PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard Guinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Guinness
vs
Russo

172 cm
21
154 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

170 cm
23
153 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Guinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Russo!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guinness misses with a double jab
and Russo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Guinness rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Russo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Russo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guinness.
Russo throws a body punch but Guinness moves out of range.
Russo throws the kick towards the body but Guinness avoids it.
Guinness on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Russo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guinness misses with a few strikes there.
Russo dodges the punch combination from Guinness.
Guinness lands a slapping body shot.
Russo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Guinness misses with a hook.
Guinness swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Russo dodges the punch combination from Guinness.

Russo clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Russo landing knees to the head.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Russo lands a right hand.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Guinness takes an elbow to the temple.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Russo.
Russo working Guinness over with knees to the body.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
Russo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guinness is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Russo to keep the fight standing.
Russo is struggling to control the position.
Russo lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guinness's defenses.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Guinness is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Russo is defending well.
Russo lands a nice elbow.
Guinness takes an elbow to the temple.
Russo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Russo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guinness backwards.
Guinness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Guinness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Russo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Russo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russo lands a nice knee to the body.
Russo is pushing Guinness up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Russo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guinness's face.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guinness with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Guinness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Russo working Guinness over with knees to the body.
Russo prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Guinness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guinness wants to break free but Russo has control.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.

Guinness is rocked!
Good body shot from Russo.
Oh Guinness is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Guinness wants to break free but Russo has control.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Guinness seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guinness throws a punch but it's blocked by Russo.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Russo connects with a knee to the head.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Russo lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russo.
Russo lands an elbow inside that Guinness shrugs off.
Russo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guinness wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Guinness takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Guinness takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Russo.
Russo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Russo 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.

Guinness fails to land with a series of punches.
Russo fakes the leg kick and cracks Guinness in the body.
Russo is looking to slow Guinness down with leg kicks.
Russo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guinness scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Guinness throws a series of punches but Russo moves out of range.

Russo has managed to clinch.
Guinness drops down looking for an ankle pick but Russo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Guinness slips a jab and a cross from Russo.
Guinness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guinness tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Russo was well out of range. Poor timing from Guinness.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Russo.
Russo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness misses with a double jab.

Russo closes the distance and pushes Guinness back into the cage.
Guinness fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Guinness tries to pull guard but Russo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Guinness. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
Russo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Russo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee calls for Russo to work.
Guinness is trying to break the clinch but Russo has him pressed against the cage.
Guinness wants to stall.
Guinness is working for takedown but Russo is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Russo as Guinness tries to tie him up.
Russo lands an elbow that stopped Guinness in his tracks for a moment.
Russo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Russo stalling the fight.
Russo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Russo lands a nice uppercut.
Russo landing knees to the head.
Russo lands an elbow just above Guinness 's eye.
Russo with a knee to the head.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.
Russo scores with a knee to the head.
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guinness's defenses.
Russo lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guinness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Russo lands an elbow that stopped Guinness in his tracks for a moment.
Russo is struggling to control the position.
Russo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ryan Russo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Guinness goes for a takedown in the clinch but Russo prevents it.
Guinness tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Russo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guinness tries to pull guard but Russo holds him up against the cage and eventually Guinness drops back down to his feet.
Guinness takes an elbow to the forehead.
Guinness wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Russo scores a nice knee to the body.
Russo lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Russo blocks an uppercut.
Russo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Russo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Russo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Guinness is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Russo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Russo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Guinness's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo lands a knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Russo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guinness's face.
Russo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guinness in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Russo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Russo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Russo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Russo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Guinness takes an elbow to the temple.
Russo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Russo.
Russo lands a knee to the head.
Russo lands a big knee to the head and Guinness goes down! Russo pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Russo!