PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ron Funches (ranked 3976 p4p, 5787 weight class) and Ricky Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Funches
vs
Little

175 cm
18
173
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
166
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ron Funches!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Little!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Funches swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Little misses with a jab, cross combination.
Little tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Funches was well out of range. Poor timing from Little.

Little drives through with a takedown into guard.
Funches has his hands on Little's head, controlling the position.
Funches looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Funches managing to control the position.
Little trying to control the position from guard on top but Funches is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Funches is pulling down on Little's head to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Funches looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Little are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Funches tries to bench press Little off him but Little keeps the position.
Funches manages to get back to half guard.
Funches keeping hold of Little's head, controlling as best he can.
Funches is looking to improve his position.
Funches is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Funches moves into full guard.
Little wants to get up but he can't break Funches's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Funches is pulling down on Little's head. It's preventing any offense from Little, at least for the moment.
Funches keeping full guard, as Little tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little trying to control but Funches is working from the bottom.
Funches is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Little looks winded!
Little trying to control here.

Funches looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Funches is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Little has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

Funches looking for the choke but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Funches is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Funches controlling the positon.

Little won't enjoy being in this position. Funches looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Little is tapping - it's over boys! Funches picks up the submission victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ron Funches!
Ron Funches was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.