PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dominickoy Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Riccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sotiropoulos comes into the arena with bodies blaring out of the sound system. Rico Riccio has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's chin.

Sotiropoulos
vs
Riccio

178 cm
22
168 lbs
3 - 4 - 1

177 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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 3 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Dominickoy Sotiropoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rico Riccio!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotiropoulos fails to land with a series of punches.
Sotiropoulos misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riccio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riccio wants to clinch.
Sotiropoulos misses with the combination.
Riccio is looking to clinch.
Riccio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sotiropoulos misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Sotiropoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Sotiropoulos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riccio tries to close the distance and clinch but Sotiropoulos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riccio wants to clinch up but Sotiropoulos keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sotiropoulos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Sotiropoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Sotiropoulos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dominickoy Sotiropoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sotiropoulos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Riccio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Riccio.
Riccio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riccio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sotiropoulos blocks it with crossed arms.

Sotiropoulos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sotiropoulos throws a right and a left that Riccio avoids nicely.
Riccio moves in looking to clinch but Sotiropoulos pushes him off.

Riccio rushes Sotiropoulos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Sotiropoulos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sotiropoulos circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Riccio drives through and clinches with Sotiropoulos against the cage.
Sotiropoulos avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Riccio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccio throws an elbow but misses.
Riccio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Riccio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sotiropoulos avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Riccio stalls.
Sotiropoulos avoiding damage as Riccio throws knees to the body.
Riccio looking to throw knees to the head but Sotiropoulos is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Riccio.

It looks like Dominickoy Sotiropoulos has been cut.
Sotiropoulos is trying to force a seperation but Riccio has the dominant position.
Sotiropoulos is looking to break free of the clinch but Riccio has double underhooks.
Riccio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sotiropoulos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Riccio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sotiropoulos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccio throws an elbow but misses.
Riccio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sotiropoulos is trying to maintain a safe position but Riccio gets an underhook and turns Sotiropoulos into the cage.
Riccio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riccio misses with a knee to the head.
Riccio landing knees to the head.
Sotiropoulos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccio avoiding damage.
Riccio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos tries to circle away but Riccio has him pinned against the cage.
Riccio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riccio looking to throw knees to the head but Sotiropoulos is blocking nicely.
Riccio lands an elbow inside.
Riccio misses with a knee strike.
Riccio is stalling here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riccio lands a nice knee to the body.
Sotiropoulos dodges an elbow strike from Riccio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Riccio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Riccio tries to clinch there but Sotiropoulos circles away.
Riccio tries to clinch up.
Sotiropoulos misses with the combination.
Sotiropoulos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riccio.
Riccio wants to clinch up but Sotiropoulos keeps it at a distance.
Riccio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riccio moves in looking to clinch but Sotiropoulos pushes him off.
Sotiropoulos throws a series of punches but Riccio avoids them all with ease.
Sotiropoulos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riccio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sotiropoulos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sotiropoulos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riccio.
Sotiropoulos scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Sotiropoulos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rico Riccio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sotiropoulos keeps the fight on the outside.

Sotiropoulos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Riccio tries to land knees in the clinch but Sotiropoulos avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Riccio.
Riccio pushes off an throws an elbow but Sotiropoulos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Riccio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sotiropoulos.
Riccio stalling in the clinch.
Riccio lands a knee to the head.
Riccio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riccio tries to land knees in the clinch but Sotiropoulos avoids the damage to the body.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos can't break the clinch.
Sotiropoulos avoids a wild elbow strike from Riccio.
Riccio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Riccio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riccio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Riccio prevents Sotiropoulos from breaking the clinch.
Riccio leaning against his opponent.
Riccio misses with a knee to the head.
Riccio misses with an elbow over the top.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike from Riccio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccio misses with an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Riccio.
Riccio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sotiropoulos.
Riccio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sotiropoulos is looking to break free of the clinch but Riccio has double underhooks.
Riccio pushes off an throws an elbow but Sotiropoulos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Riccio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Riccio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sotiropoulos blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos taking a breather.
Rico Riccio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riccio crunches a lovely knee into Sotiropoulos's ribcage.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Sotiropoulos 's eye.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sotiropoulos being controlled against the cage.
Sotiropoulos tries to break the clinch but Riccio is controlling the position.
Riccio lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sotiropoulos is trying to force a seperation but Riccio has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Riccio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Sotiropoulos swats away the attempt to clinch by Riccio.
Sotiropoulos looks to land a combination but Riccio avoids it well.
Sotiropoulos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riccio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riccio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sotiropoulos fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Riccio is out of range.
Sotiropoulos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Riccio holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Riccio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sotiropoulos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos takes an elbow to the temple.
Come on Riccio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike from Riccio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sotiropoulos's defenses.
Riccio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Sotiropoulos is rocked!

Dominickoy Sotiropoulos's cut is getting worse.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike.
Oh Sotiropoulos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Clinched against the cage, Riccio lands a big elbow that drops Sotiropoulos! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Sotiropoulos is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rico Riccio!