PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucius Perkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calvin Ricard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Perkins
vs
Ricard

179 cm
18
177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lucius Perkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Calvin Ricard!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Ricard.

It looks like Lucius Perkins has been cut.
Ricard throws a left and a right that both miss

and Perkins counters by clinching up.

Perkins has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Ricard clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Perkins throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Perkins not allowing Ricard to control his hands.

Ricard defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Even with his hooks in, Perkins manages to miss with strikes from the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Perkins looking to break Ricard's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Ricard remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Perkins will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Ricard covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Ricard wants to get back to his feet.
Ricard is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Perkins is not going to allow Ricard to sit and survive in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Perkins lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Ricard.

Perkins has his opponent's back but Ricard is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Perkins.
Perkins takes a swing at Ricard's ribcage but misses.

Ricard clinches.

Ricard has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Perkins is trying to keep an underhook but Ricard manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ricard is trying to control. Perkins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Perkins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Perkins is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Perkins is working an open guard so Ricard takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Perkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ricard.
Ricard throws a right hand that Perkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Perkins also avoids with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Ricard scores with a four punch combination!

Ricard darts in and clinches Perkins up against the cage.

Perkins breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Ricard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Perkins throwing a counter right hand but Ricard manages to avoid it.
Perkins shoots in but Ricard avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ricard fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Perkins rushes Ricard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Perkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Perkins breaks the clinch.
Ricard misses with a series of wild punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ricard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Perkins.
Ricard looks winded!
Ricard misses with a wild combination.

Perkins moves into the clinch.
Perkins has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Ricard after a bit of a struggle.

Perkins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Perkins closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin Ricard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucius Perkins's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Perkins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ricard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The strikes coming from Perkins are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Perkins throws a strike aimed at the side of Ricard's head but Ricard avoids it well.
Ricard struggling a bit here.
Ricard pushes Perkins away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Perkins gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkins postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Perkins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ricard explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Ricard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Perkins on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ricard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ricard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A combination from Ricard does no damage.
Ricard stuffs the takedown attempt from Perkins. Perkins gets slowly back to his feet.
Perkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ricard is breathing heavily.
Perkins fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ricard avoids it really well and circles away.
Ricard tries to clinch
and Perkins counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkins shoots in for a takedown but Ricard shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucius Perkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ricard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Calvin Ricard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ricard tries to clinch
and Perkins counters with a nice leg kick.
Calvin Ricard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Perkins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ricard wants to get back to his feet.
Perkins throwing shots but Ricard is blocking nicely.
Ricard controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricard wants to get back to his feet.
Ricard wants to stand back up but Perkins manages to pass into side control.
Ricard is trying to buck Perkins off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Perkins postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Perkins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ricard, pushing him back against the cage.

Perkins breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Ricard.
Ricard fails in his attempt to clinch.

Perkins closes the distance and clinches.
Perkins misses with a knee strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perkins missing with knees to the body.
Ricard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Perkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Calvin Ricard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lucius Perkins's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ricard throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Perkins colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Ricard as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Perkins is left battered and dazed whilst Ricard and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calvin Ricard!