PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dom Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dom Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smith
vs
Richards

200 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
23
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dom Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Richards!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Richards eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Richards tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.

Richards looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
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.

Smith wants to control the position but that's not easy when your opponent is in side control! Richards seems to be going for some sort of submission here. Hard to say what - oh, it's a Brabo choke! He's got it! Smith is tapping! Wow, great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Brabo Choke). Richard Richards!