PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Ricardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and joseph Shelley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo comes to the ring accompanied by Can't Tell Me Nothing. joseph Shelley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ricardo
vs
Shelley

178 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

177 cm
24
178 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ricardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, joseph Shelley!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricardo looks to land a left hand but Shelley moved out of range nicely.
Ricardo looks to land a combination but Shelley avoids it well.
Shelley throws a head kick but Ricardo moves out of range.
Shelley fails with the takedown

and Ricardo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Shelley is not content to let Ricardo control the position.
Shelley is trying to get back to full guard.
Shelley is refusing to be controlled, as Ricardo sits in half guard.
Ricardo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Shelley regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ricardo preventing the sweep.

Shelley looking for a guillotine here but Ricardo defends easily.
Ricardo wants to control from the top but Shelley keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelley is trying to keep Ricardo in close.

Ricardo is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Shelley is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Shelley has escaped and now he's on top!

Shelley drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ricardo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ricardo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ricardo!
You can see the frustration on Shelley's face as Ricardo controls the position.

Ricardo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ricardo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Ricardo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shelley struggling a bit here.

Ricardo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shelley, who protects the arm well.
Ricardo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Shelley is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ricardo content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricardo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Ricardo is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Shelley has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ricardo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Shelley is looking to escape.
Ricardo takes Shelley's back, avoiding a couple of desperation strikes from the bottom.

Ricardo has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

Ricardo is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Shelley is tapping out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ricardo Ricardo!