PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dick Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicos Diassen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nicos Diassen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Richards
vs
Diassen

170 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

163 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dick Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicos Diassen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Richards bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Diassen misses the target.
Diassen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richards tries to bum rush Diassen with a series of wild strikes but Diassen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richards throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Diassen misses its intended target.
Diassen just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Richards does no damage.
Richards throws a right and a left that Diassen avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Richards.
Diassen misses with a straight right.
Richards moves out of range of the strikes.
Richards fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diassen is out of range.
Richards goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Richards misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diassen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Richards tries to bum rush Diassen with a series of wild strikes but Diassen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richards misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Richards misses.
Richards misses with the combination.
Diassen throws out a loose jab but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diassen fails to land with a series of punches.
Diassen throws a hook but Richards blocks it.
A combination from Richards does no damage.
Richards misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richards rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diassen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Richards, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Richards, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diassen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diassen might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Diassen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards swinging wildly here.

Richards darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Diassen wants to control but Richards is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diassen gets full guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Richards is sitting in close to Diassen's body. Diassen has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Richards is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Richards is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Diassen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Nicos Diassen!