PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Desmond Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keijo Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Morris might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dance Hall Days. Richards has chosen Rolling Stones - Paint It Black as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morris
vs
Richards

200 cm
21
245 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

210 cm
21
280 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Desmond Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keijo Richards!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.

Richards closes the distance and pushes Morris back into the cage.

Richards jumps guard.
Morris wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Morris stopping the sweep attempt from Richards.
Morris trying to control the position from guard on top but Richards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morris throws a strike but Richards rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Morris is proving hard to escape from.
Richards postures up and lands a big shot to Morris's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Richards slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morris pulls Richards in to control the position.
Richards preventing the sweep.
Richards throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morris working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Richards.
Richards looking to pass the guard.
Morris pulls Richards in close to his closed guard and prevents Richards from doing any damage or advancing position.
Richards wants to control from the top but Morris keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Richards stopping the sweep attempt from Morris.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Richards throws a jab when Morris was well out of range.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by Richards.
Richards avoids the body shot from Morris.
Richards lands a nice shot that snaps Morris's head back.

It looks like Desmond Morris has been cut.
Morris digs a good body shot into Richards's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Morris.
Richards tests Morris's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Morris staying out of range there.
Morris misses with a body shot.
Richards throws a lazy right hand but Morris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards throws a shot from downtown. Morris moves away and avoids it.
Richards smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Richards misses with a hook.
Morris takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Richards looks for a takedown but Morris sprawls well.
Morris moves away from the strike by Richards.
Richards throws a nice looking combination but Morris bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Richards loads up on a big right hand but Morris slips the punch.
Richards might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Richards uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morris.
Morris swats away the attempt to clinch by Richards.
Morris swings away with a body shot that misses

and Richards counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Richards wants to break the clinch but can't.

Richards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morris wants to clinch.
Morris moves out of range as Richards strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Morris misses with a few strikes there.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morris walks into a left hand.
Richards tries to clinch up
enabling Morris to counter with a crisp jab.
Richards looks to throw the jab but Morris is out of range.
Richards leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A slow jab from Morris misses its intended target.
Richards fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Morris avoids it really well and circles away.
Morris swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keijo Richards dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Desmond Morris's cut.
That's time! Morris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Morris works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Morris!
The fight stays on the outside here - Morris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richards leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Richards closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Morris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morris lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richards's sensitive parts.
Richards lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Richards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morris moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Richards lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Morris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Richards throws out the jab.
Richards tries to clinch
and Morris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Richards tries to clinch
and Morris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Richards misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris shoots for a takedown but Richards saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Richards tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Morris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keijo Richards seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A combination from Morris does no damage.
A jab from Morris misses.
Morris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richards.
Richards clinches but Morris breaks the clinch
and Morris counters with a slapping leg kick.
Richards misses the jab.
Richards lands a glancing blow to the side of Morris's head.

Desmond Morris's cut is getting worse.
Richards gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Richards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards closes the distance but Morris moves to the side

and Morris counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morris.
Richards prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Desmond Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Richards breaks from the clinch.
Richards wants to clinch
and Morris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Richards missing with a left hand there. Morris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richards misses with a combination

and Morris counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Richards blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Morris throws an elbow but misses.
Morris lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Richards backwards.
Morris has a couple of punches blocked by Richards.
Richards wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morris scores with a shoulder strike.
Morris misses with an elbow strike.
Richards blocking some punches.
Morris throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Richards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morris connects with a jab.
Morris tries to bum rush Richards with a series of wild strikes but Richards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richards takes a jab right on the kisser.
Keijo Richards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richards misses with a double jab
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Richards pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Morris gets a clinch.
Morris lands a knee to the body.
Morris working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Richards is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Morris lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Richards has had enough of the clinch but Morris keeps him there for the moment.
Morris lands a nice uppercut.
Richards's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Richards is rocked!
Morris is working Richards over against the cage.
Richards is still on wobbly legs! Can Morris finish him?

Morris has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Richards is trying to keep an underhook but Morris manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris lands with a punch from half guard.
Morris looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Richards with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands a big elbow - Richards is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Morris!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Desmond Morris!