PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tycho Brahe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the Name. Tycho Brahe has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Van Richards's chin.

Richards
vs
Brahe

190 cm
19
286 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

202 cm
27
272 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Van Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tycho Brahe!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Richards.
Brahe lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brahe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brahe lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Richards has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Richards and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brahe misses with a body kick.
Brahe throws a hook to the side of Richards's head but Richards sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Richards takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Van Richards has been cut.
Brahe has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Richards is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A jab lands there for Richards.

It looks like Tycho Brahe has been cut.
Richards moves out of range of the body kick from Brahe.
Richards walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Richards takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahe throws a push kick but Richards slaps the foot to one side.
Brahe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brahe throws a jab but it's blocked by Richards.
Brahe blocks the body kick.
A punch combination from Richards misses.
Brahe throws a right and a left that Richards avoids nicely.
Richards fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brahe manages to avoid it.
Richards ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brahe moves away.
Brahe thows a body kick. Richards tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Richards takes one on the button.
No joy there for Brahe, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Richards buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richards wants to land a leg kick but Brahe is out of range.
Brahe does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brahe checks the leg kick nicely there.
Richards uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brahe.
Brahe throws a low kick but Richards moves out of range easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Richards blocks the leg kick.
Richards throws a sloppy head kick
and Brahe counters with an outside leg kick.
Richards takes a swing at Brahe's ribcage but misses.
Brahe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Richards checks it well.
Brahe throws a low kick but Richards moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brahe.
Brahe is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brahe.
Brahe tries to score with a low kick but Richards moves his leg out of the way.
Richards misses with a head kick.
Richards takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Brahe scores with a nice right hand.
Brahe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Richards lets loose with a powerful body kick. Brahe will feel that in the morning.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brahe.
Brahe throws the kick towards the body but Richards avoids it.
Brahe throws a head kick but Richards moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahe defending well as Richards loads up on a big left hand.
Richards avoids a kick to the body.
Brahe throws a hook to the side of Richards's head but Richards sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Richards thows a body shot but no joy.
Brahe misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brahe defending well as Richards loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Brahe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brahe throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richards blocks a head kick by Brahe.
Richards pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tycho Brahe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brahe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brahe scores with a hook to the body. Richards takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Richards keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tycho Brahe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Richards throws a leg kick which misses Brahe's front leg but catches the back leg as Brahe tries to avoid it.
Richards on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.
Brahe misses with a body kick.
Brahe motions for Richards to come forward. Brahe throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Richards is looking to wear down Brahe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brahe lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Richards backs up against the cage.
Richards throws out a loose jab but Brahe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Richards lets loose with a powerful body kick. Brahe will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brahe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Brahe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brahe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brahe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richards throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Brahe counters with a body kick that stops Richards in his tracks momentarily.
Brahe has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Brahe throws a leg kick but Richards sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brahe lands with a right hand.
Richards misses with a head kick.
Brahe ducks under a wild hook from Richards.
Richards tries to land a body kick
and Brahe counters with a one-two to the body.
Richards misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brahe misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richards on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Brahe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Richards.
Tycho Brahe seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Richards throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brahe throws a push kick but Richards slaps the foot to one side.
Brahe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Richards.
Brahe feints and then cracks Richards's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Richards down.
Richards throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Richards will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Brahe slams his shin into Richards's torso.
Brahe throws a push kick but Richards slaps the foot to one side.
Brahe throws a leg kick that is checked
and Richards counters with a good low kick that Brahe was not able to check.
Brahe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Richards takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Richards.
Richards pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brahe thows a leg kick but Richards checks it
and Richards makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Richards loads up on a big right hand but Brahe slips the punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Richards.
Richards stuns Brahe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brahe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brahe fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brahe looks to land a body kick but Richards moved away.
Richards throws a right hand that misses
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Richards throws a looping overhand right but Brahe ducks down to avoid it.
Richards looks to land a left hand but Brahe moved out of range nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Richards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brahe scores with a kick to the midsection.
Brahe connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Richards's hands.
Richards will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Brahe misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tycho Brahe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Richards thows a body shot but no joy.
Brahe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Richards throws a jab when Brahe was well out of range.
Brahe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brahe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Richards. Richards obviously looking to wear him down.
Richards misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Brahe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brahe is looking to land body kicks.
Brahe goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brahe's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brahe fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Richards checks it well.
Brahe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brahe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brahe throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.
Brahe delivers a nice body kick.
Richards keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brahe.
Brahe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Richards on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brahe misses with the combination.
Brahe scores with a leg kick.
Richards lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Richards has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tycho Brahe is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brahe was well out of range. Poor timing from Richards.
A slapping body kick lands there for Brahe.
Brahe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Richards tries to land a body kick
and Brahe counters with a nice kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Brahe.
Brahe throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brahe scores with a spinning back kick!
Brahe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richards.
Brahe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brahe connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brahe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Richards throws a leg kick but Brahe moved away.
Richards takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brahe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richards.
Richards misses with a low kick.
Brahe walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Richards checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Richards gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Brahe counters with a nice body kick.
Richards throws out a leg kick but Brahe moves out of range and Richards only half commits.
Brahe connects with a solid leg kick.
Good leg kick by Brahe there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brahe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Richards circles away quickly and effectively.
Brahe throws a leg kick which misses Richards's front leg but catches the back leg as Richards tries to avoid it.
Brahe bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Brahe swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brahe misses with an uppercut.
Richards moves out of range of the body kick.
Richards misses with a low kick as Brahe jumps back.
Brahe delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick from Brahe misses.
A jab from Richards misses.
Brahe moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tycho Brahe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brahe has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tycho Brahe!
Our winner, Tycho Brahe, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.