PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Bubbles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James McCullen Destro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Destro has chosen Cobra as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Bubbles
vs
McCullen Destro

190 cm
20
250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
245 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Bubbles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James McCullen Destro !
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bubbles misses with a looping right.
Bubbles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Destro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Destro lands with a straight right. Bubbles didn't see that one coming.
Bubbles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Destro slips a straight right by Bubbles.
Bubbles connects with a body shot.
Destro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bubbles leaves Destro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Destro throws a jab when Bubbles was well out of range.
Destro on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Destro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Destro tries to close the distance and clinch but Bubbles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bubbles cracks Destro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bubbles throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bubbles swats away the attempt to clinch by Destro .
Bubbles throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Destro to counter with a crisp jab.
Destro tries to clinch but Bubbles is having none of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Bubbles.
Bubbles scores with a jab to the head.
Bubbles throws the left hand but Destro avoids the punch easily.
Bubbles misses with a hook
and Bubbles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Destro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Destro moves in looking to clinch but Bubbles pushes him off.
Destro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bubbles.
Bubbles misses with a hook. Destro ducked under it nicely.
Ricky Bubbles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bubbles ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bubbles misses with a few strikes there.
Destro takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bubbles ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Bubbles does it's job there.
Bubbles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Destro fails with a takedown attempt.
Bubbles cracks Destro with a good jab.
Destro closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bubbles circles away.
Ricky Bubbles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James McCullen Destro .
Destro looks to land a right hand but Bubbles moved out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Bubbles. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bubbles.
Destro slips under a jab.
Destro defending well as Bubbles loads up on a big left hand.
Bubbles misses with a low kick.
Bubbles looks to land a left hand but Destro moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Destro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bubbles.
Bubbles fails to land with a series of punches.
Destro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bubbles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bubbles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Destro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bubbles lands a jab to the nose.
Bubbles lands a jab to the nose.
Destro ducks under a wild hook from Bubbles.
Destro is trying desperately to land a takedown but Bubbles is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Destro .
Destro catches Bubbles with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bubbles keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bubbles fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Destro on the side of the head.
Bubbles throws a poor cross that misses
and Destro counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Destro wants to clinch but Bubbles slips to the side
and Bubbles counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bubbles misses with an uppercut
and Bubbles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Bubbles throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Destro tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Bubbles is in Destro 's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Destro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Bubbles would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Destro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Destro working for a triangle but Bubbles defends it easily.
Bubbles scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Destro is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Bubbles frees his head nicely. Oh but Destro has switched to an armbar! Bubbles is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). James McCullen Destro !
In his post fight interview, James McCullen Destro started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.