PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Jos Ricci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jos Ricci
vs
Natsisiwa

186 cm
29
213 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
30
208 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Jos Ricci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natsisiwa lands with a nice body punch.
Natsisiwa swings for the body but Jos Ricci moves out of range.

Jos Ricci decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Natsisiwa moves into full guard.
Natsisiwa has momentary wrist control but Jos Ricci slips an elbow through the middle.
Jos Ricci throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Natsisiwa trying to control the position.
Natsisiwa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jos Ricci throws a big right hand that misses.
Jos Ricci throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Natsisiwa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jos Ricci landing with the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jos Ricci throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Natsisiwa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Natsisiwa has momentary wrist control but Jos Ricci slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jos Ricci keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Natsisiwa's head.
Natsisiwa working a defensive guard here.
Jos Ricci throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jos Ricci throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jos Ricci throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jos Ricci throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jos Ricci loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jos Ricci throws an elbow that misses. Natsisiwa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jos Ricci's guard. Nice move by Natsisiwa!

Jos Ricci looking for a guillotine here but Natsisiwa defends easily.

Jos Ricci has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Natsisiwa doesn't defend quickly enough and Jos Ricci has managed to lock this one up! Can Natsisiwa escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Jos Ricci on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Carlos Jos Ricci!
In his post fight interview, Carlos Jos Ricci started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.