PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Ringo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Brandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ringo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy!. Johnny Ringo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ringo
vs
Brandy

193 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
25
166 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Ringo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Brandy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brandy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ringo is just out of range.
Ringo avoids the body shot from Brandy.
Brandy misses with a body punch
and Ringo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ringo misses with the combination.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Brandy misses with a hook
and Ringo counters with a straight right hand.
Brandy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brandy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ringo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brandy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ringo was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandy.
Brandy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ringo lands a right hook to the body.
Ringo misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ringo was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandy.
Good exchange - Ringo coming out on top.
Ringo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ringo lands a glancing blow to the side of Brandy's head.
Brandy swings for the body but Ringo moves out of range.
Ringo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ringo connects with a jab.
Brandy doesn't manage to clinch there - Ringo circles away.
Ringo scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ringo thows a body shot but no joy.
Brandy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ringo rather than just go for the knockout.
Brandy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brandy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ringo throws a looping overhand right but Brandy ducks down to avoid it.
Ringo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brandy misses with a looping right.
Ringo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ringo connects with a body shot that sends Brandy's belly button to the back.
Ringo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ringo swinging wildly here.
Brandy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Ringo there.
Ringo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ringo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brandy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brandy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Ringo.
Brandy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brandy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ringo lands with a nice body punch.
Brandy misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ringo digs a good hook to Brandy's body.
Ringo 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.
Brandy misses the body punch
and Ringo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brandy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ringo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brandy misses with a wild combination.
Ringo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ringo misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ringo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ringo staying out of range there.
Ringo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brandy throws a jab when Ringo was well out of range.
Brandy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brandy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ringo.
Ringo misses with a straight left.
Brandy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ringo.
Brandy swings for the body but Ringo moves out of range.
Ringo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ringo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brandy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ringo moves away from the strike by Brandy.
Ringo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandy was well out of range. Poor timing from Ringo.
Ringo looks to score with a jab to the body but Brandy is just out of range.
Brandy swings widly with a right hand
and Ringo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnny Ringo is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut lands for Ringo. That snapped Brandy's head back.
Brandy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brandy is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brandy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ringo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ringo lands a nice hook to Brandy's body. Brandy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice shot by Ringo.
Ringo just misses with a punch to the body.
Brandy throws a right hand that misses
and Ringo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brandy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ringo misses with a hook. Brandy ducked under it nicely.
Ringo defending well as Brandy loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ringo lands with a hook. Brandy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brandy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nice uppercut there from Ringo.
No joy there for Ringo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ringo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brandy.
Ringo misses with a straight right.
Brandy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ringo connects with a crisp jab.
Brandy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ringo counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ringo misses with a straight right.
Ringo throws a right and a left that Brandy avoids nicely.
Ringo lands a nice shot to the body.
Ringo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brandy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brandy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Brandy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ringo was well out of range. Poor timing from Brandy.
Brandy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ringo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brandy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ringo counters with a nice uppercut.
Ringo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Ringo dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Brandy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brandy swinging wildly here.
Good shot there by Ringo.
Ringo connects with a looping right hand.
Ringo lands a jab to the nose.
Ringo sizes up Brandy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brandy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ringo is just out of range.

Brandy darts in and clinches Ringo up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ringo tries to circle away but Brandy has him pinned against the cage.
Ringo blocks a body shot from Brandy.
Ringo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Ringo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ringo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brandy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brandy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ringo throws a right and a left that Brandy avoids nicely.
Brandy throws a body punch but Ringo moves out of range.
Ringo throws a right hand that Brandy ducks under and follows up with a left that Brandy also avoids with ease.
Ringo thuds a left hand into Brandy's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ringo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Brandy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ringo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brandy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Brandy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ringo.
Brandy misses with a hook
and Ringo counters with a straight right hand.
Brandy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ringo circles away quickly and effectively.
Ringo looks to score with a jab to the body but Brandy is just out of range.
Ringo fails to land with a series of punches.
Ringo throws out a powerful jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ringo defending well as Brandy loads up on a big left hand.
Tom Brandy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brandy throws a right hand that misses
and Ringo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ringo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Brandy misses with a body shot.
Ringo scores with a decent looking hook.
Brandy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ringo.
Brandy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brandy misses with a lunging right hand
and Ringo counters with a series of strikes. Brandy will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ringo counters with a nice body shot.
Ringo missing with a left hand there. Brandy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brandy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ringo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brandy thinking.
Ringo misses with the combination.
Johnny Ringo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ringo throws a hook to the side of Brandy's head but Brandy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brandy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice straight punches there by Ringo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ringo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Ringo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ringo 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Ringo!
Johnny Ringo took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Fearless Systems Supplements for their support in the buildup to the fight.