PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Small Richard (ranked 314 p4p, 1418 weight class) and Freaky George (ranked 29 p4p, 141 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Richard
vs
George

160 cm
27
146
12 - 1 - 0

175 cm
27
150
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Small Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Freaky George!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Richard closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming George to the mat! George manages to get full guard.
Richard postures up.
Richard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Richard trying to control but George is working from the bottom.
Richard is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Richard has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Richard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
George avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Richard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
George is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
George is pulling down on Richard's head. It's preventing any offense from Richard, at least for the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Richard moves out of range of the strikes.
George looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
George steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Richard.
A nice side step and George releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Richard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Richard tries to score with a low kick but George moves his leg out of the way.
Richard goes for a double leg but George avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as George continues to drive forward.
Richard tries to pull guard but George forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

George breaks from the clinch.
Richard gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and George counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Small Richard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
George misses the jab.
George slips a straight right by Richard.
George throws out a counter right but Richard avoids it with no problem.
George scores with a hook.
George lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Richard at a distance.
George stuns Richard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Richard misses with a left hand
and George counters with a nice uppercut.

Richard is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richard misses with a takedown
and George counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Richard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
George throws a pinpoint strike between Richard's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Richard crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and George scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Freaky George!