PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rick Slick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jojo Cunnings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Slick had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Slick
vs
Cunnings

166 cm
20
148 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

167 cm
22
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Slick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jojo Cunnings!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cunnings tries for a takedown but Slick circles away easily
letting Slick counter with a right hand.
Slick misses the body punch

and Cunnings decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Slick's guard.
Slick controlling Cunnings's posture.

Slick throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Slick is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slick wants to pass the guard but Cunnings is keeping the position.
Slick lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Cunnings is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Slick is aware though and is defending well.
Slick controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Cunnings is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Slick is aware though and is defending well.
Slick not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings wants to improve his position but instead Slick has moved into half guard.
Cunnings keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Slick passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cunnings!
Slick breaks from Cunnings's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Slick working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings is trying desperately to improve position.
Slick 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.
Slick unloading with bombs!
Slick landing strikes from the mount.
Slick dominating with strikes here.
Cunnings keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Slick landing punches.
Cunnings is desperately trying to improve his position but Slick has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slick controlling from the full mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunnings working to try and regain half guard.
Slick controlling the position easily from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Slick dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cunnings changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Slick looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slick tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Cunnings swings around for an armbar but Slick sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cunnings's guard.

Cunnings looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Slick passes into side control.
A lull in the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunnings taking a bit of punishment here - Slick scoring with strikes.
Slick controlling from side mount.
Cunnings is looking for a sweep.
Cunnings trying to remain calm as Slick controls from the top position.

Slick tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slick is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Cunnings's shoulder. That is not cool.
Cunnings on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Slick is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Slick lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slick in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Slick controlling the position from side mount.
Cunnings is trying to get back to half guard.
Slick is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Cunnings will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings is looking to reverse the position.
Rick Slick overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee asks Slick politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Slick prefers to stall for the moment though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slick is chipping away with strikes.
Slick controls the position from side control.
Cunnings is looking for a sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slick lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Slick dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A jab from Slick finds it's way through Cunnings's defenses.
Cunnings fails with the takedown

and Slick counters with a shoot takedown. Cunnings fights it but they end up in guard.
Slick working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Slick sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Rick Slick.

Slick closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cunnings to the mat! Cunnings manages to get full guard.

Slick got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cunnings has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Slick has managed to get both his arms back between Cunnings's legs - danger averted.
Cunnings wants to get back to his feet but Slick is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Slick not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rick Slick is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slick works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nice strikes from Slick there.
Slick passes to full mount!
Cunnings wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Slick sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Slick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cunnings can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunnings is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Slick controlling the position easily from mount.
Slick seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cunnings for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slick landing punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cunnings is trying desperately to improve position.
Slick tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Slick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Slick 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight for Rick Slick!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Rick Slick!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Rick Slick!

Rick Slick wins by unanimous decision!
Rick Slick decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.