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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Burgess Meredith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ricardo's choice of entrance music: rage against the machine,,cypress hill how i just kill a man. Burgess Meredith had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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185 cm
30
205 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
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191 cm
19
220 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Burgess Meredith! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Ricardo! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ricardo misses with an uppercut
and Meredith moves into the clinch. Meredith's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Meredith blocking some punches.
Ricardo is trying to drag Meredith to the mat but Meredith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Ricardo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Meredith is defending well. Ricardo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Meredith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Burgess Meredith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Ricardo.
Meredith gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ricardo is trying to maintain the position but Meredith is very close to passing his half guard.
Ricardo is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Meredith has latched onto it... Big trouble! Meredith pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Ricardo is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Meredith!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Burgess Meredith!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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