PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jared Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by I give you bass. Donald Draper has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jared Richards's chin.

Richards
vs
Draper

176 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jared Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donald Draper!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards is looking to clinch.
Richards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richards tries to clinch up.
Richards tries for a takedown but Draper sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jared Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draper swats away the attempt to clinch by Richards.
Draper fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Draper shoots in and bounces Richards off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Draper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Richards can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Draper controls the pace.
Draper connects with a couple of short punches.
Richards is trying to control the position but Draper postures up.
Draper loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards keeping full guard, as Draper tries to pass.
Draper with a flurry of punches that miss.
Draper working some strikes from top position.
Richards has control of Draper's left arm, preventing Draper from doing any damage.
Draper tries to free his leg and advance position but Richards is retaining full guard.
Draper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Draper throws and elbow that misses. Richards uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Draper's guard. Nice move by Richards!
Draper wants to stand up but Richards is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Draper pushes Richards off and gets back to his feet.
Draper closes this distance looking for a takedown but Richards circles away.
Richards shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Draper counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Richards's guard now.
Draper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Draper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Draper looks gassed!
Draper working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Richards avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Draper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Richards pulls Draper in close to prevent any damage.
Draper distracts Richards with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper won't allow Richards to sweep him here.
Draper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Draper scoring with punches to the head and body.
Draper looking to pass the guard.
Draper lands a couple of digs.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Richards is on top in guard.
Richards preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Draper wants to stand up but Richards is controlling him.
Richards slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Draper tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Richards has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Draper is looking to sweep but instead, Richards has passed into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Draper gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Draper dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Richards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richards tries to clinch there but Draper circles away.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Draper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donald Draper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richards fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Richards as Draper shoots in.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draper swats away the attempt to clinch by Richards.

Richards gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Draper to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Richards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Draper loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Draper wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draperis looking to pass into half guard but Richards pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Richards is in guard.
Draper is breathing heavily.
Draper wants to sweep but no luck.
Draper wants to improve his position but instead Richards has moved into half guard.
Richards is stalling here. Draper is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Richards seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Draper has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Draper working the strikes but Richards uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Draper lands strikes from half guard.
Draper throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Richards is trying to stand back up but Draper is controlling him
Draper not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Draper is keen to just control but Richards is a slippery customer.
Richards tries to kick Draper off but Draper keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Richards defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Draper.
Draper keeps the fight on the outside.
Draper fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Richards avoids it really well and circles away.
Jared Richards has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donald Draper.
Richards tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Draper swivels and escapes.
Richards fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richards tries to clinch but Draper is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards fails with an attempt to clinch.
Draper will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Richards tries to clinch but Draper moves away

and Draper counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Draper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Richards working for a triangle but Draper defends it easily.
Draper throws a strike but Richards rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Richards stands up from Draper's guard - Richards perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draper shoots in but no luck this time.

Richards closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Richards decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richards tries to clinch but Draper moves away

and Draper counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Richards!
Draper misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Richards holds on for dear life, controlling Draper's posture momentarily.
Draper lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donald Draper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Richards closes the distance but Draper moves to the side

and Draper decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Richards's guard.
Richards is trying to control the position but Draper postures up.
Draper trying to control the position from guard on top but Richards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richards looking to hit a scissor sweep but Draper is one step ahead there.
Richards utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Draper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draper trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Draper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Draper keeps the fight on the outside.
Richards is looking to clinch.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Draper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Draper lands a body shot.
Draper tries for a takedown but Richards sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Richards blocks a head kick by Draper.
Richards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richards is looking to clinch.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Draper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richards wants to clinch up but Draper keeps it at a distance.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draper swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richards doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Draper counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Donald Draper has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Draper trying to control the position from guard on top but Richards is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Richards is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Draper is aware though and is defending well.
Draper working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Richards's head.
Richards wants to stand but Draper is controlling the position.
Draper scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draper lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Richards is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jared Richards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draper wants to control from the top but Richards keeps moving.
Draper throws and elbow that misses. Richards uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Draper's guard. Nice move by Richards!
Richards postures up.
Draper striking off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Draper is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Richards dives into side control.
Draper tries to control but Richards manages to take his back.

Richards is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Draper is defending well though. Richards let's go of the attempt for now.
Donald Draper is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Draper is trying to get back to his feet but Richards has full control of the position and if anything, Draper has just worked his way into a worse spot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donald Draper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Draper winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donald Draper!