PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Bam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Richardson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Metallica-Enter Sandman. The key to victory for Marcus Richardson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Richardson
vs
Bam

190 cm
24
219 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
27
209 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Richardson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson throws a leg kick that misses.

Bam drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bam is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richardson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bam not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bam's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Bam Bam wasn't active enough on the ground.

Richardson gets caught napping as Bam dives in and scores a takedown. Richardson manages to retain guard.
Richardson is looking to sweep but instead, Bam has passed into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bam drops an elbow to the side of Richardson's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bam with the ground and pound but Richardson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Richardson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bam stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Richardson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bam sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bam throws a strike but Richardson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Richardson gets to his feet - Bam follows without any prompting.

Bam scores a takedown into full mount!
Bam raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bam scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Richardson?
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!
Bam controlling from the full mount.
It looks like Bam might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Richardson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bam scoring with strikes but Richardson is staying in there.
Bam working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson wants to try and get back to his feet.
Oooh a big shot lands for Bam! Richardson is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bam Bam!