PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fancy Nancy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Richlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nancy
vs
Richlin

192 cm
25
259 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

182 cm
25
175 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fancy Nancy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Richlin!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richlin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nancy throws a right hand that Richlin ducks under and follows up with a left that Richlin also avoids with ease.
Nancy lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Frank Richlin has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Richlin.
Nancy takes a swing at Richlin's ribcage but misses.
Nancy scores with a nice head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nancy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Richlin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nancy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nancy. Richlin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richlin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A punch combination from Richlin misses.
Nancy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nancy is looking to chop away at Richlin's legs.
A big left from Nancy misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nancy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nancy.
Nancy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Richlin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nancy circles away quickly and effectively.
Richlin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nancy moves away.
Richlin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nancy.
Nancy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richlin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richlin ducks under a wild hook from Nancy.
Richlin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nancy throws a sloppy head kick and Richlin moves out of range easily.
Nice shot by Richlin.
Richlin misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Nancy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nancy cracks Richlin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Richlin swinging wildly here.
Nancy scores with a sloppy right hand. Richlin should have avoided that one.
Nancy misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nancy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richlin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Nancy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Richlin doesn't seem phased though.
Nancy walks into a stiff left hand from Richlin.
A big right from Richlin misses.
Nancy throws a hook to the side of Richlin's head but Richlin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nancy throws a hook to the side of Richlin's head but Richlin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nancy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Nancy. Beautiful body shot.
Nancy slips under a jab from Richlin.
Nancy misses with the combination.
Richlin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nancy misses with a double jab.
Richlin scores with a nice right hand.
Nancy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Richlin throws a right and a left that Nancy avoids nicely.
Nancy defending well as Richlin loads up on a big left hand.
Richlin thows a body shot but no joy.
Nancy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nancy scores with a nice head shot.
Nancy misses with the combination.
Richlin throws a hook to the side of Nancy's head but Nancy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nancy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Richlin throws a right and a left that Nancy avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richlin. Nancy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richlin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nancy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Richlin throws a series of strikes that have Nancy backpedaling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nancy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Richlin momentarily.
Nancy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Richlin lands a glancing blow to the side of Nancy's head.
Richlin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richlin blocks the body kick.
Richlin throws a nice looking combination but Nancy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Richlin takes a swing at Nancy's ribcage but misses.
Richlin looks to land a combination but Nancy avoids it well.
Richlin throws a right hand that Nancy ducks under and follows up with a left that Nancy also avoids with ease.
Nancy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Richlin looks gassed!
A big left from Richlin misses.
Richlin takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nancy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Richlin, pushing him back against the cage.
Richlin working hard to break the clinch.

Richlin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frank Richlin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nancy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Richlin in his tracks.
Richlin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richlin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nancy manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nancy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Richlin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nancy to score with a decent uppercut.
Richlin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nancy.
Richlin misses with a body shot.
Richlin lands a slapping body shot.
Good exchange - Nancy coming out on top.
Richlin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Richlin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richlin tries to move into range but Nancy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A jab from Nancy does it's job there.
Good exchange - Nancy coming out on top.
Richlin misses with a body shot.
Nancy scores with a sloppy right hand. Richlin should have avoided that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nancy lands a jab-cross combination.

That has opened up Frank Richlin's cut even more.
Nancy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Richlin has time to react.
Richlin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Richlin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nancy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Nancy closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fancy Nancy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Frank Richlin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nancy tests Richlin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Richlin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Richlin avoids the head kick by Nancy.
Richlin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nancy manages to avoid it.
Nancy cracks Richlin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fancy Nancy is winning the standup battle so far.
Richlin throws a hook but Nancy blocks it.
Richlin missing with a left hand there. Nancy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richlin misses with an uppercut.
Richlin looks to throw the jab but Nancy is out of range.
Nancy throws a combination. Richlin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A good leg kick by Nancy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richlin drops his hands momentarily and Nancy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Richlin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nancy misses with a wild combination.
Richlin misses with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Nancy.
Sloppy strikes from Richlin. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nancy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Richlin is rocked!
Richlin looks to land a left hand but Nancy moved out of range nicely.
Richlin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nancy was well out of range. Poor timing from Richlin.
Nancy lands a jab to the nose.
Richlin throws an overhand right that lands on Nancy's shoulder, as Nancy tries to avoid the shot.
Nancy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Richlin is breathing heavily.
Richlin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
An inside leg kick from Nancy misses.
Nancy connects with a crisp jab.
Nancy connects with a single shot there.
Richlin is still on wobbly legs! Can Nancy finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nancy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nancy scores with a nice head shot.
Nancy swings for the body but Richlin moves out of range.
Nancy throws a chopping leg kick but Richlin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Richlin seems to have recovered his senses.
Richlin looks to land a combination but Nancy avoids it well.
Richlin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nancy.
Nancy slips a jab and a cross from Richlin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Nancy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nancy.
Nancy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nancy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nancy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A combination from Richlin does no damage.
Nancy tests Richlin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nancy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richlin eats them both and turns towards Nancy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

