PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank Richlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abata Seko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Richlin
vs
Seko

169 cm
24
165 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Richlin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Abata Seko!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seko is looking to score with low kicks.
Richlin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Seko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Seko misses with a hook to the body

and Richlin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Seko's guard now.
Richlin preventing the sweep.
Richlin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Richlin trying to control the position from guard on top but Seko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Richlin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Seko wants to sweep here but Richlin controlling him for the moment.
Richlin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Richlin working some strikes from top position.
Richlin chips away with some ground and pound.
Richlin stands up over Seko, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Seko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Seko looking to hit a scissor sweep but Richlin is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Richlin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Richlin has managed to get both his arms back between Seko's legs - danger averted.
Richlin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Seko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Richlin trying to control but Seko is working from the bottom.
Richlin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Seko is adopting a defensive guard.
Richlin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Seko looking for a guillotine here but Richlin defends easily.

Seko is looking for a triangle but Richlin pushes his legs off easily.

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.
Richlin advances to half guard.
Ground and pound from Richlin.
Seko taking some punishment here, with Richlin in his half guard.
Seko regains full guard. Nicely done.
Richlin throws and elbow that misses. Seko uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Richlin's guard. Nice move by Seko!
Richlin wants to stand and escape but Seko is having none of it.
Richlin is controlling Seko's posture.
Seko tries to free his leg and advance position but Richlin is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seko postures up.
Seko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Richlin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seko passes into half guard.
Seko trying to pass the guard but Richlin defending well.

Seko is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Richlin defends it well.
Richlin wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four 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.
Richlin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Seko wants to pass the guard but Richlin is keeping the position.

Seko drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Richlin dives on top into guard.
Richlin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Seko manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Richlin manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Seko wants to control but Richlin is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Richlin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Seko throws a head kick but Richlin moves out of range.
Seko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Richlin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Seko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Richlin pulls his head out easily.
Richlin lands with a punch from half guard.
Richlin is trying to control the action in half guard but Seko is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Richlin there.
Seko is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Richlin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Richlin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Seko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Richlin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Richlin.
Richlin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Seko defending well though.
Frank Richlin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Seko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Richlin pulls his head out easily.
Seko wants to improve his position but Richlin is controlling well.
Seko is breathing heavily.
Richlin working the head and body with strikes.
Richlin wants to take a breather but Seko is having none of it.
Richlin prevents Seko from improving his position.
Richlin content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Seko is not content to let Richlin control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Richlin slows the pace down in half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Frank Richlin just wasn't active enough.
Richlin lands a high kick!
A low kick from Seko is predictable there
and Richlin counters with a straight right hand.
Seko dips to his left and cracks Richlin with an uppercut!
Seko ducks under a wild hook from Richlin.
Seko thows a leg kick but Richlin checks it
and Richlin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Richlin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Seko's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richlin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Richlin postures up.
Richlin trying to control but Seko is working from the bottom.
Seko is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Richlin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Richlin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Seko is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Richlin is stalling in the full guard.
Richlin lands a couple of digs.
Richlin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Seko on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Richlin scoring with punches and elbows.
Seko sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Richlin lands a nice short elbow.
Richlin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Richlin dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Richlin misses with a body shot.
Richlin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seko.

Richlin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee warns Seko that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Seko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Richlin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Richlin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Richlin wants to control the pace but Seko is squirming around nicely.
Richlin with the ground and pound from mount.
Seko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Richlin prevents Seko from getting the reversal.
Richlin with the ground and pound from mount.
Richlin lands a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seko working to try and regain half guard.
Richlin scoring with strikes but Seko is staying in there.
Richlin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Seko can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Seko keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Richlin controlling from the full mount.
Seko is trying to escape the mount.
Richlin looking to finish Seko with some ground and pound. This is bad for Seko!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seko regains half guard.

Seko looking for submissions off his back.
Richlin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Abata Seko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richlin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seko with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Richlin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Richlin is just content to waste time from the top position. Seko takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Richlin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Richlin got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seko has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Richlin has managed to get both his arms back between Seko's legs - danger averted.
Seko wants to sweep here but Richlin controlling him for the moment.
Richlin wants to control from the top but Seko keeps moving.
Richlin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Richlin working some strikes from top position.
Seko looking to hit a scissor sweep but Richlin is one step ahead there.
Richlin wants to control from the top but Seko keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Richlin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Seko's head.
Seko has momentary wrist control but Richlin slips an elbow through the middle.
Richlin connects with a couple of short punches.
Richlin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Richlin is looking to take a break and control but Seko is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Richlin in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richlin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Seko to see if he's OK.
Seko taking a bit of punishment here - Richlin scoring with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Richlin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Richlin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Richlin!