PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micheal Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grim Deathgrip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Richards
vs
Deathgrip

193 cm
23
276 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Micheal Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grim Deathgrip!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Deathgrip instigates a clinch.
A short right from Deathgrip.

Deathgrip's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deathgrip throws a wild body kick that Richards sees coming a mile off.
Deathgrip ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Deathgrip lands with a straight right. Richards didn't see that one coming.

Deathgrip gets a clinch.
Deathgrip swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Deathgrip pressing his opponent against the cage.
Richards tries to pull guard but Deathgrip forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Deathgrip fails to land.
Richards trying to control the position but instead, Deathgrip has worked for underhooks and has pushed Richards into the cage.
Deathgrip misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards tries for a takedown. No joy.
Deathgrip working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Micheal Richards has been cut.

Deathgrip breaks the clinch.

Deathgrip has Richards up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Deathgrip creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Deathgrip scores with a nice hook to the head.
Deathgrip stalling against the cage.
Deathgrip lands a nice uppercut.
Deathgrip misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Deathgrip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Deathgrip.
Deathgrip lands a hook to the side of the head.

Deathgrip manages to break the clinch.
Deathgrip scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richards swings for the body but Deathgrip moves out of range.
Deathgrip fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richards looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Deathgrip shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richards eats them both and turns towards Deathgrip to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Deathgrip shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richards eats them both and turns towards Deathgrip to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Deathgrip cracks Richards with a right hand to the side of the head.

Deathgrip pushes Richards up against the cage in a clinch.
Deathgrip pushes Richards back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Deathgrip creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Richards with a big uppercut! Richards tries to clinch up but Deathgrip pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Richards to the mat! Richards covers up and Deathgrip unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Grim Deathgrip!
Our winner, Grim Deathgrip, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.