PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Pierre Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Pierre Louis
vs
Richards

170 cm
20
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
17
146 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ruthless Violence Clothing Association

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jerome Pierre Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Richards!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards throws a wild body kick that Pierre Louis sees coming a mile off.

Richards darts in and clinches Pierre Louis up against the cage.
Richards working aggressively here.
Richards misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pierre Louis.
Richards misses with a punch to the body.
Richards misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pierre Louis fails to pull guard.
Richards scores with a hook to the body.
Richards lands a nice elbow.
Pierre Louis blocks the elbow strike.
Pierre Louis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Richards fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pierre Louis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pierre Louis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sean Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierre Louis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Richards.
Sean Richards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards thows a body shot but no joy.
Pierre Louis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Richards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richards throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pierre Louis counters with a nice body shot.
Pierre Louis ducks under a wild hook from Richards.
Richards tries to bum rush Pierre Louis with a series of wild strikes but Pierre Louis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richards misses with a kick to the body.
Pierre Louis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pierre Louis.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerome Pierre Louis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre Louis blocks a head kick by Richards.
Pierre Louis looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards lands the left hand.

Richards takes the fight into the clinch.
Richards lands a body punch.
Richards lands a damaging elbow.
Richards throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierre Louis blocks it with crossed arms.
Richards misses with some punches.
Richards tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pierre Louis prevents a body shot from Richards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pierre Louis.
Richards tries to land a knee to the head but Pierre Louis blocks with his arms.
Pierre Louis is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Richards gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Richards misses with a punch to the body.
Richards gets underhooks to prevent Pierre Louis's takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards landing knees to the head.
Richards fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richards misses with a knee strike.
Richards working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Richards tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richards throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierre Louis.
Richards doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Richards can't find room to land a body shot as Pierre Louis controls the action.
Pierre Louis blocking some punches.
Pierre Louis wants a takedown.
Richards tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pierre Louis avoids it.
Richards with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Richards trying to land knees to the body.
Pierre Louis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richards lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards throws a knee to the head but misses.
Richards swings wildly with an uppercut but Pierre Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierre Louis tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Richards lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Richards swings wildly with an uppercut but Pierre Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.

Pierre Louis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pierre Louis moves out of range of the body kick.
Pierre Louis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Richards.
Pierre Louis circles away from the clinch attempt

and Pierre Louis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Richards dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Richards throws a hook but Pierre Louis blocks it.
Pierre Louis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Richards swings for the body but Pierre Louis moves out of range.
Richards throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Richards misses.
Richards wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Richards looks to land a body kick but Pierre Louis moved away.
Pierre Louis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Richards tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierre Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Richards.
Pierre Louis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richards.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards with a hook.
Pierre Louis shoots in looking for a takedown but Richards manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pierre Louis's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Richards swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pierre Louis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pierre Louis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richards.
Richards throws a body kick that misses.
Richards looks to score with a jab to the body but Pierre Louis is just out of range.
Richards tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierre Louis was well out of range. Poor timing from Richards.
Richards throws a hook to the side of Pierre Louis's head but Pierre Louis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Richards misses with a wild body shot.
Pierre Louis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards misses with an attempted mid kick.
Richards missing with a left hand there. Pierre Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richards throws a leg kick but Pierre Louis sees it coming and moves out of range.
Richards throws a hook but Pierre Louis blocks it.
Pierre Louis checks the leg kick.
Richards tries to clinch but Pierre Louis moves out of range.
Pierre Louis avoids the body shot from Richards.
Richards lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pierre Louis at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Pierre Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.

Richards tries to sprawl but Pierre Louis drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Richards is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pierre Louis thows a huge punch but Richards dodges it nicely.
Pierre Louis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Richards's head.
Pierre Louis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Pierre Louis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Pierre Louis is looking for a kimura here.
Richards is looking to control Pierre Louis's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Richards avoid being mounted?
Pierre Louis not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Pierre Louis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pierre Louis.
Richards felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.

Pierre Louis in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Richards tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Pierre Louis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jerome Pierre Louis!