PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Clark Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Imperial XinZhao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clark Richards has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Richards
vs
XinZhao

175 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Clark Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Imperial XinZhao!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
XinZhao misses with a double jab.
XinZhao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Richards throws a front kick aimed at XinZhao's knee but XinZhao avoids it well.
Richards takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from XinZhao.
Sloppy strikes from XinZhao. Those never looked like landing.
Richards misses with a two punch combination.
Richards wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
XinZhao scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice uppercut lands for Richards. That snapped XinZhao's head back.
Richards looks to land a combination but XinZhao avoids it well.
Richards walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. XinZhao checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
XinZhao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
XinZhao misses with a double jab.
XinZhao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richards throws a head kick but XinZhao moves out of range.
Richards throws a hook but XinZhao blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
XinZhao throws a right hand that Richards ducks under and follows up with a left that Richards also avoids with ease.
Richards takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Imperial XinZhao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from XinZhao. Those never looked like landing.
Richards connects with a good right hand that stumbles XinZhao. XinZhao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Richards, right into the meat.
Sloppy strikes from XinZhao. Those never looked like landing.
Richards moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
XinZhao fails to land with a series of punches.
Richards misses with a double jab.
XinZhao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
XinZhao looks gassed!
XinZhao misses with the combination.
XinZhao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
XinZhao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Richards misses with a few strikes there.
Richards tries a head kick but it misses.
XinZhao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richards moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richards sizes up XinZhao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Richards lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Richards scores with a one two! XinZhao had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from XinZhao does no damage.
XinZhao misses with a jab, cross combination.
XinZhao takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Richards lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sloppy strikes from XinZhao. Those never looked like landing.
Richards throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract XinZhao.
Richards throws a combination. XinZhao tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A combination from XinZhao does no damage.
A punch combination from XinZhao misses.
XinZhao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Richards circles away quickly and effectively.
Richards scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Richards lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Richards.
Richards lands with a thumping leg kick.
Richards works the jab nicely.
Richards dodges the punch combination from XinZhao.
Richards throws a right and a left that XinZhao avoids nicely.
XinZhao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt XinZhao.
XinZhao misses with a head kick.
Richards's corner calls for a 1-2. Richards obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Richards checks a leg kick.
XinZhao walks into a straight right hand from Richards.
Richards is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
XinZhao dodges the punch combination from Richards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richards connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Richards throws a quick inside leg kick.
Richards misses with a two punch combination.
XinZhao fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clark Richards dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

XinZhao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richards.
A nice leg kick lands there from Richards.
XinZhao scores with a jab to the jaw.
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richards lands with a thumping leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Richards blocks the leg kick.
XinZhao looks to land a combination but Richards avoids it well.
XinZhao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richards.
XinZhao misses with a double jab.
XinZhao looks to land a combination but Richards avoids it well.
XinZhao is breathing heavily.
XinZhao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
XinZhao moves out of range of the strikes.
Richards misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards slips under a jab from XinZhao.
Richards misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards misses with a hook. XinZhao ducked under it nicely.
Richards showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from XinZhao.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Richards, as that shot connected.
Richards looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Richards looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
XinZhao misses with the combination.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
XinZhao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
XinZhao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
XinZhao dodges the punch combination from Richards.
XinZhao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Clark Richards is winning the standup battle so far.
XinZhao defending well as Richards loads up on a big left hand.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
Richards throws a right hand that XinZhao ducks under and follows up with a left that XinZhao also avoids with ease.
The fighters circling - Richards throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
XinZhao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
XinZhao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Richards counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Richards. That snapped XinZhao's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Richards. Those never looked like landing.
XinZhao shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richards eats them both and turns towards XinZhao to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
XinZhao misses with a wild combination.
XinZhao moves forwards but Richards connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Richards connects with a leg kick. XinZhao looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nice uppercut lands for Richards. That snapped XinZhao's head back.
XinZhao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richards misses with a two punch combination.
Richards lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
XinZhao throws a right hand that Richards ducks under and follows up with a left that Richards also avoids with ease.
A combination from Richards does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
XinZhao has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Richards.
XinZhao misses with a two punch combination.
XinZhao misses with a few strikes there.
Richards lands a leg kick that knocks XinZhao off balance momentarily.
Sloppy strikes from Richards. Those never looked like landing.
Richards avoids a punch combination nicely.
XinZhao fails to land with a series of punches.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
XinZhao takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice shot by Richards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clark Richards dominated that second round.
That's time! Richards's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Richards closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Richards dodges the punch combination from XinZhao.
XinZhao misses with a series of wild punches.
XinZhao tries to bum rush Richards with a series of wild strikes but Richards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
XinZhao throws a series of punches but Richards avoids them all with ease.
XinZhao misses with a body shot.
Richards throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
XinZhao avoids the body shot from Richards.
Richards lands with a thumping leg kick.
XinZhao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
XinZhao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
XinZhao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Richards will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Richards does no damage.
Clark Richards is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by XinZhao!
XinZhao misses with a low kick.
XinZhao tries to bum rush Richards with a series of wild strikes but Richards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richards swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
XinZhao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richards closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Richards swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Richards throws a leg kick but XinZhao checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards throws a series of punches but XinZhao moves out of range.
XinZhao misses with a double jab.
Richards misses with a double jab
and XinZhao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A combination from XinZhao does no damage.
XinZhao moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Richards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from XinZhao.
Richards lands with a nice body punch.
No joy there for XinZhao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Richards throws a leg kick which misses XinZhao's front leg but catches the back leg as XinZhao tries to avoid it.
A punch combination from Richards misses.
XinZhao throws a body kick the misses
and Richards counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Richards.
No joy there for Richards, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
XinZhao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
XinZhao takes one to the side of the head.
XinZhao scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Richards lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but XinZhao circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Richards, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
XinZhao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richards uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
XinZhao's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
XinZhao connects with the punch.
XinZhao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards dodges the punch combination from XinZhao.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
XinZhao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Richards lands with an overhand left.
Richards throws a low kick but XinZhao moves out of range easily.
XinZhao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Richards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Imperial XinZhao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
XinZhao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Richards circles away quickly and effectively.
Richards throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
XinZhao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richards cracks the inside of XinZhao's front leg.
XinZhao drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Clark Richards is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
XinZhao misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clark Richards showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Richards 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clark Richards!