!

Hester moves into the clinch successfully.
Hester connects with a nasty looking knee right to Caulfield's face.
Hester misses with a punch to the body.
Caulfield's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Hester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caulfield is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hester is keeping busy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hester seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Caulfield takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Caulfield is blocking nicely.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caulfield has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caulfield throws a head punch that misses.
Caulfield misses with some punches.
Hester working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Caulfield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Caulfield as Hester tries to tie him up.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Clint Hester seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Caulfield looking to slow down the pace here.
Caulfield is trying to push Hester away but Hester has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Hester has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hester lands a knee to the body.
Hester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hester tries a knee to the head but Caulfield blocks it.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Caulfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Hester showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hester.
Caulfield lunges at Hester with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hester's hand.
Caulfield throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caulfield keeps the fight on the outside.
A slow jab from Caulfield misses its intended target.
Hester appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Caulfield.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester misses with a body kick.
Caulfield is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hester thows a body kick. Caulfield tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Crunch! Hester slams his shin into Caulfield's torso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hester chopping away at his opponent's legs.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hester stalling in the clinch.
Hester swings wildly with an uppercut but Caulfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hester tries a knee to the head but Caulfield blocks it.
Hester is trying to maintain a safe position but Caulfield gets an underhook and turns Hester into the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caulfield.

Hester escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Caulfield throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hester finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hester.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester lands a front kick.
Caulfield takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hester lands a nice looking body kick.
Clint Hester seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hester instigates a clinch.
Hester tries to stall but Caulfield uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Hester manages to break the clinch.
Crack! A monster head kick from Hester and Caulfield falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Hester!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Clint Hester!