PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arne De Rick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Arne De Rick has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

De Rick
vs
Foster

190 cm
19
219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
225 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arne De Rick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Foster!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Foster looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for De Rick!
De Rick sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foster winds up and cracks De Rick with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Foster scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Foster passes the guard and advances to mount!
Foster lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Rick tries to hold on but Foster pushes him away.
De Rick can't escape the position.
De Rick takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
De Rick is trying desperately to improve position.
Foster landing punches.

De Rick is rocked!
Foster pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh De Rick is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Rick keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
De Rick seems to have got his legs back now.
De Rick is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
De Rick really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foster is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Foster pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
De Rick tries to reverse the position but Foster maintains control.
Foster lands a nice shot to the head.
De Rick throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Foster lands with some vicious ground and pound - can De Rick hang on?
De Rick is wriggling around trying to escape.
De Rick is breathing heavily.
Foster landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Rick keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Foster looking to finish De Rick with some ground and pound. This is bad for De Rick!
Foster landing strikes from the mount.
Foster with a couple of short strikes.
Foster putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
BOOM! Foster connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Foster has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Foster cracks De Rick with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Foster working De Rick over with strikes here.
Foster landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster lands with some strikes.
De Rick in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Foster looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Foster is landing with some decent strikes but De Rick is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
De Rick is looking to improve his position but Foster isn't that keen on the idea.
Foster landing strikes, looking to finish!
De Rick is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Foster thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
De Rick is working to get back to half guard.
De Rick gets back to half guard.

De Rick pushes Foster off and gets back to his feet.
De Rick gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Foster counters with a double leg that slams his opponent to the canvas! De Rick is in trouble here! Foster pounds away until the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). James Foster!