PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toni Ricester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Ripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricester's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, War Vince DiCola. Jack Ripper will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ricester
vs
Ripper

190 cm
24
157 lbs
6 - 12 - 0

174 cm
25
157 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Toni Ricester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Ripper!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricester moves out of range as Ripper strikes.
Ripper throws a hook but Ricester blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Ripper.
Ricester with a poor takedown

and Ripper counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Ricester avoids a wild elbow strike from Ripper.
Ricester misses with an elbow strike.
Ricester misses with some punches.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.

It looks like Toni Ricester has been cut.
Ripper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ricester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ricester tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ricester really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ricester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ripper.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ricester lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ripper is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ricester is keeping busy.
Ripper scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ricester is breathing heavily.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripper holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Ripper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ripper lands a good knee to the midsection. Ricester won't want to take too many of those.
Ripper landing knees to the body.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ripper missing with knees to the body.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper effectively controlling the action here.
Ripper lands a good knee to the midsection. Ricester won't want to take too many of those.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ripper is trying to stall.
Ripper dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ricester misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ricester takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ripper scores a nice knee to the body.
Ripper taking a breather.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripper looking to slow down the pace here.
Ricester working aggressively here.
Ricester pushes Ripper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricester takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ripper is looking to control Ricester's arms but Ricester gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ripper has his back to the cage.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ripper.
Ripper taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jack Ripper.
Ripper connects with a right hand. Ricester shakes it off.

Ripper darts in and clinches Ricester up against the cage.
Ripper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ricester managing to block the knees to the body from Ripper.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ripper lands a good knee to the midsection. Ricester won't want to take too many of those.
Ripper scores a nice knee to the body.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ripper trying to stall but Ricester improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ripper.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ripper using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ricester is defending well for now.
Ripper stalling.
Ripper unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper lands a good knee to the midsection. Ricester won't want to take too many of those.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ricester working aggressively here.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper missing with knees to the body.
Ricester lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ripper backwards.
Ripper stalling in the clinch but Ricester improves position.
Ricester managing to block the knees to the body from Ripper.
Ripper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ricester misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ripper takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripper putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ricester in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ripper trying to land knees to the body.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ricester avoiding damage as Ripper throws knees to the body.
Ripper leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ripper blocking some punches.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
Ricester swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ripper is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls for Ripper to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ricester avoiding damage as Ripper throws knees to the body.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ricester misses with the head strike.
Ripper working Ricester over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Ripper dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Toni Ricester's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ripper gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ricester.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
Ricester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ripper crunches a lovely knee into Ricester's ribcage.
Ripper trying to land knees to the body.
Ricester working aggressively here.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ricester managing to block the knees to the body from Ripper.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripper wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ripper.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ripper tries to land knees in the clinch but Ricester avoids the damage to the body.
Ricester managing to block the knees to the body from Ripper.
Ricester throws a punch but it's blocked by Ripper.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripper effectively controlling the action here.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Come on Ripper - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ricester throws a punch but it's blocked by Ripper.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ricester.
Ripper is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jack Ripper seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ripper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ricester lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripper crunches a lovely knee into Ricester's ribcage.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripper has Ricester pushed against the cage.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ripper has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Ripper has Ricester pressed against the cage.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ricester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripper lands a knee to the body.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ripper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ricester is defending well for now.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ripper lands a nice knee to the body.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ripper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ricester.
Ripper lands a good knee to the midsection. Ricester won't want to take too many of those.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricester blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ripper is trying to stall.
Ricester blocks an elbow strike from Ripper.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ripper.
Ricester working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ricester has a couple of punches blocked by Ripper.
Ripper pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ripper missing with knees to the body.
Ricester lands an uppercut.
Ripper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ricester.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper trying to land knees to the body.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ricester managing to block the knees to the body from Ripper.
Ripper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ripper looking to slow down the pace here.
Ricester avoiding damage as Ripper throws knees to the body.

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.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ripper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ricester is defending well for now.
Ripper blocking some punches.
Ricester throws a punch but it's blocked by Ripper.
Ripper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ripper blocking some punches.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ricester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ricester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Ricester lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ricester has a couple of punches blocked by Ripper.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
Ricester has a couple of punches blocked by Ripper.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Ricester fails to land.
Ricester misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Ripper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Toni Ricester's cut.
That's time! Ricester's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ripper's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ricester under the eye.
Ricester with a poor takedown

and Ripper counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ripper.
Ripper blocking some punches.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ricester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ripper tries to land knees in the clinch but Ricester avoids the damage to the body.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ricester swings wildly with an uppercut but Ripper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ricester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ripper comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Ripper stalling.
Ripper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ripper missing with knees to the body.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripper stalling in the clinch but Ricester improves position.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper working Ricester over with knees to the body.
Ripper is trying to stall.
Ripper is pushing Ricester up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper tries to land knees in the clinch but Ricester avoids the damage to the body.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.
Ricester working aggressively here.
Ricester misses with some punches.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ripper just leaning against Ricester, taking a breather.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Ricester has a couple of punches blocked by Ripper.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Toni Ricester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ricester avoiding damage as Ripper throws knees to the body.
Ricester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ripper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ricester's defenses.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ricester swings wildly with an uppercut but Ripper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ricester letting Ripper take a breather here.
Ripper stalling in the clinch but Ricester improves position.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper lands a nice elbow.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper lands an elbow inside.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ripper throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ripper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ricester avoids it.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ricester throws a punch but it's blocked by Ripper.
Ripper takes a shot to the head.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper trying to control the position but instead, Ricester has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ripper into the cage.
Ripper lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Ricester scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ripper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ricester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ripper.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ripper.
Ricester misses with the head strike.
Ripper wants to stall.
Ripper is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ricester working aggressively here.
Ripper is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ricester is defending well for now.
Ricester misses with a punch on the inside.
Ripper content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper has Ricester pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ripper misses with an elbow strike.
Ripper blocking some punches.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ricester throws a head punch that misses.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Ripper.
Ripper blocks an uppercut.
Ripper gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ripper lands an elbow just above Ricester 's eye.
A short uppercut from Ricester.
Ricester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Ricester on the inside.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripper lands an elbow inside that Ricester shrugs off.
Ripper lands an elbow that stopped Ricester in his tracks for a moment.
Ripper blocking some punches.
Ripper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ricester takes an elbow to the temple.
Ripper tries to land knees in the clinch but Ricester avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Ripper.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ripper lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ricester avoiding damage as Ripper throws knees to the body.
Ricester avoiding damage as Ripper throws knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Ripper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ripper 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Ripper!