PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Almighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Rickarderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricky Rickarderson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Almighty
vs
Rickarderson

199 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
21
272 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Almighty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Rickarderson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rickarderson clinches.

Rickarderson manages to break the clinch.

Rickarderson moves into the clinch.
Almighty jumps guard but Rickarderson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Almighty tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rickarderson just stands there and leans against the cage.

Rickarderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rickarderson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rickarderson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Almighty gets tackled into the cage by Rickarderson. Rickarderson maintains the clinch.
A short right from Rickarderson on the inside.

Rickarderson has picked Almighty up - he's going for a ride! Rickarderson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rickarderson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Almighty knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Almighty wants to control the action here but instead Rickarderson manages to pass to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almighty is bucking up trying to escape but Rickarderson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

It looks like Bruce Almighty has been cut.
Almighty is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Almighty is bucking up trying to escape but Rickarderson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Almighty tries to hold on but Rickarderson pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rickarderson working the ground and pound effectively.
Rickarderson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rickarderson raining down shots from the mount!
Oooh a big shot lands for Rickarderson! Almighty is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ricky Rickarderson!
A relieved looking Ricky Rickarderson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.