PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Riccuito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Achilles Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Riccuito
vs
Jones

193 cm
25
203 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

185 cm
26
220 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Riccuito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Achilles Jones!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riccuito jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jones misses the jab.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Riccuito.
Achilles Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riccuito lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab lands there for Jones.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Riccuito.

Jones clinches with his opponent.
Riccuito's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Riccuito trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riccuito into the cage.
Riccuito creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Riccuito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Riccuito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Riccuito backwards.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riccuito's elbow.
Riccuito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones cracks Riccuito with a nice body shot.
Riccuito lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Riccuito.
A shot in the inside from Riccuito.
A short right from Jones.
Jones tries to work over Riccuito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riccuito blocking some punches.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Riccuito misses with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Riccuito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jones clinches up with Riccuito and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riccuito tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riccuito is keeping busy.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riccuito misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Jones fails to land.
Riccuito lands a body punch.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riccuito throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Riccuito lands with a left to the head.
Riccuito misses with a punch to the body.
Riccuito missing with knees to the body.
Riccuito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Riccuito digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
Riccuito tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riccuito throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riccuito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riccuito pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Riccuito on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Riccuitos head.
Jones blocking some punches.
Riccuito lands a shoulder strike.
Riccuito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Riccuito throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones prevents a body shot from Riccuito.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riccuito lands an elbow inside.

Riccuito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riccuito is looking to slow Jones down with leg kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Riccuito misses the target.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Riccuito fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones swings for the body but Riccuito moves out of range.

Riccuito closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riccuito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Riccuito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riccuito.
Riccuito swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riccuito lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Achilles Jones has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones misses with some punches.
Riccuito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones tries to work over Riccuito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Riccuito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Achilles Jones's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jones throws a body punch but Riccuito moves out of range.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones throws a head kick that misses

and Riccuito counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riccuito.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riccuito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones avoiding damage as Riccuito throws knees to the body.
Riccuito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Riccuito lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones lands with a light punch inside.
Riccuito pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Riccuito blocks an uppercut.
Riccuito blocking some punches.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from Riccuito.
Jones stalling.
Jones misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Riccuito lands with a right to the head.
Jones tries to work over Riccuito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Riccuito fails to land.
Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Riccuito lands a nice knee to the body.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Riccuito.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Riccuito.
Riccuito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones tries to work over Riccuito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riccuito lands with a left to the head.
Riccuito throws an elbow that misses.
Riccuito missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Riccuito.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riccuito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riccuito lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Riccuito scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Riccuitos head.
Riccuito lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Riccuito digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jones gets through Riccuito's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Riccuito misses with a punch on the inside.
Riccuito unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Riccuito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones tries to stall but Riccuito uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Riccuito lands a nice uppercut.
Riccuito missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Riccuito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Riccuito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Riccuito throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito misses with a knee strike.
Riccuito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Riccuito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Riccuito pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riccuito looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Riccuito loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.

Jones rushes Riccuito and presses him up against the cage.
Riccuito can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones misses with some punches.
Riccuito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riccuito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Riccuito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riccuito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Riccuito.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccuito lands a nice elbow.
A shot in the inside from Riccuito.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riccuito stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Riccuito is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riccuito backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riccuito.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Riccuito - that landed with a thud.
Riccuito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Riccuito backwards.
Riccuito misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riccuito backwards.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing Riccuito up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Riccuito dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Achilles Jones's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Riccuito will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Riccuito in a clinch.
Riccuito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Riccuito throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
A left hand lands to the body for Riccuito.
Mark Riccuito has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones blocks a body shot from Riccuito.
Riccuito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riccuito.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riccuito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Riccuito.
Riccuito lands a knee to the body.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones tries to work over Riccuito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riccuito is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Riccuito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riccuito blocks a body shot from Jones.
Jones tries a body shot but Riccuito blocks it.
Riccuito doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riccuito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riccuito is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riccuito has his back to the cage.
Riccuito connects with a knee to the head.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Riccuito avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.

Riccuito breaks the clinch.
Riccuito slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Jones is rocked!
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Riccuito finish him?
Riccuito connects with a superb combination that knocks Jones out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Riccuito before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Jones!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mark Riccuito!
A relieved looking Mark Riccuito thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.