PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Son Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Ricardo
vs
Young

155 cm
28
140 lbs
13 - 10 - 1

175 cm
21
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Augusto Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Son Young!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ricardo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Young is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Ricardo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ricardo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
Ricardo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Young trying to control here.
Ricardo throwing shots but Young is blocking nicely.
Young is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ricardo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Young tries to get to full guard but Ricardo has control of the leg.
Ricardo throwing shots but Young is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricardo is looking to advance position but Young won't allow it.
Ricardo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ricardo throws a strike but Young avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Ricardo is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Ricardo working some strikes from top position.
Ricardo passes Young's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Young blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ricardo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
Ricardo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ricardo thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
Ricardo trying to pass the guard but Young defending well.
Ricardo throws a strike but Young avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Ricardo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Young keeping moving, preventing Ricardo from controlling successfully.
Ricardo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ricardo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo throws a strike but Young rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Young is looking to work some ground and pound but Ricardo has wrist control.
Ricardo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Young on the ground.
Ricardo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Young postures up.
Ricardo has momentary wrist control but Young slips an elbow through the middle.
Ricardo striking off his back but it's not causing Young any problems.
Ricardo throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Young working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Young postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Young trying to control the position from guard on top but Ricardo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ricardo working a defensive guard here.
Young throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ricardo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four 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.
Young trying to control but Ricardo is working from the bottom.
Ricardo wants to sweep but no luck.
Ricardo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ricardo tries to get out of the position.
Ricardo wants to hit a switch here but Young passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ricardo there!
Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ricardo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Young pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Young scoring with strikes but Ricardo is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Young cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Young breaks from Ricardo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Young working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Young with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ricardo is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Son Young dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ricardo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ricardo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Young counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Young shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ricardo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ricardo prevents Young from moving into mount.
Ricardo seems a little lost for a moment, as Young dominates the positioning.
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Young scoring with punches and elbows.
Ricardo is not content to let Young control the position.
Ricardo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Young lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ricardo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Young tries to advance to mount but can't.
Ricardo tries to bench press Young off him but Young keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young trying to control the position but Ricardo is working away.
Ricardo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ricardo is in trouble now - Young has advanced to mount!
Ricardo tries to lock up and control but Young gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Young has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Young cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Young landing strikes from the mount.
Ricardo taking shots to the head.
Young punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo is trying desperately to improve position.
Ricardo is bucking up trying to escape but Young cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Young putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Young lands a big elbow.
Ricardo is desperately trying to improve his position but Young has a good base and remains in mount.
Young cracks Ricardo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Young trying to control but Ricardo is having none of it.
Young pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ricardo is trying to escape the mount.
Young with a couple of short strikes.
Young wants to control the pace but Ricardo is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo is working to get back to half guard.
Young looking to control but Ricardo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Young connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ricardo is trying desperately to improve position.
Young landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ricardo is trying to escape the mount.
Young with good strikes from the mount here!
Young fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ricardo is trying to escape the mount.
Son Young has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ricardo swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young dominating with strikes here.
Ricardo can't escape the position.
Young lands with some strikes.
Young trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Young landing punches.
Young sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Young is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ricardo is surviving well by controlling Young's body position as best he can.
Young raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ricardo tries to lock up and control but Young gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Son Young showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Young ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ricardo misses with a takedown

and Young counters with a takedown into side control.
Young is working Ricardo over with some ground and pound from side control.
Ricardo is looking for a sweep.
Young trying to control the position but Ricardo is working away.
Ricardo on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Young wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ricardo keeps working.
Ricardo is looking to regain half guard here but Young keeps moving and retains side control.
Ricardo is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricardo struggling a bit here.
Young lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ricardo down.
Young scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ricardo misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Ricardo is trying to get back to half guard.
Young trying to control the position but Ricardo is working away.
Ricardo is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Young off and has taken his back!
Young manages to reverse the position and now he's in Ricardo's guard. Nice work there by Young.
Ricardo keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young passes into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to control the action in half guard but Ricardo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ricardo on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Young not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ricardo taking some punishment here, with Young in his half guard.

Young is trying to work for a kimura but Ricardo is defending well.

Young is working for a kimura but Ricardo is defending it quite comfortably.
Ricardo tries to roll over but Young keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo has hold of Young's hands but Young slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ricardo punching from the bottom.
Young blocks the strikes from Ricardo.
Young lands strikes from half guard.
Young thows a huge punch but Ricardo dodges it nicely.
Ricardo flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ricardo manages to get to full guard.
Young trying to control but Ricardo is working from the bottom.
Young landing with the ground and pound.

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.
Young postures up in Ricardo's guard and throws a big left but Ricardo blocks it.
Young controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Young trying to control but Ricardo is working from the bottom.
Ricardo tries to strike from the bottom.
Ricardo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Young's guard.
Ricardo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ricardo trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Augusto Ricardo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Son Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ricardo postures up in Young's guard and throws a big left but Young blocks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Son Young comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Young has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Son Young!