PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ricardo's choice of entrance music: Bang the Drum All Day. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hawkins
vs
Ricardo

195 cm
23
250 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
27
220 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Decent wrestler
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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Ricardo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ricardo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ricardo connects with a couple of short punches.
Hawkins being controlled here, momentarily.

Ricardo stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Ricardo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ricardo showed some decent athleticism there.
Hawkins is looking to escape.
Ricardo performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hawkins kicks off Ricardo and gets to his feet.
Ricardo slips a straight right by Hawkins.
Hawkins misses with a straight left.

Ricardo gets the takedown into side control.
Hawkins is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ricardo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Ricardo slows the pace down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ricardo working the head with strikes.
Hawkins is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ricardo is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hawkins's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ricardo working the head with strikes.
Ricardo controlling from side mount.
Hawkins is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ricardo connects with a decent elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins is pushing Ricardo's head away, looking to escape. Ricardo manages to hold on to the position though.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Ricardo working the head and body with strikes.

Ricardo stands up.
Hawkins misses with a double jab.

Ricardo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Hawkins napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ricardo controls the position.
Hawkins takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Ricardo working the ground and pound from side control.
Ricardo taking a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by David Ricardo.

Ricardo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ricardo slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ricardo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice strikes from Ricardo there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Ricardo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ricardo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hawkins manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ricardo controlling from the top position.

Ricardo stands and steps away. Hawkins gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Ricardo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ricardo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ricardo wants to free his trapped foot but Hawkins is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ricardo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ricardo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ricardo slows the pace down in half guard.
Ricardo working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ricardo decides to stand and escape the position.
Ricardo drops his hands momentarily and Hawkins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ricardo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hawkins circles away quickly and effectively.

Ricardo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ricardo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ricardo not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hawkins has hold of Ricardo's hands but Ricardo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ricardo stops Hawkins from getting back to his feet.
Ricardo winds up and cracks Hawkins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ricardo connects with a nice short shot to Hawkins's temple.
Ricardo stalling.
Ricardo moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Ricardo stalls from top position.
Let's hope that Ricardo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hawkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ricardo on the ground.

Ricardo decides to stand back up.

Ricardo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ricardo passes Hawkins's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ricardo stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Ricardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Hawkins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ricardo.

Ricardo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ricardo 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.

Ricardo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hawkins moves in looking to clinch but Ricardo pushes him off.
Ricardo moves out of range of the strikes.

Ricardo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ricardo lands in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ricardo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by David Ricardo.

Ricardo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Ricardo decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

Ricardo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
David Ricardo has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo controlling from the full mount.
Ricardo lands a heavy elbow.
Ricardo landing strikes from the mount and Hawkins is in trouble!
Ricardo lands a nice shot to the head.
Ricardo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hawkins is in a horrible position here. Ricardo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ricardo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ricardo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hawkins looks a forlorn figure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ricardo controlling his opponent.
Ricardo landing punches.
Hawkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ricardo looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ricardo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ricardo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ricardo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hawkins can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
David Ricardo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ricardo controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Ricardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ricardo 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 Chris Downing scores the fight for David Ricardo!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for David Ricardo!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for David Ricardo!

David Ricardo wins by unanimous decision!