PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and william wednesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonny Rico has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rico
vs
wednesday

190 cm
25
195 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, william wednesday!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
wednesday swings for the body but Rico moves out of range.
Rico tests wednesday's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rico fails to land with a series of punches.

Rico moves into the clinch.
Rico wants a takedown but no success here.

wednesday breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Rico.
Horrible takedown by wednesday or perhaps it was just good defense by Rico which made him look bad.
Rico lands with a nice combination. wednesday backs away looking to recover.
wednesday lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Jonny Rico has been cut.

Rico feints and as wednesday raises his hands in defense, Rico changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rico throwing strikes but missing.
Rico stands and throws wednesday's legs to the side, diving into side control.
wednesday being controlled for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico tries to score with some ground and pound. wednesday controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

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.
wednesday tries to buck Rico off but Rico is having none of it.
wednesday parries the strikes from Rico easily there. Rico is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable wednesday to escape.
Rico throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
wednesday can't do much from the bottom here.
wednesday is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico working the head and body with strikes.
Rico has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
wednesday is looking for a sweep.
The referee asks Rico politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Rico prefers to stall for the moment though.
Rico advances nicely into full mount.
wednesday is trying to escape the mount.
Rico tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wednesday is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
wednesday is trying to escape the mount.
Rico misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
You get the feeling that wednesday really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Poor strikes thrown by Rico there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rico misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Rico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Rico's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

wednesday misses with a double jab
and Rico counters with a straight right hand.
Rico sizes up wednesday with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rico tries to bum rush wednesday with a series of wild strikes but wednesday uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
wednesday looks to clinch

and Rico counters with a nice double leg into side control. wednesday won't be happy with that.

Rico decides to stand back up. Rico steps back and let's wednesday get back to his feet.
Rico misses with a two punch combination.
wednesday throws a left and a right that both miss

so Rico counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
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!
Rico is stalling in the full guard.
Rico has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
wednesday trying to control the position here.
wednesday tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
wednesday wants to get back to his feet but Rico is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rico looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rico seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down wednesday for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Jonny Rico just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Rico fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
wednesday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rico counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rico lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rico misses with a double jab.
wednesday tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Rico scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
wednesday looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rico perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed wednesday's head.
Rico has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Rico there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rico controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Rico dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Rico's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

wednesday misses with a combination
and Rico counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
wednesday misses with a combination

and Rico counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rico.
Rico stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. wednesday swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rico is pushing down on wednesday's leg trying to pass to half guard. wednesday is fighting to maintain full guard but Rico has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rico trying to control the pace.
Rico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
wednesday is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Rico trying to mount his opponent but wednesday defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rico thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing wednesday to regain full guard.
wednesday can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rico controls the pace.
Jonny Rico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Rico forces his way into half guard.
Rico perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rico trying to pass the guard but wednesday defending well.
Rico performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

wednesday kicks Rico off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
wednesday takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jonny Rico is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rico scores with a crisp jab that stopped wednesday in his tracks.

Rico closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rico lands in his opponent's guard.
Rico advances position into side control!

Rico decides to stand back up. Rico steps back and let's wednesday get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
wednesday misses with a double jab
and Rico counters with a right hand to the body.
wednesday throws a lazy right hand but Rico sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rico takes a shot to the body in his stride.
wednesday swats away the attempt to clinch by Rico.
Rico takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Rico changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. wednesday looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
william wednesday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
wednesday wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Rico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rico 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Rico!