PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Ricard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyden White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ricard
vs
White

184 cm
23
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Ricard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kyden White!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ricard shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. White manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ricard throws and elbow that misses. White uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ricard's guard. Nice move by White!
White trying to move into half guard but instead Ricard has managed to sweep!
Ricard throwing strikes from guard but White blocks nicely.
White preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
White bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ricard's guard.
Ricard keeping full guard, as White tries to pass.
White won't allow Ricard to sweep him here.
Ricard is working hard here to advance position.
Ricard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ricard tries to get out of the position.
Ricard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from White.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White works over Ricard with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White with a flurry of punches that miss.
White lands a couple of digs.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ricard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
White is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
White throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ricard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ricard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ricard is trying to keep White in close.
Ricard looking for a sweep. Not yet Ricard, not yet.
White wants to pass the guard but Ricard is keeping the position.
Ricard has control of White's left arm, preventing White from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Frank Ricard.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
White lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ricard circles away quickly and effectively.

Ricard shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ricard showed some decent athleticism there.
White has hold of Ricard's hands but Ricard slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ricard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ricard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed White's head.
White is trying to stand back up but Ricard is controlling him

That's three minutes gone in the round.

White makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
White throws a body punch but Ricard moves out of range.

Ricard shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ricard is looking to pass White's guard but actually White recovers to full guard.
Ricard wants to stand and escape but instead White has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ricard wants to sweep here but White controlling him for the moment.
Ricard wants to get back to his feet but White passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ricard blocking the ground and pound attempt from White.
White not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
White thows a huge punch but Ricard dodges it nicely.
Ricard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ricard wants to control but White passes into side.
Ricard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for White on the ground.
Ricard is breathing heavily.

White stands up and beckons Ricard to his feet.
Ricard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ricard leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Ricard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Ricard dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ricard feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ricard wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Ricard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as White works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
White preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
White trying to keep a closed guard but Ricard is proving a slippery customer.
Ricard throws and elbow that misses. White uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ricard's guard. Nice move by White!
White won't allow Ricard to sweep him here.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
White stands and throws Ricard's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ricard wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricard is trying to control White's posture but White avoids it.
White lands an elbow.
White is working Ricard over with some ground and pound from side control.
White misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Frank Ricard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ricard is looking for a sweep.

White stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Frank Ricard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ricard throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. White was covering up waiting for the punch and Ricard finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ricard won't allow White to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ricard prevents White from getting back to his feet.
Ricard stands up over White, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
White is trying to keep Ricard in close.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Ricard throws a strike but White rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as White accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ricard wants to stand up but White is controlling him.
White won't allow Ricard to sweep him here.
White throwing strikes but missing.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Ricard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ricard holds on and takes a little breather.
Ricard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
White wants to pass the guard but Ricard is keeping the position.
Ricard keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Ricard has control of White's left arm, preventing White from doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Ricard scores a takedown into full mount!
Ricard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. White can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ricard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as White is looking to escape.
Ricard looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Ricard dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

White thows a body shot but no joy.

White clinches up with Ricard and pushes him back against the cage.

Ricard has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but White regains guard immediately.
White not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ricard wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Ricard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Ricard drops back, looking for a kneebar! White looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. White looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from White!
Ricard tries to bench press White off him but White keeps the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ricard to see if he's OK.
Ricard is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on White's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ricard is trying to get back to full guard.
White throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
White prevents Ricard from improving his position.
White trying to control from half guard but Ricard is working away.
White missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
White has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
White pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White landing shots from mount.
Ricard tries to hold on but White pushes him away.
Ricard is in all sorts of trouble here.
White working the ground and pound effectively.
White lands with some strikes.
White lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ricard taking shots to the head.
Ricard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ricard takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
White dominating with strikes here.
Ricard is in a horrible position here. White smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White lands with some strikes.
White scores with a couple of good head shots there.
White landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ricard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ricard?
White has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ricard is trying desperately to improve position.
White with good strikes from the mount here!
White with the ground and pound from mount.
Ricard wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
White pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ricard tries to lock up and control but White gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kyden White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White looking to finish Ricard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ricard!
White unloading with bombs!
Ricard tries to reverse the position but White maintains control.
White working Ricard over with strikes here.
White dominating with strikes here.

White is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ricard has managed to escape the submission attempt.
White lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Frank Ricard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ricard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ricard wants to hold on but White pushes him away.
White lands a big elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyden White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ricard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28

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