PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Fountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante The Artist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fountain comes to the cage accompanied by All the boys and the girls. Dante The Artist has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fountain
vs
The Artist

181 cm
20
186 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricky Fountain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dante The Artist!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fountain tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Artist swivels and escapes.
The Artist scores with a one two! Fountain had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Ricky Fountain has been cut.
A punch combination from The Artist misses.
The Artist misses with a few strikes there.
Fountain shoots in looking for a takedown. The Artist tries to sprawl out of it but Fountain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Artist manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Fountain instigates a clinch.
The Artist wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Artist wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Artist wants to get back to striking at distance but Fountain won't allow it.
Fountain stalling in the clinch.
Fountain keeps control of The Artist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fountain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Fountain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fountain keeps control of The Artist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Artist wants to break free but Fountain has control.
Fountain looking for a takedown.
The Artist wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fountain drops to a knee looking for a takedown but The Artist gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Artist wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fountain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Artist throws a right and a left that Fountain avoids nicely.

Fountain scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The Artist wants to get back to his feet.
The Artist really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fountain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

The Artist is defending against the submission attempts here by Fountain.
The Artist is looking to get back to is feet but Fountain passes into side control.
Fountain misses with the ground and pound.
The Artist is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fountain is controlling him well.
Fountain is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fountain trying to control the action but The Artist is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fountain throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by The Artist.

Fountain forces The Artist back against the cage and clinches.
The Artist wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fountain has him pressed against the cage.
The Artist wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Artist can't break the clinch.
Fountain has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Artist avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The Artist is looking to break free of the clinch but Fountain has double underhooks.
Fountain keeps control of The Artist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Artist wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fountain keeps control of The Artist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

The Artist breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from The Artist misses.
Fountain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Artist.
Fountain fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The Artist closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Artist tries to bum rush Fountain with a series of wild strikes but Fountain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dante The Artist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from The Artist misses.
Fountain fails with a takedown attempt.
The Artist throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fountain.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Artist is trying to break the clinch but Fountain has him pressed against the cage.

The Artist breaks from the clinch.
Good work by Fountain as he checks the leg kick.
The Artist throws a nice looking combination but Fountain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Artist misses with a series of wild punches.
Fountain doesn't manage to clinch there - The Artist circles away.
The Artist scores with a nice strike.
The Artist misses with a double jab.
No joy there for The Artist, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fountain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Artist throws a head kick that misses.
Fountain tries to close the distance and clinch but The Artist swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Artist misses with a few strikes there.
The Artist throws a nice looking combination but Fountain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Artist's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and The Artist duly obliges.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Artist fails to land with a series of punches.
The Artist misses with a few strikes there.

Fountain closes the distance and clinches.

Fountain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Ricky Fountain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Fountain's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The Artist misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Artist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fountain circles away quickly and effectively.

Fountain darts in and clinches The Artist up against the cage.
The Artist wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fountain tries to pull guard but The Artist holds him up against the cage and eventually Fountain drops back down to his feet.

Fountain manages to break the clinch.
Fountain misses with a takedown attempt - The Artist sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fountain shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Artist pinned against the cage. The Artist gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Fountain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from The Artist misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Artist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Artist moves out of range as Fountain throws a body kick.
Fountain slips a jab and a cross from The Artist.
The Artist misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Fountain rushes The Artist and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Artist has had enough of the clinch but Fountain keeps him there for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Artist tries to break the clinch but Fountain is controlling the position.

Fountain turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The Artist wants to get back to his feet.

Fountain tries for a kimura but The Artist is defending well.

The Artist explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The Artist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Fountain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Fountain has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fountain is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by The Artist.
The Artist misses with the combination.
Fountain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Artist is fending him off so far but Fountain persists. Nope, The Artist circles away and we're back to standing.
The Artist tries to bum rush Fountain with a series of wild strikes but Fountain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Artist throws a series of punches but Fountain moves out of range.
The Artist misses with a series of wild punches.
The Artist rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fountain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Artist misses with the combination.
The Artist throws a right and a left that both miss.
Both fighters circling a little - Fountain finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fountain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ricky Fountain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Artist lands with a nice combination. Fountain backs away looking to recover.
The Artist misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dante The Artist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Artist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Artist misses with a double jab.
The Artist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fountain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Artist throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fountain slips a jab and a cross from The Artist.
The Artist throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Artist fails to land with a series of punches.
Fountain avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Artist throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fountain.
A combination from The Artist does no damage.
The Artist throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Artist looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Artist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Artist throws a right and a left that Fountain avoids nicely.
The Artist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fountain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Artist fails to land with a series of punches.
Fountain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fountain throws a head kick but The Artist moves out of range.
The Artist fails to land with a series of punches.
Fountain is looking to clinch but The Artist is avoiding it.
The Artist goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The Artist avoids the head kick by Fountain.
Fountain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Artist.
Fountain fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Artist lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fountain circles away quickly and effectively.
Fountain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Fountain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Fountain's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

The Artist avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fountain dodges the punch combination from The Artist.
Fountain shoots in looking for a takedown. The Artist tries to sprawl out of it but Fountain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Artist manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Artist throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Artist throws a nice looking combination but Fountain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Artist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Artist misses with a hook.
Fountain scores with a head kick.
Fountain doesn't manage to clinch there - The Artist circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Artist misses with a few strikes there.

Fountain closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fountain prevents The Artist from breaking the clinch.
Fountain goes for a takedown in the clinch but The Artist prevents it.
Fountain keeps control of The Artist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fountain keeps control of The Artist as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Fountain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Artist lands a jab-cross combination.
The Artist misses with a few strikes there.
Fountain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Artist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Artist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Artist lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fountain backs up against the cage.
Fountain throws a nice looking combination but The Artist bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fountain on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The Artist throws a right and a left that Fountain avoids nicely.
The Artist closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Artist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fountain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricky Fountain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Artist throws a right hand that Fountain ducks under and follows up with a left that Fountain also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Artist has had enough of the clinch but Fountain keeps him there for the moment.

The Artist escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Artist swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fountain counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The Artist misses with a double jab

and Fountain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fountain tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Fountain breaks from the clinch.
The Artist scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fountain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Artist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fountain avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Artist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Artist throws a combination that misses
and Fountain counters with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from The Artist.
No joy there for The Artist, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Artist swats away the attempt to clinch by Fountain.
The Artist stuffs the takedown attempt from Fountain. Fountain gets slowly back to his feet.
The Artist falls off balance throwing a combination

and Fountain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Fountain breaks from the clinch.
The Artist misses with a combination

and Fountain counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fountain.
The Artist is trying to break free.
Fountain tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Artist just stands there and leans against the cage.
Fountain is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The Artist pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Artist can't break the clinch.
The Artist wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Artist is looking to break free of the clinch but Fountain has double underhooks.
Fountain tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Artist smiles and moves away.
The Artist fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Artist throws a nice looking combination but Fountain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Artist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Artist throws a right hand that Fountain ducks under and follows up with a left that Fountain also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fountain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fountain shoots in and drives through. The Artist sprawls well.
A left and a right from The Artist both land. Nice combination.
The Artist takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fountain tries to clinch but The Artist is having none of it.
The Artist throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Artist misses with a wild combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
No joy there for The Artist, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fountain fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Artist throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Fountain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fountain, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight for Ricky Fountain!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Ricky Fountain!
Judge James Glass scores the fight for Ricky Fountain!

Ricky Fountain wins by unanimous decision!