PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sean Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar James The Reaper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Richards could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cesar James The Reaper's chin.

Richards
vs
James The Reaper

170 cm
18
146 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
140 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cesar James The Reaper!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards wants to clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Reaper!
Richards moves in looking to clinch but The Reaper pushes him off.
The Reaper throws a hook to the side of Richards's head but Richards sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Reaper connects with a looping right hand.
The Reaper misses with a few strikes there.
Richards checks the leg kick nicely there.
Richards with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Richards shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Richards feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Reaper's calf.
Richards dips to his left and cracks The Reaper with an uppercut!
A nice combination there by The Reaper.
The Reaper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Reaper ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Reaper throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like Sean Richards has been cut.
Cesar James The Reaper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Reaper looks to land a combination but Richards avoids it well.
The Reaper misses with a two punch combination.
The Reaper misses with a combination
and The Reaper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Reaper tries to bum rush Richards with a series of wild strikes but Richards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Richards is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richards tries to clinch but The Reaper moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Reaper.

Richards pushes The Reaper up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Richards.
The Reaper is trying to break the clinch but Richards is controlling him.
Richards unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Reaper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Reaper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richards keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Reaper's efforts to push away.
A knee to the head by Richards.

It looks like Cesar James The Reaper has been cut.
The Reaper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Reaper misses with some punches.
The Reaper prevents a body shot from Richards.
Richards tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richards misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

The Reaper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from The Reaper.
The Reaper on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A thudding body kick lands there by Richards!
Richards moves in looking to clinch but The Reaper pushes him off.
A jab from The Reaper misses.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but The Reaper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Reaper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Reaper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richards.
Richards misses with a kick to the body.
The Reaper has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Richards tests The Reaper's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Reaper throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.
The Reaper tries to bum rush Richards with a series of wild strikes but Richards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from The Reaper. Those never looked like landing.
Richards takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Richards fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and The Reaper has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The Reaper changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Reaper throws a left and a right that both miss

and Richards counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Richards.
Richards lands a damaging elbow.
Richards missing with knees to the body.
The Reaper is trying to break free.
Richards with a knee to the head.
Richards swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Richards throws a punch but it's blocked by The Reaper.
The Reaper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Richards.
The Reaper lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Richards.
The Reaper tries to break free but Richards pushes him back against the cage.
Richards lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

The Reaper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richards swings for the body but The Reaper moves out of range.

Richards clinches up with The Reaper and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Richards lands a nice elbow.
Richards lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Reaper prevents a body shot from Richards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Richards just misses with a elbow thrown towards The Reaper's brow.
Richards misses with the head strike.
Richards swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Reaper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Richards pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Richards unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Reaper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

The Reaper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheers as The Reaper lands an impressive looking overhand right. Richards doesn't seem phased though.
Richards throws the kick towards the body but The Reaper avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Reaper takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The Reaper avoids a kick to the body.
The Reaper lands a jab-cross combination.
The Reaper throws a series of punches but Richards moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cesar James The Reaper will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Reaper walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Richards checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Richards is looking to chop away at The Reaper's legs.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.
Richards throws a hook to the side of The Reaper's head but The Reaper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Reaper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Richards circles away quickly and effectively.

Richards rushes The Reaper and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The Reaper wants to get back to striking at distance but Richards won't allow it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Richards obliges.
The Reaper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Reaper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Richards misses with an elbow over the top.
The Reaper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Reaper has a couple of punches blocked by Richards.
Richards has The Reaper pressed against the cage, preventing The Reaper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Richards has a couple of punches blocked by The Reaper.
The Reaper tries to break the clinch but Richards is controlling the position.
The Reaper can't break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Reaper tries to break free but Richards pushes him back against the cage.
The Reaper has had enough of the clinch but Richards keeps him there for the moment.
Richards using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Reaper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Richards fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Reaper, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Reaper.
Nice elbow from Richards.
Richards prevents The Reaper from breaking the clinch.
The Reaper tries to break the clinch but Richards is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Richards.
Richards missing with knees to the body.
Sean Richards has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Richards tries a body shot but The Reaper blocks it.
Richards with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Richards lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Reaper.
The Reaper is trying to push Richards away but Richards has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Richards tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Reaper gets through Richards's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Richards throws an elbow but misses.
Richards lands a body shot.
Richards has a couple of punches blocked by The Reaper.
The Reaper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richards has him pressed against the cage.
The Reaper tries to break free but Richards pushes him back against the cage.
The Reaper prevents a body shot from Richards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Reaper blocks the elbow strike.
Richards lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Reaper's elbow.
The Reaper looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Richards misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Reaper.
Richards tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richards goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Richards on the inside.
The Reaper is trying to break the clinch but Richards is controlling him.
Richards tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Reaper's elbow.
Richards has The Reaper pressed against the cage, preventing The Reaper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Richards misses with a punch on the inside.
The Reaper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Richards tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

