PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Deuce S Loose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jericho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sharkslayer - Hunting Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ricky Jericho has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

S Loose
vs
Jericho

175 cm
22
165 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

175 cm
21
168 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Deuce S Loose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricky Jericho!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jericho keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Loose swinging wildly here.
Jericho keeps the fight on the outside.
Loose is looking to clinch but Jericho is avoiding it.
Loose takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jericho circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jericho connects with a solid leg kick.
Loose throws a nice looking combination but Jericho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Loose has a takedown stuffed.
Jericho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A combination from Loose does no damage.
Loose will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Deuce S Loose. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jericho drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jericho stands up over Loose, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jericho chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho trying to control the position from guard on top but Loose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jericho slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jericho wants to control from the top but Loose keeps moving.
Jericho is in close to Loose's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jericho lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Loose wants to sweep but no luck.

Jericho drops back looking for a leg! Loose is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Loose manages to kick Jericho off! Jericho jumps back into Loose's guard.
Jericho with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jericho works over Loose with some ground and pound from guard.

Loose throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jericho with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loose looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jericho scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jericho working some strikes from top position.

Loose pushes Jericho off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Some wild striking there from Loose.
Loose is breathing heavily.

Jericho drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jericho has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Loose is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jericho is controlling him well.
Jericho working the head and body with strikes.
Loose is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Loose bucks up and tries to throw Jericho off but instead Jericho has got his back!
Jericho has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Loose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jericho lands a shot to the body.

Loose is rocked!
Jericho lands shots to the head and Loose turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Jericho!