PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Milo Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Larondelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winner's entrance music is Fight Night. A fine choice. Larondelle is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Harder to Breathe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Winner
vs
Larondelle

185 cm
22
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Milo Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Larondelle!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larondelle misses with the combination.
Winner swinging wildly here.
Winner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larondelle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winner throws out the jab.

Winner clinches up with Larondelle and pushes him back against the cage.

Winner breaks from the clinch.
Larondelle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Winner drops Larondelle with a left and a right! Oh, Larondelle is hurt - Winner dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Richard Larondelle has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winner tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Winner is looking to take a break and control but Larondelle is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Winner tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Winner is working hard here to advance position.
Larondelle can't do much from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Winner swings around for an armbar but Larondelle sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Winner's guard.
Larondelle won't allow Winner to get back to his feet.
Larondelle cracks Winner with a solid left hand.
Winner keeping moving, preventing Larondelle from controlling successfully.
Winner wants to sweep here but Larondelle controlling him for the moment.
Winner is wriggling around but Larondelle manages to pass to half guard.
Winner makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Winner.

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.
Larondelle is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Larondelle scoring with some ground and pound.
Larondelle pushes down on Winner's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Larondelle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Winner keeps working.

Winner kicks off Larondelle and gets to his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larondelle. Winner does a little dance to reset his feet.

Winner has closed the distance and engaged Larondelle in a clinch.

Winner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larondelle blocks a low kick nicely.
Larondelle has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Larondelle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winner.
Larondelle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Winner. Winner obviously looking to wear him down.
No joy there for Winner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Larondelle.
Larondelle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Winner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That has opened up Richard Larondelle's cut even more.
Larondelle ducks under a wild hook from Winner.

Larondelle moves into the clinch.

Winner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winner throws a leg kick that misses.
Winner misses with an uppercut. Larondelle saw that one coming.
Winner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Larondelle.
Larondelle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Winner lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

The cut above Richard Larondelle's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A cross from Larondelle lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larondelle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larondelle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larondelle with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Larondelle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larondelle. Winner does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Winner misses.
Winner connects with a right hand. Larondelle shakes it off.
Winner lands with a straight right. Larondelle didn't see that one coming.
Milo Winner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Larondelle right on the button. Larondelle goes down! Winner follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Winner gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milo Winner!