PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rolland Richmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solsakorn Honsawaskan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Richmond
vs
Honsawaskan

187 cm
23
140 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

165 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Likes musicals

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 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rolland Richmond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Solsakorn Honsawaskan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Honsawaskan has managed to clinch.

Honsawaskan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Honsawaskan avoids the head kick by Richmond.
Honsawaskan dodges the punch combination from Richmond.
Richmond tries a head kick but it misses.
Honsawaskan wants to counter the offense by Richmond and move into the clinch position.

Honsawaskan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Richmond did well to prevent Honsawaskan getting side control.
Honsawaskan wants to stand up but Richmond manages to regain full guard.
Richmond really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Richmond is on top in guard.

Richmond stands up from Honsawaskan's guard - Richmond perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Honsawaskan clinches with his opponent.

Honsawaskan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Honsawaskan misses with a series of wild punches.
Richmond throws a big counter combination but Honsawaskan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Honsawaskan takes the fight into the clinch.
Honsawaskan dodges an elbow strike from Richmond.

Honsawaskan breaks the clinch.

Honsawaskan moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richmond is trying to break the clinch but Honsawaskan has him pressed against the cage.

Honsawaskan pulls guard successfully.

Richmond gets to his feet - Honsawaskan follows without any prompting.
Richmond is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Honsawaskan.
Honsawaskan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Honsawaskan duly obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Honsawaskan dives in and scores a takedown into Richmond's guard.

Richmond pushes Honsawaskan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Honsawaskan looks winded!

Honsawaskan closes the distance and pushes Richmond back into the cage.
Richmond tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Honsawaskan breaks from the clinch.
Richmond shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Honsawaskan clinches up with Richmond and pushes him back against the cage.

Honsawaskan breaks from the clinch.

Richmond gets tackled into the cage by Honsawaskan. Honsawaskan maintains the clinch.
Honsawaskan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Richmond's efforts to push away.
Richmond working hard to break the clinch.
Honsawaskan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Richmond backwards.

Honsawaskan breaks the clinch.

Honsawaskan dives in and scores a takedown into Richmond's guard.
Honsawaskan wanted to stand there but Richmond had control of the position.
Honsawaskan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Richmond is looking to cinch up a triangle. Honsawaskan throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Richmond's body to avoid the submission. Richmond has instead reached around Honsawaskan's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Richmond arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rolland Richmond!