PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Uncle Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Lecouc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lecouc has chosen Turdus Muicus - A Shot of Inspiration as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rico
vs
Lecouc

174 cm
31
190 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

186 cm
33
194 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Uncle Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Lecouc!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rico thows a body shot but no joy.
Good standup being displayed there by Rico as he connects with a hook.
A combination from Lecouc does no damage.
Lecouc uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rico.
Rico throws a body punch but Lecouc moves out of range.
Rico stuns Lecouc with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lecouc shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rico sprawls well. Rico wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lecouc gets slowly back to his feet.
Lecouc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Uncle Rico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rico misses with a wild body shot.
Jab, jab by Lecouc - just one landing.
Rico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lecouc moves away.
Rico defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lecouc.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico misses with a wild body shot.
Lecouc misses with a body shot.
Rico keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lecouc.
A left lands for Lecouc.
Lecouc shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Uncle Rico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Lecouc.
Rico takes a swing at Lecouc's ribcage but misses.
Rico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rico misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lecouc.
Rico misses with a body punch
enabling Lecouc to counter with a crisp jab.
Rico jabs Lecouc to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lecouc throws out a loose jab but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lecouc misses with an uppercut. Rico saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lecouc manages to avoid it.
Lecouc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rico was well out of range. Poor timing from Lecouc.
Lecouc misses with a body shot.
Rico tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lecouc was well out of range. Poor timing from Rico.
Lecouc swings widly with a right hand
and Rico counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lecouc displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rico.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rico misses with a body shot.
Rico will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rico tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lecouc was well out of range. Poor timing from Rico.
Rico ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lecouc moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Lecouc misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Rico scores with a four punch combination!
Lecouc looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lecouc missing with a left hand there. Rico was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A punch combination from Rico misses.
Lecouc misses with a straight left.

Rico gets a takedown into half guard.
Lecouc is trying to control but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lecouc is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lecouc makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lecouc.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rico accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Lecouc looking for a triangle here. Rico is fighting it but it looks tight! Lecouc pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Rico is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alex Lecouc!