PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aram Gamburian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rico Riccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gamburian comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - The Ripper. Rico Riccio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gamburian
vs
Riccio

179 cm
26
150 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

177 cm
26
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aram Gamburian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rico Riccio!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Riccio moves into the clinch successfully.
Gamburian is trying to push Riccio away but Riccio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Riccio controlling the action here for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Riccio obliges.
Gamburian wants to get back to striking at distance but Riccio won't allow it.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls for Riccio to work.
Riccio lands a knee to the head.
Gamburian avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Riccio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riccio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gamburian up against the cage.
Gamburian wants to break free but Riccio has control.
Riccio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gamburian is trying to force a seperation but Riccio has the dominant position.
Riccio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamburian avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Riccio just leaning against Gamburian, taking a breather.
Gamburian trying to control the position but instead, Riccio has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gamburian into the cage.
Riccio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riccio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Riccio with a knee to the head.
Gamburian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Riccio has him pressed against the cage.
Riccio keeps control of Gamburian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riccio with a knee to the head.
Gamburian blocks an elbow strike from Riccio.
Gamburian managing to block the knees to the body from Riccio.
Riccio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Riccio has Gamburian pressed against the cage, preventing Gamburian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gamburian's defenses.
Gamburian is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Riccio pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Riccio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gamburian is looking to break free of the clinch but Riccio has double underhooks.
Riccio tries a knee to the head but Gamburian blocks it.
Riccio scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccio landing knees to the body.
Gamburian misses with an elbow strike.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Gamburian in his tracks for a moment.
Riccio misses with an elbow strike.
Gamburian is looking for a takedown.
Gamburian is looking to break free of the clinch but Riccio has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Riccio.
Riccio has Gamburian pressed against the cage, preventing Gamburian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamburian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riccio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gamburian in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Gamburian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gamburian is trying to break free.
Riccio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riccio holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Gamburian tries to circle away but Riccio has him pinned against the cage.
Riccio lands a damaging elbow.
Riccio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gamburian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gamburian tries to break the clinch but Riccio is controlling the position.
Riccio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riccio tries to land knees in the clinch but Gamburian avoids the damage to the body.
Gamburian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Gamburian 's eye.
Riccio lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccio misses with a knee to the head.
Riccio landing knees to the head.
Riccio lands an elbow just above Gamburian 's eye.
Gamburian avoids a wild elbow strike from Riccio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riccio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gamburian's defenses.
Riccio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gamburian avoids it.
Riccio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gamburian's defenses.
Riccio lands a nice elbow.
Riccio lands an elbow inside.
Riccio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gamburian's efforts to push away.
Gamburian avoids a wild elbow strike from Riccio.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Riccio.
Riccio looking to throw knees to the head but Gamburian is blocking nicely.
Riccio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Riccio dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gamburian looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Riccio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riccio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gamburian.
Riccio tries to clinch but Gamburian is having none of it.
Riccio tries to clinch but Gamburian is having none of it.

Gamburian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio tries a knee to the head but Gamburian blocks it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Riccio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gamburian's brow.
Riccio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gamburian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gamburian working hard to break the clinch.
Gamburian tries to break free but Riccio pushes him back against the cage.
Riccio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gamburian is trying to break the clinch but Riccio has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riccio is pushing Gamburian up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Riccio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gamburian wants to get back to striking at distance but Riccio won't allow it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Riccio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Riccio lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Gamburian scores with a nice short uppercut.
Riccio misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio stalling in the clinch.
Riccio prevents Gamburian from breaking the clinch.
Riccio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccio lands an elbow inside that Gamburian shrugs off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riccio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gamburian in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gamburian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riccio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Riccio has Gamburian pressed against the cage, preventing Gamburian from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gamburian wants to break free but Riccio has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Riccio.
Riccio working Gamburian over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Gamburian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Riccio lands an elbow inside that Gamburian shrugs off.
Gamburian looking to slow down the pace here.
Riccio tries to land a knee to the head but Gamburian blocks with his arms.
Riccio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
Riccio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Riccio throws an elbow but it misses.
Riccio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riccio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gamburian wants to break free but Riccio has control.
Gamburian avoids a wild elbow strike from Riccio.
Gamburian can't break the clinch.
Riccio avoids a wild elbow strike from Gamburian.
Rico Riccio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riccio is pushing Gamburian up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Riccio looking to throw knees to the head but Gamburian is blocking nicely.
Gamburian wants to get back to striking at distance but Riccio won't allow it.
Riccio throws an elbow but it misses.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riccio.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riccio throws an elbow but misses.
Riccio is stalling here.
Riccio working Gamburian over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riccio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Riccio landing knees to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Riccio.
Riccio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riccio receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gamburian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Riccio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Riccio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Gamburian throws a looping overhand right but Riccio ducks down to avoid it.
Riccio tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gamburian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gamburian throws a hook but Riccio avoids it easily.
Riccio on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gamburian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Gamburian drives through and clinches with Riccio against the cage.
Gamburian is trying to force a seperation but Riccio has the dominant position.
Gamburian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riccio working Gamburian over with knees to the body.
Riccio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gamburian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gamburian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Riccio lands a knee to the head.
Riccio throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riccio throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gamburian lands a body shot.
Riccio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riccio prevents the takedown attempt.
Riccio misses with a knee to the head.
Riccio misses with a knee to the head.
Riccio lands a nice elbow.
Riccio prevents Gamburian from breaking the clinch.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Riccio.
Riccio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riccio misses with an elbow over the top.
Riccio scores with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gamburian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riccio's brow.
Riccio lands an elbow that stopped Gamburian in his tracks for a moment.
Gamburian takes an elbow to the temple.
Rico Riccio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gamburian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Gamburian tries to break free but Riccio pushes him back against the cage.
Riccio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A frustrated look appears on Gamburian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gamburian has had enough of the clinch but Riccio keeps him there for the moment.
Gamburian is trying to force a seperation but Riccio has the dominant position.
Gamburian tries to break free but Riccio pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gamburian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Riccio has him pressed against the cage.
Gamburian tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gamburian is trying to break the clinch but Riccio is controlling him.
Riccio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Gamburian's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gamburian is trying to push Riccio away but Riccio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice left hand lands by Gamburian.
Gamburian working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gamburian looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gamburian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gamburian avoids the elbow strike from Riccio, against the cage.
Gamburian throws a punch but it's blocked by Riccio.
Aram Gamburian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riccio lands a damaging elbow.
Riccio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gamburian has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gamburian wants to break free but Riccio has control.
Riccio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gamburian's efforts to push away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rico Riccio.
I've got Riccio winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

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