PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Ricci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roddy White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ricci
vs
White

182 cm
18
200 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Ricci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roddy White!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White misses with a few strikes there.
White throws a nice looking combination but Ricci bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roddy White seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White throws a series of punches but Ricci avoids them all with ease.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
White throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
White swinging wilding here.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ricci dodges the punch combination from White.
White misses with a series of wild punches.
White looks gassed!

Ricci scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Ricci is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. White knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ricci taking a breather here.

Ricci has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricci slips a jab and a cross from White.

Ricci closes the distance and clinches.

Ricci has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics White uses from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ricci working a defensive guard here.
Ricci bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in White's guard.
White looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ricci is one step ahead there.
White keeping moving, preventing Ricci from controlling successfully.
White wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Ricci manages to pass to side control.
Ricci prevents White from improving his position.

Ricci decides to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ricci shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ricci controlling from mount.
White is squirming around, avoiding Ricci's attempts to control the action.
Ricci content just to control the position here.
Ricci forces the positional change into back control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
White is covering up but some of the strikes from Ricci are getting through and doing damage.

Ricci is cranking White's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for White! He's tightened the choke and White is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Pedro Ricci!