PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Ricard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and stan smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricard's entrance music is Dust in the Wind by Kansas. A fine choice. smith has chosen superman by eminem as his entrance music. stan smith acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ricard
vs
smith

194 cm
22
260 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

203 cm
18
225 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Ricard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, stan smith!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Ricard.
Ricard tries to clinch up but smith circles away and keeps his distance.

Ricard moves into the clinch successfully.
smith is trying to break free.

smith manages to break the clinch.
Ricard scores with a spinning back kick!

Ricard rushes smith and presses him up against the cage.
Ricard tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ricard using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ricard tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ricard tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ricard prevents smith from breaking the clinch.
Ricard lands an elbow just above smith 's eye.
Ricard crunches a lovely knee into smith's ribcage.
Ricard avoiding damage.
smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Ricard on the inside.

Ricard breaks from the clinch.
smith jabs Ricard right on the nose. Ricard blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
smith throws a shot from downtown. Ricard moves away and avoids it.
smith misses with a looping left.
smith looks gassed!
Ricard takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ricard!

Ricard moves into the clinch.
Ricard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ricard throws an elbow but it misses.
smith is trying to break the clinch but Ricard has him pressed against the cage.

smith breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ricard has closed the distance and engaged smith in a clinch.
smith can't break the clinch.
Ricard keeps control of smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ricard has him pressed against the cage.

smith breaks the clinch.
Ricard slips a straight right by smith.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
smith can't break the clinch.
smith wants to break free but Ricard has control.
smith is trying to break free.
smith is trying to break free.

smith is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ricard is just too persistent for him and manages to trip smith to the mat. smith regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Ricard gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
smith misses with a straight right.
Ricard moves away from the strike by smith.
smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ricard.
smith misses the jab.
smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ricard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
smith misses with a hook. Ricard ducked under it nicely.

Ricard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
smith tries to reverse the position but Ricard maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of smith's face.
smith is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Ricard looking to control and managing it successfully.
smith really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ricard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
smith really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
smith swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ricard landing strikes from the mount.

Ricard working for a guillotine from mount but smith is in no mood to give up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
smith is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ricard with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ricard blocks smith's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ricard looking to control and managing it successfully.
smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Ricard has a good base and remains in mount.
smith is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ricard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ricard cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
BOOM! Ricard connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ricard controlling from the full mount.
Ricard landing strikes from the mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ricard working smith over with strikes here.
smith is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
smith is looking to get to half guard.
Ricard tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Ricard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ricard feints and as smith raises his hands in defense, Ricard changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
smith looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ricard puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
smith is looking to escape.
Ricard uses his free foot to push down on smith's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for smith.
smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ricard sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
smith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ricard 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.
smith is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ricard thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricard landing strikes from the mount.
smith is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ricard trying to control but he's not successful this time.
smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ricard blocks smith's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
smith throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ricard. What's that going to do exactly?
smith sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ricard passes to side control.
Ricard controlling from side mount.
Ricard looks up at the clock and then as smith takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ricard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard is staying tight to smith's torso, preventing him from escaping.
smith is looking for a sweep.

Ricard decides to stand back up. Ricard steps back and let's smith get back to his feet.
smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
smith throws a shot from downtown. Ricard moves away and avoids it.
Ricard moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Ricard takes the fight into the clinch.
Ricard lands a knee to the body.
smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ricard stalling in the clinch.
smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Ricard has double underhooks.
Ricard stalling in the clinch.
Ricard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
smith can't break the clinch.

smith breaks from the clinch.
Ricard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
smith throws the left hand but Ricard avoids the punch easily.
stan smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
smith misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ricard has smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Ricard holding his opponent close, against the cage.
smith can't break the clinch.
smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Ricard has double underhooks.
smith has had enough of the clinch but Ricard keeps him there for the moment.
smith wants to break the clinch but can't.

Ricard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ricard throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A swing and a miss from smith.
smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ricard sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Ricard clinches with his opponent.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Ricard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Ricard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ricard controls the position from side control.
Ricard is looking to take a break and control but smith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
smith is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
smith takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
smith is looking to reverse the position.
Frank Ricard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Ricard thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
smith wants to get back to his feet but Ricard is dominant here and he's now got smith's back!
Ricard lands with some vicious ground and pound - can smith hang on?
Ricard controlling from the full mount.
Ricard looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ricard looking to control and managing it successfully.
smith is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ricard controlling his opponent.
Ricard wants to control the pace but smith is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Ricard dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Ricard manages to break the clinch.
Ricard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from smith.
smith throws a jab when Ricard was well out of range.

Ricard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ricard scores a nice knee to the body.
Ricard keeps control of smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
smith is trying to break the clinch but Ricard has him pressed against the cage.
Ricard landing knees to the body.
Ricard goes for a takedown in the clinch but smith prevents it.
Ricard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that smith can do to turn this around?
Ricard tries to stall but smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ricard pushes off an throws an elbow but smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Ricard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
smith misses with a straight left.
Ricard moves out of range as smith strikes.
Ricard fails with the takedown.
smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Horrible takedown by Ricard or perhaps it was just good defense by smith which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Ricard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Ricard instigates a clinch.

Ricard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Ricard looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricard postures up and lands a big shot to smith's brow.
smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ricard is one step ahead there.
Ricard wants to control from the top but smith keeps moving.

smith is working an open guard so Ricard takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ricard misses with a head kick.
smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ricard sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Ricard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Ricard has double underhooks.
smith wants to break the clinch but can't.

smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
smith lands the left hand.
Nice defenses there by Ricard.
smith with a nice cross.
smith cracks Ricard with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Ricard falls to his knees and smith doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). stan smith!