PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick Rypien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ajib Farrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rypien might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Ripper - Judas Priest. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rypien
vs
Farrah

177 cm
20
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Rick Rypien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ajib Farrah!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rypien has managed to clinch.

Rypien breaks the clinch.
Farrah darts in trying to clinch
and Rypien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Ajib Farrah has been cut.
Rypien looks to score with a jab to the body but Farrah is just out of range.
Farrah fails with a takedown attempt.
Farrah throws a push kick but Rypien slaps the foot to one side.
A jab from Rypien finds it's way through Farrah's defenses.
Farrah misses with a body shot.
Rypien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farrah throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rypien.
Farrah tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rypien swivels and escapes.
Rypien slips a jab and a cross from Farrah.
A combination from Farrah does no damage.
Rypien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farrah swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice combination there by Farrah.
Rypien changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rypien lands a big uppercut and Farrah crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Farrah looks OK. Rypien waves Farrah back to his feet!

Farrah is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Farrah.
Farrah is still on wobbly legs! Can Rypien finish him?
Rypien will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Farrah throws a right hand that Rypien ducks under and follows up with a left that Rypien also avoids with ease.
Farrah seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rypien misses the shot to the body.
Rypien has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Farrah.
Rypien lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Farrah falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rypien dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Rypien!