PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Bredshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urijah Calaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bredshaw
vs
Calaway

185 cm
19
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

O'Brannigan's Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aaron Bredshaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Urijah Calaway!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calaway tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Calaway tries to clinch there but Bredshaw circles away.
Calaway is looking to clinch.
Bredshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bredshaw circles away from the clinch attempt.

Bredshaw closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Calaway to the mat! Calaway manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bredshaw is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bredshaw postures up in Calaway's guard and throws a big left but Calaway blocks it.
Bredshaw has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Calaway has his feet on Bredshaw's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Calaway tries to clinch up.
A big left from Bredshaw misses.
Calaway tries to clinch but Bredshaw moves out of range.
Calaway is looking to clinch but Bredshaw is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Calaway looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bredshaw swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway misses with the combination.
Calaway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Calaway tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bredshaw swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Urijah Calaway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Calaway closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Calaway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Calaway lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bredshaw misses with some punches.
Bredshaw really is a fat lump.
Bredshaw leaning his opponent against the cage.
Calaway tries to stall but Bredshaw uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bredshaw is trying to maintain a safe position but Calaway gets an underhook and turns Bredshaw into the cage.
Calaway is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Calaway has had enough of the clinch but Bredshaw keeps him there for the moment.
Calaway cracks Bredshaw with a nice body shot.
Calaway lands a shot to the body.
Bredshaw wants to break free but Calaway has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Calaway.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calaway lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bredshaw.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Calaway as Bredshaw tries to tie him up.
Calaway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Calaway breaks the clinch.
Bredshaw slips a jab and a cross from Calaway.
Calaway slips a jab and a cross from Bredshaw.
Calaway is looking to clinch.
Calaway is looking to clinch.
Bredshaw misses with a jab, cross combination.

Bredshaw moves into range and clinches up with Calaway.
Calaway misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bredshaw changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Calaway fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bredshaw misses with a double jab

and Calaway moves into the clinch.
Calaway taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Calaway scores with a shot to the side of Bredshaw's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bredshaw fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Calaway lands with a short shot to the head.
Calaway is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Calaway looks gassed!
Calaway prevents Bredshaw from breaking the clinch.
Calaway working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Calaway is trying to maintain a safe position but Bredshaw gets an underhook and turns Calaway into the cage.
Bredshaw throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Calaways head.
Bredshaw leaning his opponent against the cage.

Calaway breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bredshaw fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Bredshaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calaway tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Bredshaw counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calaway keeps control of Bredshaw as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Calaway digs a right hand underneath Bredshaw's ribcage. Bredshaw let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Calaway is trying to break free.
Calaway prevents Bredshaw from breaking the clinch.
Calaway looking to stall.

Bredshaw breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Calaway tries to clinch up

and Bredshaw counters by moving into the clinch.
Calaway wants to get back to striking at distance but Bredshaw won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Calaway takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Calaway pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bredshaw tries to clinch but Calaway is having none of it.
Bredshaw moves in looking to clinch but Calaway pushes him off.
Calaway tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Bredshaw holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Urijah Calaway dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Bredshaw circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Bredshaw counter with a right hand.

Calaway gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Calaway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Calaway throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Calaway leaning his opponent against the cage.
Come on Bredshaw - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Calaway is trying to break the clinch but Bredshaw has him pressed against the cage.
Calaway is breathing heavily.
Bredshaw leaning against his opponent.

Bredshaw's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Calaway lunges at Bredshaw with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bredshaw's hand.
Bredshaw throws a head kick but Calaway moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bredshaw lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Calaway has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Calaway and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bredshaw throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Calaway, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Calaway tries to clinch but Bredshaw moves away

so Bredshaw counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bredshaw pushes down on Calaway's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bredshaw stalling.
Bredshaw frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bredshaw wants to control the pace but Calaway is squirming around nicely.
Bredshaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Calaway can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Bredshaw wants to finish this one by submission but Calaway is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bredshaw.

Bredshaw with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bredshaw working for a guillotine from mount but Calaway is in no mood to give up.
Calaway blocking the ground and pound.
Bredshaw lands a big shot there that rocks Calaway but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bredshaw has hold of Calaway's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Calaway manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Bredshaw throwing strikes here but Calaway is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Calaway is squirming around, avoiding Bredshaw's attempts to control the action.
Bredshaw fails to take his opponent's back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bredshaw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Bredshaw dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bredshaw throws a leg kick but Calaway moved away.
Bredshaw throws a right hand that Calaway ducks under and follows up with a left that Calaway also avoids with ease.
Bredshaw moves in looking to clinch but Calaway pushes him off.

Calaway moves into range and clinches up with Bredshaw.
Bredshaw trying to control the position but instead, Calaway has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bredshaw into the cage.
Calaway lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Calaway taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bredshaw jumps guard but Calaway stands there with Bredshaw around his waist. Bredshaw gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Calaway.
Calaway takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bredshaw wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bredshaw is trying to break the clinch but Calaway has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calaway has Bredshaw pressed against the cage.
Calaway tries a body shot but Bredshaw blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Calaway.
Bredshaw fails to pull guard.
Calaway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Calaway.
Calaway fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Calaway is trying to maintain a safe position but Bredshaw gets an underhook and turns Calaway into the cage.
Calaway throws a punch but it's blocked by Bredshaw.
Bredshaw goes for a takedown attempt but Calaway pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Bredshaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calaway tries to clinch but Bredshaw moves away

and Bredshaw counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Calaway trying to control the position but instead, Bredshaw has worked for underhooks and has pushed Calaway into the cage.
Calaway lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bredshaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bredshaw is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Calaway has a couple of punches blocked by Bredshaw.
Bredshaw slowing the pace effectively.
Calaway misses with a punch on the inside.
Bredshaw stalling.
Calaway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bredshaw taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Aaron Bredshaw.
Bredshaw fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Calaway is out of range.
Bredshaw tries to clinch up.
Calaway closes the distance but Bredshaw moves to the side

and Bredshaw counters with a takedown into side control.
Bredshaw wants to control but Calaway is keeping him busy.
Bredshaw wants to take a breather but Calaway manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Bredshaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bredshaw trying to control but Calaway is working from the bottom.
Bredshaw content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bredshaw throwing strikes from guard but Calaway blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bredshaw slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bredshaw throwing shots but missing, from side control.
A lull in the action here as Bredshaw stalls from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Aaron Bredshaw.
I think Bredshaw 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Aaron Bredshaw!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Aaron Bredshaw!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Aaron Bredshaw!

Aaron Bredshaw wins by unanimous decision!