PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Patryck St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Psycho Holiday. St Pierre is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Pierre
vs
Richards

170 cm
23
135 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

170 cm
22
144 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patryck St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Richards!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards scores with a hook.
St Pierre is breathing heavily.

Richards looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for St Pierre!

Richards looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Richards looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richards lands with some strikes.

Richards has control of St Pierre's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and St Pierre regains control of the situation pretty easily.
St Pierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
St Pierre knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Richards on the ground.

Richards working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. St Pierre looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Richards! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryan Richards!