PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Statham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Lombard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan Statham looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Statham
vs
Lombard

196 cm
26
196 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Untouchable Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Statham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Lombard!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Statham moves out of range as Lombard strikes.
Statham is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Statham fails with an attempt to clinch.

Statham shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lombard wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lombard moves into full guard.
Statham has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lombard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Statham is one step ahead there.
Lombard seems keen to control Statham's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Statham missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Statham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Lombard is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Statham has his hands clasped together but Lombard extends an breaks Statham's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Lombard.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Lombard!