PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and joey maitland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by Kittie - Johnny. maitland has chosen Hatebreed - I will be heard as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Richards
vs
maitland

189 cm
22
189 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

178 cm
21
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, joey maitland!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards is looking to clinch but maitland is avoiding it.
Richards closes this distance looking for a takedown but maitland circles away.
maitland swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
maitland stuffs the takedown attempt from Richards. Richards gets slowly back to his feet.
maitland keeps the fight on the outside.
Richards is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by maitland.
maitland misses with a wild combination.
Richards misses with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

maitland moves into the clinch.

maitland pulls Richards into guard.
Richards won't allow maitland to sweep him here.
maitland keeping moving, preventing Richards from controlling successfully.
Richards is looking to stand up but maitland won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
maitland is adopting a defensive guard.
maitland looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Richards sitting in guard here, content to control.
maitland looking to hit a scissor sweep but Richards is one step ahead there.
Richards would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
maitland swinging wilding here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
maitland misses with a wild body shot.
Richards uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by maitland.
maitland thows a leg kick but Richards checks it

and Richards decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in maitland's guard.
maitland is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Richards slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Richards stands up and beckons maitland to his feet.
A leg kick checked by maitland.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
maitland rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richards moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richards chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before maitland can pounce on him.
Richards is breathing heavily.
maitland lands with a nice body punch.
Richards takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

maitland scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
maitland is taking a breather. Richards says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ground and pound from maitland.
maitland takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Richards on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

maitland is looking for a kimura but Richards is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for maitland to get the leverage.

maitland is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Richards sees it coming and defends easily.

maitland decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from maitland.
maitland throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
maitland throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Richards's head.

maitland gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joey maitland 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.

maitland fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Richards.
maitland throws a one two combo.
maitland throws a nice outside leg kick.
maitland cracks the inside of Richards's front leg.

maitland drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
maitland is working Richards over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
maitland throws a big right hand that misses.
maitland works a leg free and moves into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
maitland slows the pace down in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards is not content to let maitland control the position.
maitland throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Richards wants to improve his position but maitland is controlling well.
maitland landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
maitland landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
maitland content to control rather than advance.

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.
maitland wants to lay and pray for a moment but Richards keeps working.
maitland controlling the pace.
maitland is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
maitland keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

maitland is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Richards doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time maitland.
maitland scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Richards wants to control but maitland is keeping busy and won't allow it.
maitland is controlling the pace.
maitland's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Despite being in the dominant position, joey maitland just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
maitland throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
maitland misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richards.
maitland throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

maitland instigates a clinch.

maitland breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
maitland throws a left and a right that both miss
and Richards counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pierre Richards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richards shoots and misses
and maitland makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
maitland tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

joey maitland showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Richards has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Richards takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Richards fails with the takedown
and maitland counters with a slapping leg kick.

maitland has Richards up against the cage in a clinch.

maitland breaks the clinch.
A nice combination there by maitland.
Richards takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
maitland is looking to clinch but Richards is avoiding it.
maitland lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

maitland decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
maitland passes to full mount!
maitland looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
maitland avoids the attempt from Richards to control.

maitland is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Richards can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
maitland trying to control but Richards is having none of it.

maitland looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
maitland has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards is looking to get to half guard.
maitland content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
joey maitland is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Richards tries to get back to half guard but can't.
maitland tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
maitland postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Richards looks a forlorn figure.
maitland controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
joey maitland has got the better of the ground game so far.
maitland cracks Richards with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pierre Richards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
maitland controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
joey maitland comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well maitland has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Peck scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... joey maitland!