PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sean Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Richards
vs
Bob

170 cm
25
146 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

173 cm
43
141 lbs
32 - 25 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bob!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards feints a jab promting Bob to slip. Richards then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bob slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bob throws a big shot that misses.
Richards scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bob ducks under a wild hook from Richards.
A little jabbing left from Bob on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Richards misses the jab.
Richards wants to clinch but Bob slips to the side
and Bob counters with a nice body shot.
Bob swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bob throws a hook but Richards avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards misses with a jab to the body

and Bob counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bob tries to free his leg and advance position but Richards is retaining full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Richards trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob looking to pass the guard.
Richards trying to keep a closed guard but Bob is proving a slippery customer.
Bob preventing the sweep.
Bob trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bob not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bob looking to pass the guard.
Bob looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bob is pushing down on Richards's leg trying to pass to half guard. Richards is fighting to maintain full guard but Bob has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Richards trying to control but Bob postures up.

Bob is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Richards still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Richards has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Bob is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bob keeps trying to improve his position.
Richards controlling the position from side mount.
Richards's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bob tries to bench press Richards off him but Richards keeps the position.
Richards gets to mount! Bob was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob working to try and regain half guard.
Bob is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Richards fails to advance to Bob's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bob working to try and regain half guard.
Bob is still trying to improve position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Richards looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bob trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob regains half guard.
Bob is looking to improve his position.
Richards trying to control from half guard but Bob is working away.
Bob is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Richards controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bob wants to improve his position but Richards is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Billy Bob will probably get the nod.
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.

Bob takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Richards clinches up against the cage.
Bob tries to break free but Richards pushes him back against the cage.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
Richards is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bob is defending well for now.
Richards lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bob blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bob takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bob swings wildly with an uppercut but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.

Bob manages to break the clinch.
Bob avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Richards lands a glancing blow to the side of Bob's head.
Sean Richards is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bob lands a head shot.

It looks like Sean Richards has been cut.
Richards avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richards tries to counter by clinching up but Bob breaks away and moves out of range.
Richards scores with a nice head shot.
Bob uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Richards.
Bob takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Bob uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Bob. That snapped Richards's head back.
Bob uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richards.
Richards moves to clinch but Bob breaks away
enabling Bob to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Richards looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bob keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards tries to clinch up but Bob circles away and keeps his distance.
Despite the aggression on Bob's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Richards takes a swing at Bob's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards looks to land a right hand but Bob moved out of range.
Richards throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Richards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Richards fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bob looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bob avoids the head kick by Richards.
Richards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bob.
Sean Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bob misses with the combination.
Richards wants to clinch up but Bob keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Richards misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bob moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Bob on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bob throws out a loose jab but Richards uses good head movement to avoid it.
Richards throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Richards tries to clinch up but Bob circles away and keeps his distance.
Bob let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Richards connects with a jab.
Richards dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bob. That did some damage!
Richards throws a body shot but no joy.
Bob missing with a left hand there. Richards was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richards will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Richards dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sean Richards's cut.
That's time! Richards's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Richards lands a head shot.
Richards throws out a powerful jab.
Richards lands with a nice body kick.
Richards ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bob moves away.
Bob throws a shot from downtown. Richards moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richards misses with a looping right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Richards, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob connects with a jab.
Richards showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bob.
Richards throws out a powerful jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Richards.
Bob might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bob misses with a double jab.
A big left from Bob misses.
Richards tries to counter by clinching up but Bob breaks away and moves out of range.
Bob throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards lands a really nice looking cross but Bob seems unphased.

Richards moves into the clinch.
Bob wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Richards fails to land.
A short uppercut from Richards.
Bob blocks an elbow strike from Richards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richards tries a knee to the head but Bob blocks it.
Richards is trying to stall.
Bob lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Bob manages to break the clinch.
Richards misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bob can do to turn this around?
A punch lands to the side of Richards 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards thows a leg kick but Bob checks it
and Bob counters with a nice uppercut.
Richards fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bob manages to avoid it.
Bob showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richards.
Bob swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Richards lands with a thumping leg kick.
Richards tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bob manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bob is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Richards scores with a kick to the midsection.
Richards fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bob has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards slips a jab from Bob.
Richards is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Bob.
A right-left combo lands from Bob.
Richards throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richards misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bob swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Good work by Bob as he checks the leg kick.
Richards tries to clinch but Bob moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bob takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Richards showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Richards has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Richards!
Sean Richards thanked the fans post fight for their support.