PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Voytek Mucha (ranked 7064 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Ringo (ranked 4595 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mucha
vs
Ringo

192 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

165 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Voytek Mucha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Earl Ringo!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mucha closes the distance and clinches.

Ringo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Mucha is trying to keep an underhook but Ringo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ringo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ringo stops Mucha from getting back to his feet.
Ringo seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Let's hope that Ringo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Ringo moves into full mount! Mucha won't be happy about that!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ringo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mucha?
Mucha is working to get back to half guard.
Mucha knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ringo on the ground.
Ringo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ringo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ringo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ringo controlling from the full mount.
Ringo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ringo landing punches.
Ringo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ringo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ringo lands a heavy elbow.
Ringo controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ringo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ringo controlling the position easily from mount.
Mucha is in a horrible position here. Ringo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Mucha really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ringo looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ringo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ringo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ringo landing strikes from the mount and Mucha is in trouble!
Ringo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Ringo has isolated one of Mucha's arms. Mucha looking to fight him off but Ringo twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Earl Ringo!