PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pele Ronaldo (ranked 1327 p4p, 65 weight class) and Lars Von Ricther (ranked 2824 p4p, 108 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ronaldo
vs
Von Ricther

177 cm
34
266 lbs
17 - 15 - 0

195 cm
31
265 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pele Ronaldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Von Ricther!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Lou da Vinci and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo slips under a jab from Von Ricther.
And Ronaldo counters with a quick kick to the body but Von Ricther blocks it.
Von Ricther scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Von Ricther tries to land a front kick but Ronaldo steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Von Ricther looks to land a left hand but Ronaldo moved out of range nicely.
Ronaldo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Von Ricther.

Ronaldo has taken the fight to the clinch.

Von Ricther escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronaldo misses with a takedown attempt - Von Ricther sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Von Ricther misses with a two punch combination.
Ronaldo tries to counter by clinching up but Von Ricther breaks away and moves out of range.
Ronaldo has been working on his balance at Hardpunch (13 Elite / 1000$, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Von Ricther.
Von Ricther stuns Ronaldo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Von Ricther throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Von Ricther misses with a looping left.
Von Ricther stuffs the takedown.
A punch combination from Von Ricther misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Donk. Von Ricther catches Ronaldo right on the button with a cross.
Ronaldo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Ricther looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Von Ricther scores with a punch to the head.
Von Ricther misses with a series of wild punches.
Ronaldo ducks under a wild hook from Von Ricther.
Ronaldo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Von Ricther sprawls and moves away.
Von Ricther bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ronaldo's head.
Von Ricther lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lars Von Ricther seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ricther fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Von Ricther misses with a right hand

and Ronaldo counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ronaldo postures up and lands a big shot to Von Ricther's brow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Von Ricther can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ronaldo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ronaldo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Von Ricther is keeping the position for now.
Ronaldo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ronaldo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ronaldo controlling the pace.
Ronaldo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Von Ricther trying to control but Ronaldo postures up.

Ronaldo is working for a kimura but Von Ricther is defending it quite comfortably.
Ronaldo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ronaldo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Von Ricther knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Von Ricther wants to control but Ronaldo is keeping busy.

Ronaldo is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Von Ricther is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pele Ronaldo!
After winning the bout, Pele Ronaldo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Lars Von Ricther was interviewed post fight and said 'He is a great fighter and I wish him the best in future fights.'.