PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seymore KOs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Richards Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Richards Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

KOs
vs
Richards Jr

166 cm
24
197 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
188 lbs
5 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seymore KOs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Paul Richards Jr!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
KOs tries to clinch but Richards Jr moves out of range.
KOs tries to clinch but Richards Jr is having none of it.
KOs moves in looking to clinch but Richards Jr pushes him off.
KOs tries to clinch there but Richards Jr circles away.
Richards Jr shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts KOs as he jumps to the side.
KOs tries to move into range but Richards Jr moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Richards Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Richards Jr throws a right and a left that KOs avoids nicely.
KOs doesn't manage to clinch there - Richards Jr circles away.
KOs tries to clinch up.
KOs dodges the punch combination from Richards Jr.
KOs wants to clinch.
Richards Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Seymore KOs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Richards Jr.
Richards Jr moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

KOs forces Richards Jr back against the cage and clinches.
KOs throws an elbow but it misses.
Richards Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but KOs won't allow it.
Richards Jr tries to break the clinch but KOs is controlling the position.
KOs misses with an elbow strike.
KOs looks to throw an elbow but misses.
KOs lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Richards Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
KOs lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Paul Richards Jr has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, KOs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Richards Jr's brow.
Richards Jr blocks the elbow strike.
Richards Jr avoids a wild elbow strike from KOs.
KOs lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
KOs lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Paul Richards Jr's cut even more.
KOs misses with an elbow strike.
KOs lands an elbow that stopped Richards Jr in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Paul Richards Jr's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
KOs lands a nice elbow.
Richards Jr avoids a wild elbow strike from KOs.
KOs pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Richards Jr working hard to break the clinch.
KOs lands an elbow inside.

Paul Richards Jr's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paul Richards Jr's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Seymore KOs!