PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Richard (ranked 2861 p4p, 323 weight class) and Bubba James Jr (ranked 7194 p4p, 530 weight class). Richard comes to the cage accompanied by Rocket Man - Elton John. James Jr has chosen Biscuits & Gravy as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Richard
vs
James Jr

175 cm
26
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bubba James Jr!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but James Jr manages to avoid it.
James Jr gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Richard counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Richard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richard controlling the action here.
Richard moves into full mount! James Jr won't be happy about that!
Richard landing punches.
Richard has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of James Jr's face.
Richard landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richard tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Richard looking to finish James Jr with some ground and pound. This is bad for James Jr!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard controlling from the full mount.
Richard is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. James Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Richard takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Richard 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.
Richard lands a heavy elbow.
Richard controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Richard content just to control the position here.

Richard quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Richard but it's paid off an James Jr is forced to tap! Nice work by Richard.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Richard!
Matt Richard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.