PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cletus McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ramsy Ricochet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonald kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee. Ramsy Ricochet will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

McDonald
vs
Ricochet

184 cm
17
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cletus McDonald !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ramsy Ricochet!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricochet fails with the takedown.

McDonald feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ricochet is looking to stand back up but McDonald counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Ricochet.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McDonald has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
McDonald throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ricochet is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDonald has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ricochet keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
McDonald takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
McDonald avoids the attempt from Ricochet to control.
Ricochet stops McDonald from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricochet wants to control but McDonald is having none of it.
McDonald controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a sustained period of stalling by McDonald .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ricochet avoids a series of strikes thrown by McDonald .
McDonald controlling from the full mount.
McDonald seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ricochet for as long as he can get away with.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus McDonald dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McDonald drives through with a takedown into guard.
McDonald slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Ricochet is trying to control the position but McDonald postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ricochet wants to hit a switch here but McDonald passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ricochet there!
McDonald tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ricochet is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
McDonald controlling the position easily from mount.
McDonald continues to hold on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ricochet can do to turn this around?
McDonald continues to stall.
Ricochet is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McDonald controlling his opponent.
We've been informed that Ricochet has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Cletus McDonald overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Further stalling from McDonald .
McDonald avoids the attempt from Ricochet to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
McDonald scoring with strikes but Ricochet is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus McDonald dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

McDonald swings for the body but Ricochet moves out of range.

Ricochet gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McDonald advances position into side control!
A lull in the action here as McDonald stalls from top position.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because McDonald is stinking the place up with his stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDonald misses with the ground and pound.
McDonald is staying tight to Ricochet's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ricochet is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald controls the position from side control.

McDonald is trying to get an arm triangle but Ricochet is defending well.
McDonald controlling from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

McDonald bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
McDonald takes a little break here. Ricochet wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ricochet pushes McDonald away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, McDonald gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDonald remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Cletus McDonald is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ramsy Ricochet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricochet is looking to reverse the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cletus McDonald showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McDonald 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cletus McDonald !
Cletus McDonald decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.