PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between jaec caturan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

caturan
vs
Richard

180 cm
22
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

176 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, jaec caturan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Duke Richard!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
caturan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Richard sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten caturan somewhat.

Richard closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming caturan to the mat! caturan manages to get full guard.
Richard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Richard lands a couple of digs.
Richard is looking to work some ground and pound but caturan has wrist control.
Richard throws a big right hand that misses.
caturan trying to control the position.
caturan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Richard working some strikes from top position.
caturan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Richard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Richard throws a big right hand that misses.
Richard is working caturan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard throwing strikes from guard but caturan blocks nicely.

Richard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Richard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Richard postures up in caturan's guard and throws a big left but caturan blocks it.
Richard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. caturan swivels though and keeps the full guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Richard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Richard misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Richard looks gassed!
caturan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Richard's waist but Richard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing caturan off to one side.

Richard darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Richard frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
caturan is working to get back to half guard.
caturan tries to lock up and control but Richard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Richard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Richard prevents caturan from getting the reversal.
Richard throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for caturan because Richard loaded up on that one.
Richard punching from mount but caturan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
caturan tries to hold on but Richard postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Richard dominating with strikes here.
Richard scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish caturan?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richard landing shots from mount.
caturan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Richard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richard throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for caturan because Richard loaded up on that one.
Richard throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
caturan is trying to stand.
Richard throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

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.
caturan blocking the ground and pound.
caturan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Richard is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, caturan has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Richard thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Richard throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Richard is working for a guillotine from mount but caturan frees his head quite easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
caturan tries to hold on but Richard postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duke Richard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Richard looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for caturan!
caturan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Richard on the ground.
Richard lands with some strikes.
Richard sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Richard throws some wild stikes that caturan manages to avoid easily.
caturan blocking the ground and pound.
Richard throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for caturan because Richard loaded up on that one.
Richard with good strikes from the mount here!
caturan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard with good strikes from the mount here!

Richard working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. caturan looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Richard! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Duke Richard!