PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ace Cobella (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Ricci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cobella
vs
Ricci

188 cm
19
212 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
209 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ace Cobella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Ricci!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobella takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Ace Cobella has been cut.
Ricci falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ricci takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ricci moves out of range as Cobella strikes.
Cobella looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ricci misses with a combination
letting Cobella counter with a right hand.
Cobella lands a jab-cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobella thows a body shot but no joy.
Cobella misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ricci throws a hook but Cobella blocks it.
Ricci swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cobella pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ricci back to the cage. Cobella follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cobella looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cobella paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ricci has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cobella finds it's way round the side to connect with Ricci's head.
Ricci staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobella fails to land with a series of punches.
Cobella swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ricci.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Ricci avoids them all with ease.
A big right from Cobella misses.
Ricci throws a big shot that misses.
Cobella wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cobella lands with a shot to the body.
Ace Cobella seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Ricci.
Ricci misses with a wild combination.
Ricci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cobella.
Cobella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ricci throws out a loose jab but Cobella uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cobella lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobella is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ricci.
Ricci gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cobella.
Cobella throws a poor cross that misses
and Ricci counters with a left to the body.
Cobella scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cobella scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A combination from Cobella does no damage.
Ricci throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cobella counters with a right hand to the body.
Cobella lands the left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Cobella. Those never looked like landing.
Cobella displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cobella connects with the punch.
Cobella jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Cobella finds it's way through Ricci's defenses.
Ricci has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ricci gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ricci throws a series of punches but Cobella moves out of range.
Cobella misses with a double jab.
Cobella uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cobella throws an overhand right that lands on Ricci's shoulder, as Ricci tries to avoid the shot.
Ricci gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cobella misses with a double jab.
Cobella is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Ricci moves out of range.
Cobella scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cobella misses the shot to the body.
Ricci scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Good exchange - Cobella coming out on top.
A punch combination from Cobella misses.
A lazy left from Cobella finds it's target.
A punch combination from Ricci misses.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Ricci avoids them all with ease.
Cobella uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ricci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cobella.
Ricci lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ricci on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cobella connects with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cobella connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ricci's hands.
Cobella ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ricci moves away.
Cobella looks to land a combination but Ricci avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace Cobella dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ace Cobella's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cobella misses with a double jab.
Cobella misses with a right hand
and Ricci counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ricci has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cobella misses the jab.
Ricci takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ricci rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cobella moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cobella looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Ricci misses.
Ricci throws a lazy right hand but Cobella sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A combination from Cobella does no damage.
A slow jab from Cobella misses its intended target.
Cobella throws a right hand that Ricci ducks under and follows up with a left that Ricci also avoids with ease.
Cobella misses with a looping right.
Cobella throws a one two combo.
Cobella cracks Ricci with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobella pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ricci drops his hands momentarily and Cobella takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ace Cobella is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cobella swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ricci.
Cobella comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ricci misses with a straight right.
Cobella fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Ricci moves out of range.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Ricci avoids them all with ease.
Cobella swinging wildly here.
Cobella keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cobella feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riccis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ricci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricci avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cobella misses with a few strikes there.
Cobella takes a swing at Ricci's ribcage but misses.
Ricci takes a swing at Cobella's ribcage but misses.
Ricci just misses with a punch to the body.
Cobella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ricci.
Cobella cracks Ricci with an open hand slap.
Cobella showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ricci.
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!
Ricci throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cobella.
A punch combination from Cobella misses.
Ricci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cobella.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cobella. Ricci does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricci uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cobella.
Ricci catches Cobella with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cobella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ricci.
Ricci fails to land with a series of punches.
Cobella rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ricci moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ricci misses with a body shot.
Cobella pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ricci back to the cage. Cobella follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cobella lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cobella dodges the punch combination from Ricci.
Ricci takes one on the button.
Ricci is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cobella.
Cobella avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobella throws a jab when Ricci was well out of range.
Cobella thows a body shot but no joy.
Ricci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cobella.
Ricci uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobella.
Nice defenses there by Ricci.
Cobella lands with a straight right. Ricci didn't see that one coming.
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!
Ricci misses with a two punch combination.
Cobella shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ricci eats them both and turns towards Cobella to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ricci throws a right hand that Cobella ducks under and follows up with a left that Cobella also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cobella throws a nice looking combination but Ricci bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ricci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ricci takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ace Cobella dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ace Cobella's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ricci avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cobella misses with a two punch combination.
Cobella misses the jab.
Cobella lands with a straight right. Ricci didn't see that one coming.
Cobella fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cobella gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cobella throws out a loose jab but Ricci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ricci blocks a jab.
Ricci moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cobella lands a jab.
Ricci misses with an uppercut
and Cobella counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ace Cobella is winning the standup battle so far.
Cobella misses with a double jab
and Ricci counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricci misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cobella counters with a one-two to the body.
Cobella is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ricci can do to turn this around?
Cobella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Ricci misses.
Ricci moves out of range as Cobella strikes.
Cobella throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ricci.
Ricci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ricci misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ricci misses with a wild body shot.
Cobella misses with a few strikes there.
Cobella throws a series of punches but Ricci moves out of range.
Ricci fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricci slips a jab and a cross from Cobella.
Cobella looks to land a combination but Ricci avoids it well.
Jab from Cobella.
Ricci misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cobella swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cobella throws a hook but Ricci blocks it.
Cobella fails to land with a series of punches.
Cobella misses with a hook
and Ricci counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ricci misses with a double jab.
Cobella misses with a double jab.
Ricci moves away from the strike by Cobella.
Ricci throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobella slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Cobella misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Ricci. That snapped Cobella's head back.
Cobella throws a hook to the side of Ricci's head but Ricci sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ricci will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ricci staying out of range there.
Cobella misses with a straight left.
Ricci throws out a loose jab but Cobella uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cobella misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ricci.
Cobella swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cobella waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ricci.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobella misses with a hook.
Ricci misses with the combination.
Ricci throws out a loose jab but Cobella uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ricci ducks under a wild hook from Cobella.
Cobella swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ricci fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ricci slips a straight right by Cobella.
Cobella uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ricci has time to react.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ricci misses with a double jab.
Ricci looks to land a combination but Cobella avoids it well.
Ricky Ricci has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ace Cobella is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ricci takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ace Cobella showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cobella 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ace Cobella!
After the fight, Ace Cobella was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.