PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thien Dinh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Culo. Ricky Ricardo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ricardo
vs
Dinh

197 cm
22
218 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

190 cm
27
205 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thien Dinh!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Ricardo.
Ricardo throws a right and a left that Dinh avoids nicely.
Ricardo scores with a hook to the body. Dinh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ricardo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dinh has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Thien Dinh has been cut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dinh tries to clinch but Ricardo is having none of it.

Dinh 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 looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dinh passes into side control.
Dinh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dinh misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ricardo is looking to reverse the position.

Dinh swings around for an armbar but Ricardo sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dinh's guard.
Ricardo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dinh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dinh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ricardo content to stall in guard here.
Ricardo slips nicely into half guard.
Ricardo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dinh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ricardo.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dinh works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ricardo won't allow Dinh to sweep him here.
Ricardo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dinh manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ricardo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ricardo looking for submissions off his back.
Ricardo works his way to full guard. Good work.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dinh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ricardo is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ricardo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ricardo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ricardo trying to control but Dinh is working from the bottom.

Ricardo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ricardo is breathing heavily.
Ricardo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dinh's guard.
Dinh is looking to improve his position.
Ricardo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Dinh taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ricardo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dinh takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dinh tries to hold on but Ricardo pushes him away.
Dinh is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Ricardo.

Ricardo moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Dinh has worked his arm free - good work by Dinh!
Dinh avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ricardo.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dinh is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ricardo tries to pass to full mount but Dinh defends it.

Ricardo is looking for a kimura but Dinh is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ricardo to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Ricardo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thien Dinh's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dinh shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Dinh is trying to improve position by moving to mount. Ricardo has hold of his neck though and manages to move into guard! All of a sudden, Dinh is in a lot of trouble! Ricardo is straining to finish and he's done it! Dinh taps out! Amazing!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ricky Ricardo!