PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rick Mcintosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maria Ozawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Mcintosh is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Mcintosh
vs
Ozawa

168 cm
26
150 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

175 cm
27
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Mcintosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maria Ozawa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozawa is looking to clinch but Mcintosh is avoiding it.
Ozawa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ozawa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mcintosh sprawls well. Mcintosh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ozawa gets slowly back to his feet.

Ozawa gets tackled into the cage by Mcintosh. Mcintosh maintains the clinch.
Mcintosh jumps guard but Ozawa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ozawa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ozawa misses with a knee strike.

Ozawa decides to pull guard.
Ozawa controls Mcintosh momentarily but Mcintosh frees himself.
Mcintosh wants to stand but Ozawa is controlling his posture from full guard.
Mcintosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Ozawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mcintosh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Ozawa has his feet on Mcintosh's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Mcintosh fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozawa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ozawa misses with a series of wild punches.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ozawa. Mcintosh shrugs it off though.

Ozawa rushes Mcintosh and presses him up against the cage.
Mcintosh being controlled against the cage.
Ozawa misses with a knee strike.
Ozawa stops a takedown attempt from Mcintosh.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Mcintosh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ozawa with a knee to the head.
Ozawa can't break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mcintosh is trying to break free.
Ozawa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mcintosh blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mcintosh breaks the clinch.
Maria Ozawa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ozawa darts in and clinches Mcintosh up against the cage.
Ozawa is pressed up against the cage. Mcintosh has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ozawa down to the mat. Ozawa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mcintosh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ozawa sprawls well. Ozawa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mcintosh gets slowly back to his feet.
Mcintosh defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ozawa.
Mcintosh shoots for a takedown but Ozawa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ozawa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Mcintosh taking a bit of punishment here - Ozawa scoring with strikes.
Mcintosh is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ozawa connects with a decent elbow.
Mcintosh misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Ozawa landing a few strikes.
Ozawa working the ground and pound from side control.
Mcintosh knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ozawa on the ground.
Mcintosh is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ozawa asserts his dominance and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Mcintosh's face as Ozawa controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcintosh throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Ozawa scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ozawa lands some shots froms side control.
Ozawa cracks Mcintosh with a big elbow.

Ozawa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ozawa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mcintosh wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Ozawa wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mcintosh, who protects the arm well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mcintosh is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ozawa scoring with punches from side control.
Ozawa postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ozawa scoring with punches from side control.
Ozawa in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ozawa lands some shots froms side control.
A lull in the action here.
Mcintosh tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ozawa scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ozawa is chipping away with strikes.
Mcintosh is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mcintosh tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ozawa wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maria Ozawa dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ozawa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ozawa slaps away a takedown attempt from Mcintosh, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Ozawa is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mcintosh's half guard.

Ozawa decides to stand and escape the position.
Ozawa slaps away a takedown attempt from Mcintosh, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Ozawa scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ozawa decides to stand up, so the ref orders Mcintosh to his feet.

Ozawa gets a double leg takedown into Mcintosh's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ozawa passes Mcintosh's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ozawa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mcintosh keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozawa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ozawa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Ozawa.
Mcintosh has his hands clasped together around Ozawa's back. He's all about the action.

Ozawa seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Mcintosh is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Maria Ozawa!
Maria Ozawa thanked the fans post fight for their support.