The Reaper manages to break the clinch.
Richards misses with a body shot.
The Reaper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Reaper throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - The Reaper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Reaper fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Richards slips a jab and a cross from The Reaper.
The Reaper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richards tries to clinch there but The Reaper circles away.
Richards throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Richards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Reaper connects with a nice looking jab.
Good exchange - Richards coming out on top.

Richards moves into the clinch.
Richards is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Reaper is defending well for now.
Richards misses with a punch on the inside.
The Reaper wants to get back to striking at distance but Richards won't allow it.
The Reaper working hard to break the clinch.
Richards tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The Reaper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Reaper is trying to break the clinch but Richards is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Reaper wants to get back to striking at distance but Richards won't allow it.
Richards throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Richards misses with the head strike.

The Reaper breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Reaper moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Richards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richards ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by The Reaper.
The Reaper throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Reaper moves out of range as Richards strikes.
Richards ducks under a wild hook from The Reaper.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Reaper blocks the body kick.
Sloppy strikes from The Reaper. Those never looked like landing.
Richards is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Reaper.
Richards throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sean Richards will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Richards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richards tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. The Reaper manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Reaper swats away the attempt to clinch by Richards.
The Reaper's corner calls for a 1-2. The Reaper obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Reaper scores with a hook.
The Reaper lands a head shot.
The Reaper swinging wildly here.
The Reaper misses with a few strikes there.
Richards throws a predictable looking body shot
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Reaper throws a series of punches but Richards avoids them all with ease.
Richards has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Richards there as he acknowledges the shot.

The Reaper tries to keep at a distance but Richards has taken the fight into the clinch.
Richards lands a knee to the body.
Richards throws a punch but it's blocked by The Reaper.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards tries to work over The Reaper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Richards misses with some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Richards.

The Reaper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Reaper avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Reaper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Richards.
The Reaper misses the jab.
Richards tries to clinch but The Reaper moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Richards.
The Reaper fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Richards looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Richards throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Reaper throws a right and a left that Richards avoids nicely.
Richards looks for the body kick but The Reaper saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Richards misses its intended target.
Jab, jab by The Reaper - just one landing.
Richards throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Reaper misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Reaper lands a nice hook to Richards's body. Richards takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The Reaper connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cesar James The Reaper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Reaper fails to land with a series of punches.
The Reaper scores with a one two! Richards had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Richards looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Reaper takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Reaper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from The Reaper.
Richards waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Reaper.
Sloppy strikes from The Reaper. Those never looked like landing.
Cesar James The Reaper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Richards wants to land a leg kick but The Reaper is out of range.
Richards tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and The Reaper is able to avoid easily.
The Reaper keeps the fight on the outside.
The Reaper lands an overhand right.
The Reaper lands with a cross.
Richards fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richards uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before The Reaper has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Reaper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Reaper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by The Reaper.
The Reaper throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The Reaper misses with a double jab.
The Reaper connects with a nice looking jab.

Richards moves into the clinch successfully.
The Reaper is trying to break the clinch but Richards is controlling him.
The Reaper tries to break free but Richards pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Richards fails to land.
The Reaper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Reaper managing to block the knees to the body from Richards.
Richards misses with a punch to the body.
The Reaper is trying to force a seperation but Richards has the dominant position.
Richards tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richards throws a head punch that misses.
Richards misses with a knee strike.
The Reaper takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Reaper wants to break the clinch but can't.

The Reaper's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Richards thows a left - swing and a miss!
Richards misses with a jab to the body
and The Reaper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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 wants to clinch but The Reaper slips to the side
and The Reaper counters with a left and a right that stings Richards.
Richards misses with a hook.
The Reaper takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Richards thuds his right hand into The Reaper's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Reaper!
The Reaper looks to land a combination. Richards sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Reaper tries to bum rush Richards with a series of wild strikes but Richards uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richards throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Reaper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Reaper throws a lazy right hand but Richards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Richards throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Richards tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cesar James The Reaper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Reaper has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cesar James The Reaper!