PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tico Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and D J Rich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cortez
vs
J Rich

173 cm
26
149 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

173 cm
31
145 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Gesundheit Designs

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tico Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, D J Rich!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Rich.
Rich scores with a head kick.
Cortez throws the left hand but Rich avoids the punch easily.
Rich misses with an uppercut. Cortez saw that one coming.
Cortez looks for the body kick but Rich saw that one coming.
Cortez misses with an uppercut. Rich saw that one coming.
Cortez moves out of range as Rich strikes.
A left and a right from Rich both land. Nice combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rich looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Cortez!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rich looking to finish with strikes here!
Rich looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cortez is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez is trying to escape the mount.
Rich throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Rich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cortez is looking to escape.
Cortez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rich throws some wild stikes that Cortez manages to avoid easily.

Rich is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Cortez to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Cortez shrugs it off.
Rich trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rich throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Rich looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Rich is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Cortez is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). D J Rich!