PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keijo Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards has chosen Rolling Stones - Paint It Black as his entrance music. Keijo Richards will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Do
vs
Richards

192 cm
21
240 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

210 cm
20
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jonny Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keijo Richards!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Do shoots in and drives through. Richards sprawls well.
Richards slaps away a takedown attempt from Do, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Richards keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Do. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Richards stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like Jonny Do has been cut.
Richards lands with a straight right. Do didn't see that one coming.
No luck for Do with that takedown attempt.
Richards stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Richards wants it to stay on the feet.
Richards digs a good body shot into Do's ribs.
Do is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Do shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Richards sprawls well. Richards wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Do gets slowly back to his feet.

Richards shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Richards showed some decent athleticism there.
Richards content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Richards working Do over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Richards in particular looking to stall.
Richards sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Do defending well though.
Richards keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Do is staying active underneath Richards, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Richards not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Richards looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Richards has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Despite being in the dominant position, Keijo Richards just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Richards throws a low kick but Do avoids it.
Do tries for a takedown but Richards circles away easily
letting Richards counter with a right hand.
Richards clobbers Do with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Jonny Do's cut is getting worse.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Richards darts in and clinches Do up against the cage.
Do is working for takedown but Richards is calmly controlling the position for now.

Richards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Do with a lazy takedown attempt
and Richards counters with a three punch combo that has Do backing up. Do nods at Richards to acknowledge the strikes.
A shot to de liver by Richards. Beautiful body shot.
Richards is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Jonny Do's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Richards bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Do! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

Do is rocked!

Jeez, Jonny Do's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonny Do's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Keijo Richards!