PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patterson comes to the ring accompanied by House of the rising sun. Michael Patterson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jonny Rico's chin.

Patterson
vs
Rico

190 cm
22
192 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
23
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Rico!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Rico or perhaps it was just good defense by Patterson which made him look bad.
Patterson avoids the head kick by Rico.
Patterson fails with the takedown
and Rico counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rico goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Patterson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Patterson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Rico counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Patterson!
Patterson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Patterson preventing the sweep.
Rico pulls Patterson in to control the position.
Patterson trying to control but Rico is working from the bottom.
Patterson being controlled here momentarily.
Rico can't keep his opponent in guard - Patterson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Patterson prevents Rico from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico tries to kick Patterson off but Patterson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rico gets full guard.
Rico is pulling down on Patterson's head. It's preventing any offense from Patterson, at least for the moment.

Patterson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Patterson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rico keeping moving, preventing Patterson from controlling successfully.
Rico is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Patterson looking to pass the guard.
Rico wants to stand up but Patterson is controlling him.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Patterson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rico sprawls well initially but Patterson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Patterson is breathing heavily.
Patterson tries to pass to full mount but Rico defends it.
Rico works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rico looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patterson is one step ahead there.
Patterson prevents Rico from getting back to his feet.
Rico keeping full guard, as Patterson tries to pass.
Patterson wants to control from the top but Rico keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patterson is one step ahead there.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rico closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Patterson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rico counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Patterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rico throws a combination. Patterson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rico scores with a three punch combo!
Rico misses with a two punch combination.
Patterson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rico counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rico cracks a nice hook into Patterson's ribs.
Patterson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rico bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Patterson's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rico looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Patterson!
Rico takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The referee warns Patterson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rico controlling his opponent.
Rico working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rico controlling from mount.
Patterson is working to get back to half guard.
Rico controlling from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Patterson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rico takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jonny Rico just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rico displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rico lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Patterson shoots and misses
and Rico counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rico is working the combinations to good effect here.
Patterson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rico scores with a jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rico!
Rico lands a jab-cross combination.
Rico fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rico lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rico stalks Patterson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Patterson's face. Patterson staggers backwards, shaken.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rico!
Rico scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rico's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rico duly obliges.
Rico lands a glancing blow to the side of Patterson's head.

Rico shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rico stands up over Patterson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rico wants to stand but Patterson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rico looking to pass the guard.
Rico passes Patterson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rico missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Rico stands up out of the half guard.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rico.
Patterson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rico makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rico works over Patterson's head and body with a nice combination.
Rico lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Patterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Patterson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a head shot.
Rico misses with a wild combination.
Rico throws a leg kick that misses.
Rico scores with a three punch combo!
Rico changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Patterson blocks a low kick nicely.
Rico scores with a shot to the body.
Rico throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Patterson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rico lands with a nice combination. Patterson backs away looking to recover.

Rico shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rico showed some decent athleticism there.
Rico content to control rather than advance.

Patterson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rico takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Rico is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Patterson is trying desperately to improve position.
Rico content just to control the position here.
Patterson is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rico controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonny Rico dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Rico lands a two punch combo.
Rico lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rico has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rico lands a two punch combo.
A right-left combo lands from Rico.
Patterson misses with a takedown attempt

and Rico counters with a single leg into guard. Patterson didn't expect that.
Rico wants to stand but Patterson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rico thows a big elbow that misses.

Patterson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Rico stands and throws Patterson's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Rico decides to stand back up. Rico steps back and let's Patterson get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patterson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Rico.

Rico scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rico looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Patterson won't allow Rico to pass to mount.
Rico tries to stand and escape but Patterson is controlling the position.
Patterson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Patterson tries to get to full guard but Rico has control of the leg.
Patterson is in trouble now - Rico has advanced to mount!
Rico content just to control the position here.
Patterson tries to reverse the position but Rico maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Patterson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rico in particular looking to stall.

Patterson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rico pulls his head out easily.
Jonny Rico has got the better of the ground game so far.
Patterson is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico wants to stand up but Patterson is controlling the position.
Patterson trying to control but Rico postures up.
Rico seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Patterson trying to control but Rico postures up.
Patterson is looking for a sweep. Rico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rico controlling the action here.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jonny Rico just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rico throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Patterson.
Patterson shoots and misses
and Rico counters with a right hand to the body.

Rico drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Rico controls the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Rico stands up and beckons Patterson to his feet.
Patterson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rico goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rico lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Patterson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rico.
A combination from Rico does no damage.
The crowd cheers as Rico lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patterson doesn't seem phased though.
Patterson misses with a takedown attempt
and Rico counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Patterson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rico looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd cheers as Rico lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patterson doesn't seem phased though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rico!
Patterson tries for a takedown but Rico circles away easily
and Patterson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Rico shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Patterson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Rico staying calm.
Patterson tries to improve position but can't.

Rico decides to stand back up. Rico steps back and let's Patterson get back to his feet.
Patterson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rico counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rico lands a really nice looking cross but Patterson seems unphased.
Patterson fails with the takedown
and Rico counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jonny Rico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rico listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Michael Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patterson misses with a takedown attempt
and Rico connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rico throws a low kick, looking for Patterson's leg but Patterson calmly moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Rico.
Patterson shoots and misses
and Rico counters with a nice uppercut.
Well,Patterson is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Rico closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Rico throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Patterson was covering up waiting for the punch and Rico finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Rico wanted to stand there but Patterson had control of the position.
Rico wants to control from the top but Patterson keeps moving.
Rico tries to free his leg and advance position but Patterson is retaining full guard.

Patterson working for a triangle but Rico defends it easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Rico avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rico is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rico has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Patterson is proving hard to escape from.
Patterson working a defensive guard here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Patterson has his takedown stuffed

and Rico counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Patterson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Rico stands up and beckons Patterson to join him on the feet.
Patterson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Patterson misses with a takedown attempt
and Rico counters with a stiff right hand.

Rico closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Patterson did well to prevent Rico getting side control.
Rico blocks the strikes from Patterson.
Rico frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rico avoids the attempt from Patterson to control.
Rico controlling from the full mount.
Patterson is looking to get to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonny Rico comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rico has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Jonny Rico!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Jonny Rico!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Jonny Rico!

Jonny Rico wins by unanimous decision!