PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Cataldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodgers Owen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cataldo
vs
Owen

185 cm
21
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
150 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dominick Cataldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rodgers Owen!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Owen misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Owen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cataldo can pounce on him.
Cataldo feints and then cracks Owen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Owen down.
Owen blocks a head kick by Cataldo.
Cataldo throws the left hand but Owen avoids the punch easily.
Cataldo throws a looping overhand right but Owen ducks down to avoid it.
Owen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cataldo tests Owen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Owen swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Cataldo to counter with a crisp jab.
Owen looks for the body kick but Cataldo saw that one coming.
Owen swings for the body but Cataldo moves out of range.
Owen slips a straight right by Cataldo.
Owen wants to counter with a clinch but Cataldo pushes him away.
Cataldo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Owen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cataldo. Cataldo obviously looking to wear him down.
Owen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cataldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Owen flicks out a counter leg kick but Cataldo steps away.
Cataldo connects with a body shot.
Owen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cataldo.
Cataldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cataldo throws a body punch but Owen moves out of range.
Cataldo lands with a hook. Owen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Owen moves out of range of the leg kick from Cataldo.
Cataldo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Owen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cataldo is able to avoid easily.
Owen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Owen misses with a straight left.
Owen throws a body kick that misses.
Cataldo scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owen moves forwards but Cataldo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Owen misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Cataldo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Owen misses with a leg kick.
Dominick Cataldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Owen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Owen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cataldo.
Owen avoids the body shot from Cataldo.
Owen takes one to the chin there.
Owen misses with a right hand
and Cataldo counters with a good low kick that Owen was not able to check.
A jab from Cataldo misses.
It seemed like Owen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cataldo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cataldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Owen is just out of range.
Cataldo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Owen tries to clinch
and Cataldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Owen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cataldo's head.
Cataldo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Cataldo misses the target.
Cataldo lands with a cross.
A slow jab from Cataldo misses its intended target.
Cataldo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cataldo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Owen ducks under a wild hook from Cataldo.
Owen throws out a counter right but Cataldo avoids it with no problem.
Owen blocks a low kick nicely.
As Cataldo backs off Owen throws a huge counter combo but Cataldo manages to avoid it all.
Owen digs a good body shot into Cataldo's ribs.
Nice cross by Owen.
Owen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cataldo.
Cataldo throws out a loose jab but Owen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Owen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Owen throws a leg kick but Cataldo moved away.
Cataldo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cataldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cataldo misses with a series of wild punches.
Owen is trying to counter with his kicks.
Cataldo throws a poor cross that misses
and Owen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Owen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cataldo.
Owen misses with a head kick.
Cataldo tries to bum rush Owen with a series of wild strikes but Owen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cataldo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cataldo throws a hook to the side of Owen's head but Owen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Owen throws a head kick but Cataldo moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Owen wants to clinch up but Cataldo keeps it at a distance.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Owen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cataldo has got the better of the exchanges.
Owen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cataldo throws a sloppy head kick and Owen moves out of range easily.
Cataldo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Owen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cataldo tries a head kick but it misses.
Cataldo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Owen can do to turn this around?
Owen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A bone on bone clash there as Owen blocks the leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Owen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cataldo lands an overhand right.
Cataldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Owen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Owen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cataldo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Owen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cataldo throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Owen counters with a leg kick.
Owen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Owen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cataldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cataldo is looking to slow Owen down with leg kicks.
Cataldo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cataldo sets himself, and Owen steps forward looking for the clinch! Cataldo avoids it this time.
Owen swings for the body but Cataldo moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Cataldo.
Cataldo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cataldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Owen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Owen moves out of range as Cataldo strikes.
Owen let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cataldo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cataldo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cataldo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Owen misses with a head kick.
Cataldo throws a leg kick

and Owen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Owen tries a body shot but Cataldo blocks it.

Cataldo breaks the clinch.
Cataldo swings for the body but Owen moves out of range.
It seemed like Owen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dominick Cataldo is winning the standup battle so far.
Cataldo thumps Owen with a low kick.
Cataldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Cataldo throws a big shot that misses.
Owen misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cataldo misses with a double jab.
Owen blocks a jab.
A jab from Owen misses.
A low kick from Cataldo misses
and Owen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Owen avoids the head kick by Cataldo.
Owen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cataldo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cataldo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cataldo checks a leg kick.
Cataldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Owen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cataldo.
Owen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cataldo.
Owen tries to counter by closing the distance.
Owen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice shot by Cataldo.
Owen checks a low kick from Cataldo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cataldo throws out a leg kick but Owen moves out of range and Cataldo only half commits.
Owen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cataldo.
Cataldo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Owen on the side of the head.
Owen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cataldo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Owen blocks a head kick by Cataldo.
Cataldo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Owen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Owen just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCataldo.
Owen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cataldo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cataldo scores with a head kick. Owen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cataldo throws a lazy head kick
enabling Owen to counter with a crisp jab.
Cataldo throws a lazy uppercut
and Owen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Cataldo dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Cataldo lands a jab-cross combination.
Owen is looking to clinch.
Owen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cataldo lands a jab.

Owen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Owen throws a head punch that misses.
Cataldo misses with a punch to the body.
Owen misses with some punches.
Cataldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Owen uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cataldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cataldo prevents a body shot from Owen.
Owen tries to throw a body punch but Cataldo avoids it by throwing Owen back against the cage.

Cataldo breaks the clinch.
Owen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cataldo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Owen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cataldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Owen.
A good leg kick by Cataldo.
Cataldo lands the left hand.
Cataldo throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Owen colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Cataldo as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Owen is left battered and dazed whilst Cataldo and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominick Cataldo!