PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Ricket (ranked 4081 p4p, 427 weight class) and Jackson Villa (ranked 4979 p4p, 497 weight class). Ricket comes into the arena with One Foot blaring out of the sound system. Villa has chosen Jimmy Eat World - The Middle as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ricket
vs
Villa

170 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ricket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jackson Villa!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villa misses with a takedown attempt - Ricket sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Villa avoids the head kick by Ricket.
Villa fails to land the takedown.
Villa blocks a head kick by Ricket.
Ricket moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ricket darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Villa shoots in and drives through. Ricket sprawls well.
A little feinted left hand from Ricket on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ricardo Ricket has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Villa.
Villa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ricket swivels and escapes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ricket scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Ricket looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Villa manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricket is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Villa reverses the position - he's now on top in Ricket's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villa prevents Ricket from getting back to his feet.
Ricket avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Villa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Villa drops back looking for a leg! Ricket is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ricket manages to kick Villa off! Villa jumps back into Ricket's guard.
Villa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ricket on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ricket tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricket is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Villa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ricket wants to stand and escape but Villa is having none of it.
Villa sitting in guard here, content to control.
Villa stops Ricket from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villa trying to control but Ricket is working from the bottom.
Villa lands a couple of digs.
Ricket is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Villa cracks Ricket with a solid left hand.
Villa wants to control from the top but Ricket keeps moving.

Villa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ricket is looking to stand up but Villa isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ricket throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Villa shoots for a takedown but Ricket saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Villa blocks a jab.
Villa takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ricket tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by Ricket misses

and Villa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Villa.

Ricket has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Villa is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
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 Ricardo Ricket will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ricket shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Villa kicks Ricket off and gets back to his feet.
Villa avoids the head kick by Ricket.
Ricket throws a sloppy head kick and Villa moves out of range easily.
Ricket throws a leg kick

and Villa counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villa wants to control from the top but Ricket keeps moving.
Villa postures up and lands a big shot to Ricket's brow.

Villa thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricket has a closed guard, preventing Villa from standing up.

Ricket wriggles free and stands up.
Villa blocks a head kick by Ricket.
Villa shoots in and drives through. Ricket sprawls well.
Ricket throws a sloppy head kick and Villa moves out of range easily.
Ricket throws a hook but Villa blocks it.
Ricket tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson Villa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ricket leaves Villa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ricket throws a head kick but Villa moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ricket.
Ricket throws a chopping leg kick but Villa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Villa.
Ricardo Ricket has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Villa.
Villa blocks a head kick by Ricket.
And Villa tries to counter it with a takedown but Ricket pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ricket throws a jab when Villa was well out of range.
Villa is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Villa avoids the head kick by Ricket.
Ricardo Ricket is winning the standup battle so far.
Villa shoots in for a takedown but Ricket shows good takedown defense.
Villa fails with the takedown.
Villa is breathing heavily.
Ricket throws a head kick that misses.
Ricket throws a jab when Villa was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ricket throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A swing and a miss from Ricket.
Ricket tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Villa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Ricket.
Villa blocks a head kick by Ricket.

Ricket has closed the distance and engaged Villa in a clinch.
Villa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ricket is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ricket misses with the head strike.
Ricket swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villa blocks an elbow strike.
Villa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ricket misses with the head strike.
Ricket lands a shoulder strike.
Villa tries to pull guard but Ricket forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Ricket working aggressively here.
Ricket lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Ricket breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ricket misses with a head kick.
As Ricket backs off Villa throws a huge counter combo but Ricket manages to avoid it all.
Villa dives in for a single leg takedown but Ricket sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Villa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ricket sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ricardo Ricket seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ricket pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ricket circles away.
A head kick misses from Ricket.
As Ricket backs off Villa throws a huge counter combo but Ricket manages to avoid it all.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Ricket dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ricket throws the left hand but Villa avoids the punch easily.
Villa shoots in for a takedown but Ricket shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ricket looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Villa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ricket sprawls well. Ricket wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Villa gets slowly back to his feet.
Villa misses with a low kick.
Ricket misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ricket is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Villa can do to turn this around?
Ricket cracks the inside of Villa's front leg.
Ricket tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ricket throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Villa counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ricket!
Villa trying to control the action but Ricket is working from the bottom.

Villa has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Ricket is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Villa yanks on the arm and Ricket is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Villa.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jackson Villa!
As Jackson Villa got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: This fight was truly great. I got respect for anyone who comes out here and fight, and tonight my opponent was a fighter and I will always be grateful that he accepted to fight me, thank you. '.