PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank WooWoo (ranked 4802 p4p, 3770 weight class) and Jacob Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 466 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Richards's choice of entrance music: 300 Violin Orchestra. Frank WooWoo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

WooWoo
vs
Richards

200 cm
20
190
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
25
192
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank WooWoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jacob Richards!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but WooWoo avoids it really well and circles away.
WooWoo looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
WooWoo dips to his left and cracks Richards with an uppercut!
Richards's hands are dropping dangerously low here and WooWoo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Richards scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
WooWoo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Richards looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
WooWoo swings for the body but Richards moves out of range.
Richards wants to counter with a clinch but WooWoo pushes him away.
Richards shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has WooWoo pinned against the cage. WooWoo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Frank WooWoo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Richards fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frank WooWoo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Richards.
Richards misses with a takedown attempt
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
WooWoo lands a glancing blow to the side of Richards's head.
WooWoo misses with a looping left.
WooWoo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brotherhood MMA in the buildup to the fight.
WooWoo jabs Richards to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Richards fails with the takedown.
WooWoo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
WooWoo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Richards shoots in for a takedown but WooWoo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards looks for a takedown but WooWoo sprawls well.
It looked like WooWoo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
WooWoo cracks Richards with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
WooWoo slaps away a takedown attempt from Richards, before circling back to the center of the mat.
WooWoo sizes up Richards with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards moves out of range as WooWoo strikes.
WooWoo lands a really nice looking cross but Richards seems unphased.
A big right from WooWoo misses.
Richards takes a jab right on the kisser.
WooWoo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Richards fails with a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank WooWoo dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

WooWoo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Richards.
Richards blocks a jab.
WooWoo works Richards's body with a nice hook.
Richards with a poor takedown
and WooWoo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
WooWoo misses with a jab to the body
and Richards counters with a huge left! WooWoo is in big trouble! He's backing up but Richards isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save WooWoo from any more damage. A dominating finish by Richards!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob Richards!
In his post fight interview, Jacob Richards started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.