PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Decimus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Von Rickenhausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Decimus
vs
Rickenhausen

190 cm
22
261 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

186 cm
20
270 lbs
2 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Decimus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Von Rickenhausen!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decimus throws a jab when Rickenhausen was well out of range.

Decimus lands a high kick to the side of Rickenhausen's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Decimus dives into guard, looking to finish.

It looks like Von Rickenhausen has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decimus works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rickenhausen missing with punches from the bottom.

Decimus is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rickenhausen defends it well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rickenhausen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Decimus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rickenhausen is keeping the position for now.
Decimus wants to stand and escape but instead Rickenhausen has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Decimus is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rickenhausen defends well.
Decimus is breathing heavily.
Decimus has momentary wrist control but Rickenhausen slips an elbow through the middle.
Decimus wants to stand and escape but Rickenhausen is having none of it.
Rickenhausen advances to half guard.
Decimus is trying to stand up here but Rickenhausen is controlling him well.
Rickenhausen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Decimus!
Rickenhausen dominating with strikes here.
Rickenhausen with shots to the head and body - Decimus looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimus tries to lock up and control but Rickenhausen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rickenhausen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Decimus is bucking up trying to escape but Rickenhausen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Decimus is looking to improve his position but Rickenhausen isn't that keen on the idea.
Decimus taking shots to the head.
Decimus is working to get back to half guard.
Rickenhausen is landing with some decent strikes but Decimus is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rickenhausen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus is looking to get to half guard.
Rickenhausen looking to finish Decimus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Decimus!
Rickenhausen dominating with strikes here.
Rickenhausen looking to finish Decimus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Decimus!
Rickenhausen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rickenhausen landing shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Rickenhausen.
Decimus is bucking up trying to escape but Rickenhausen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Decimus is working to get back to half guard.
Rickenhausen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rickenhausen lands with some strikes.
Rickenhausen avoids the attempt from Decimus to control.
Rickenhausen with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Decimus that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Decimus is desperately trying to improve his position but Rickenhausen has a good base and remains in mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rickenhausen pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Decimus keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Von Rickenhausen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Von Rickenhausen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rickenhausen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Decimus sprawls well initially but Rickenhausen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Decimus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rickenhausen on the ground.
Rickenhausen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Decimus has hold of Rickenhausen's hands but Rickenhausen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Decimus won't allow Rickenhausen to pass to mount.
Rickenhausen frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Decimus is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rickenhausen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rickenhausen landing strikes from the mount.
Rickenhausen scoring with strikes but Decimus is staying in there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimus is trying desperately to improve position.
Decimus is working hard here to advance position.
Decimus tries to lock up and control but Rickenhausen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Decimus tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rickenhausen breaks from Decimus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Decimus is in a horrible position here. Rickenhausen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rickenhausen working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Decimus is bucking up trying to escape but Rickenhausen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rickenhausen raining down shots from the mount!
Decimus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rickenhausen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Decimus's face.
Decimus is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rickenhausen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Decimus's face.
Decimus working to try and regain half guard.
Rickenhausen breaks from Decimus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Decimus can't escape the position.
Rickenhausen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Decimus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Decimus can't escape the position.
Von Rickenhausen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Decimus is bucking up trying to escape but Rickenhausen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Decimus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rickenhausen with shots to the head and body - Decimus looks very uncomfortable down there.
Decimus tries to reverse the position but Rickenhausen maintains control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Decimus wants to control but Rickenhausen is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Von Rickenhausen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Von Rickenhausen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Decimus throws a series of punches but Rickenhausen avoids them all with ease.
Decimus has his takedown stuffed

and Rickenhausen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Decimus looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Rickenhausen has picked Decimus up and slammed him! Decimus can't keep hold of the triangle and Rickenhausen manages to pass to side control!
Rickenhausen moves into full mount!
Rickenhausen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Decimus?
Rickenhausen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rickenhausen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rickenhausen prevents Decimus from getting the reversal.
Rickenhausen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Decimus taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rickenhausen prevents Decimus from getting the reversal.
Rickenhausen lands a nice shot to the head.
Decimus is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rickenhausen breaks from Decimus's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Decimus tries to hold on but Rickenhausen postures up.
Decimus is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rickenhausen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Decimus is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rickenhausen working Decimus over with strikes here.
Rickenhausen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Decimus bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rickenhausen wants to hit a switch here but Decimus passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Rickenhausen there!
Decimus wants to control the action but instead Rickenhausen gets a body lock and reverses into Decimus's guard! Nice work!
Rickenhausen scoring with some ground and pound.
Rickenhausen won't allow Decimus to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Decimus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rickenhausen passes Decimus's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rickenhausen stops Decimus from getting back to his feet.
Decimus tries to get to full guard but Rickenhausen has control of the leg.
Dave Decimus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Von Rickenhausen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rickenhausen sitting and controlling from the half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Von Rickenhausen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rickenhausen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Von Rickenhausen!