PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Rickardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Best has chosen Party Rock Anthem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Rickardson
vs
Best

180 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags-$10 or less & Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Rickardson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Best!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best throws a right hand that Rickardson ducks under and follows up with a left that Rickardson also avoids with ease.
Best misses with a two punch combination.
Best tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rickardson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Best is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Best fails in his attempt to clinch.
Best throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Best circles away from the clinch attempt.

Rickardson has managed to clinch.
Best tries to pull guard but Rickardson forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Best wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Rickardson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Rickardson is looking for a triangle but Best pushes his legs off easily.
Rickardson trying to control the position here.
Best won't allow Rickardson to sweep him here.

Rickardson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rickardson controls Best momentarily but Best frees himself.
Best trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Best in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Rickardson looking for a guillotine here but Best defends easily.
Rickardson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Best wants to stand but Rickardson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rickardson trying to strike off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Best throws a big elbow that misses.
Best tries to free his leg and advance position but Rickardson is retaining full guard.

Rickardson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Best can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rickardson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Best wanted to stand there but Rickardson had control of the position.
Best is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Best is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Best postures up in Rickardson's guard and throws a big left but Rickardson blocks it.
Rickardson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rickardson has Best pulled in close to control his posture.
Best postures up in Rickardson's guard and throws a big left but Rickardson blocks it.

Best got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rickardson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Best has managed to get both his arms back between Rickardson's legs - danger averted.
Rickardson trying to control the position.
Best trying to control but Rickardson is working from the bottom.
Best looking to sit in guard and control but Rickardson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rickardson wants to pass the guard but Best is keeping the position.

Rickardson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rickardson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rickardson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Best is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Best wants to stand and escape but Rickardson is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Randy Best will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Best scores with a shot to the body.
Rickardson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Best.
Frank Rickardson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Best throws a series of punches but Rickardson avoids them all with ease.
Randy Best seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Best 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.
Best throws an elbow that misses. Rickardson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Best's guard. Nice move by Rickardson!
Rickardson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rickardson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Best looking for a sweep. Not yet Best, not yet.

Rickardson stands up from Best's guard - Rickardson perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rickardson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rickardson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rickardson looks to land a body kick but Best moved away.
Best closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rickardson circles away.
Best fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Frank Rickardson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Randy Best.
Rickardson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rickardson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rickardson wants it to stay on the feet.
Rickardson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Best is fending him off so far but Rickardson persists. Nope, Best circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for Rickardson with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Best fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rickardson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Best smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Best looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Best as Rickardson shoots in.
A jab lands there for Best.
Rickardson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Best moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Best shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Best trying to control from half guard but Rickardson is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best trying to mount his opponent but Rickardson defends it.
Rickardson wants to improve his position but Best is controlling well.
Best wants to stand but Rickardson has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Best trying to control from half guard but Rickardson is working away.
Rickardson is trying to stand up here but Best is controlling him well.

Best is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rickardson sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best wants to stand but Rickardson has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Randy Best has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rickardson moves into full guard.
Best postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Rickardson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Best is looking to advance position but Rickardson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Best showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rickardson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rickardson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rickardson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Best swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Best throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rickardson is defended easily by Best.
Best keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Rickardson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Best closes the distance and pushes Rickardson back into the cage.
Rickardson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Best walks away with a smile on his face. Rickardson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Best.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rickardson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Best to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Best with a nice head shot there.
Rickardson wants to control the position but Best says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Rickardson taking some punishment here, with Best in his half guard.
Rickardson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Best scores with a couple of nice shots.
Best tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Rickardson.
Rickardson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Best wants to control from the top but Rickardson keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rickardson keeping full guard, as Best tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Best accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Best is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Best trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Rickardson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rickardson keeping moving, preventing Best from controlling successfully.

Rickardson is looking for a triangle but Best pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Best stands and steps away. Rickardson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Best fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rickardson sprawls well initially but Best persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Best there.
Best tries to pass to full mount but Rickardson defends it.
Rickardson trying to control but Best postures up.
Best really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rickardson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Best tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rickardson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Best wants to take a breather but Rickardson is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Best is trying to control the action in half guard but Rickardson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Best is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Rickardson reverses the position - he's now on top in Best's guard.
Rickardson stops Best from standing up.

Rickardson stands up from Best's guard - Rickardson perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Best fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Best comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Best 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Best!
Randy Best took some time post fight to say the following; 'Throw me another fight and I will not disapoint.'.