PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalyaan Richardson (ranked 6087 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christiano Ronaldo (ranked 25078 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalyaan Richardson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Richardson
vs
Ronaldo

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kalyaan Richardson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Christiano Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ronaldo clinches up against the cage.
Ronaldo should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ronaldo.

Ronaldo has clasped his hands together around Richardson's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Ronaldo scoring with punches and elbows.
Richardson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ronaldo on the ground.
Richardson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Ronaldo has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Richardson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ronaldo yanks on the arm and Richardson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ronaldo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christiano Ronaldo!
In his post fight interview, Christiano Ronaldo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.