PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brooks comes to the cage accompanied by Cult of personality . The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Brooks
vs
Richards

189 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phillip Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Richards!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brooks has Richards up against the cage in a clinch.

Richards's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Richards defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Brooks.
Richards shoots in looking for a takedown but Brooks manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Richards's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Brooks looks to land a combination. Richards sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brooks misses with a takedown
and Richards counters with a stiff right hand.
Brooks fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phillip Brooks. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks shoots in but Richards avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Richards now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Brooks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Richards has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brooks takes the fight into the clinch.

Richards has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Brooks clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Richards.

Richards working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Brooks is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Richards has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Brooks taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tyler Richards!