PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Razor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ricardo
vs
Razor

155 cm
22
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Augusto Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lewis Razor!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricardo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Razor pinned against the cage. Razor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ricardo.
Ricardo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Razor's waist but Razor gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ricardo off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Ricardo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Razor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ricardo.

Razor gets caught flat footed, as Ricardo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ricardo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ricardo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Razor preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ricardo throwing strikes from guard but Razor blocks nicely.
Ricardo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ricardo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ricardo 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.
Ricardo postures up in Razor's guard and throws a big left but Razor blocks it.
Ricardo throwing strikes but missing.
Razor keeping full guard, as Ricardo tries to pass.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Ricardo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ricardo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricardo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Razor's face.
Ricardo wants to control the pace but Razor is squirming around nicely.
Ricardo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ricardo wants to control the pace but Razor is squirming around nicely.
Razor is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ricardo misses with some ground and pound and Razor recovers position to half guard.
Ricardo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ricardo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Razor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ricardo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo slows the pace down in half guard.
Ricardo is keen to just control but Razor is a slippery customer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ricardo looks to land a left hand but Razor moved out of range nicely.
Razor throws out a powerful jab.
Ricardo throws a series of punches but Razor moves out of range.
Razor stuffs the takedown.
Ricardo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Augusto Ricardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ricardo misses with a few strikes there.
Razor connects with a looping right hand.
Ricardo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Ricardo is rocked!
Ricardo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Razor counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Ricardo! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Razor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lewis Razor!