The cut above Frank Richlin's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Richlin just misses with a punch to the body.
Fancy Nancy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richlin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richlin misses with a few strikes there.
Richlin throws a series of punches but Nancy avoids them all with ease.
Richlin misses with the combination.
Nancy works the jab nicely.
Nancy misses with a few strikes there.
Richlin misses with a straight right.
Good exchange - Nancy coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nancy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Richlin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nancy fails to land the takedown.
Richlin looks to land a left hand but Nancy moved out of range nicely.
Nancy tries to close the distance and clinch but Richlin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nancy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nancy jabs Richlin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Richlin looks to throw the jab but Nancy is out of range.
Nancy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nancy thows a body shot but no joy.
Nancy throws out a loose jab but Richlin uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Richlin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nancy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richlin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Richlin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Richlin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nancy moves away.
Nancy lands the left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nancy is looking to chop away at Richlin's legs.
Richlin scores with a shot to the body.
A big right from Richlin misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nancy throws a front kick aimed at Richlin's knee but Richlin avoids it well.
Nancy with a jab.
Nancy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richlin.
Richlin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nancy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Richlin throws a series of punches but Nancy avoids them all with ease.
Nice uppercut lands for Nancy. That snapped Richlin's head back.
Richlin throws a series of punches but Nancy moves out of range.
Richlin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A jab from Richlin misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richlin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nancy works the jab nicely.
Richlin checks the leg kick nicely there.
A punch lands to the side of Richlin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A combination from Richlin does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fancy Nancy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frank Richlin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nancy slips a jab from Richlin.
Nancy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Richlin misses with the combination.
Donk. Nancy catches Richlin right on the button with a cross.
Nancy lands a jab.
Richlin throws a jab when Nancy was well out of range.
Nancy wants to clinch up but Richlin keeps it at a distance.
Nancy throws a low kick, looking for Richlin's leg but Richlin calmly moves out of range.
Richlin throws a series of punches but Nancy avoids them all with ease.
Nancy works over Richlin's head and body with a nice combination.
Nancy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nancy wants to clinch up but Richlin keeps it at a distance.
Richlin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Richlin catches Nancy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nancy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nancy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Richlin's elbow.
Richlin prevents a body shot from Nancy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nancy is looking to control Richlin's arms but Richlin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nancy has his back to the cage.
Nancy digs a right hand underneath Richlin's ribcage. Richlin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Richlin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nancy lands a shot to the body.
Nancy cracks Richlin with a nice body shot.
Nancy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nancy tries to throw a body punch but Richlin avoids it by throwing Nancy back against the cage.
Nancy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Richlin.
Richlin blocks a body shot from Nancy.
Nancy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nancy just leaning against Richlin, taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Nancy.
Nancy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nancy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nancy is struggling to control the position.
Nancy can't find room to land a body shot as Richlin controls the action.
Richlin is trying to push Nancy away but Nancy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nancy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Richlin's efforts to push away.
Nancy cracks Richlin with a nice body shot.
Nancy tries to work over Richlin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Nancy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nancy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nancy lunges at Richlin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Richlin's hand.
Nancy with a nice cross.
Nancy scores with a body shot.
A big right from Richlin misses.
Richlin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nancy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Richlin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nancy cracks the inside of Richlin's front leg.
Richlin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nancy misses with a double jab.
Richlin lands a nice looking body shot.
Nancy lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nancy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richlin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Richlin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nancy circles away quickly and effectively.
Richlin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nancy throws a head kick but Richlin moves out of range.
Richlin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richlin misses with a hook to the body
and Nancy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Richlin thinking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nancy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nancy lands with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richlin. Nancy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richlin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A punch lands to the side of Richlin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Richlin!
Nice body punch from Nancy.
Nancy lands a two punch combo.
Richlin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fancy Nancy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richlin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nancy.
Richlin misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richlin misses with a straight left.
Nancy cracks Richlin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Richlin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nancy connects with a nice looking jab.
Nancy throws a head kick but Richlin moves out of range.
Nancy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A punch combination from Richlin misses.
A jab lands there for Nancy.
Richlin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Richlin throws a combination that misses
and Nancy counters with a nice uppercut.
Nancy scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nancy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Richlin misses with a body shot.
Richlin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Frank Richlin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch combination from Richlin misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fancy Nancy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nancy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fancy Nancy!