PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Captain Blood (ranked 2853 p4p, 2981 weight class) and Arj Rick (ranked 352 p4p, 371 weight class). Captain Blood has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Blood
vs
Rick

190 cm
26
180
7 - 5 - 0

170 cm
20
180
5 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Captain Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arj Rick!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rick tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rick darts in trying to clinch
and Blood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rick tries to close the distance and clinch but Blood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Rick lands a big head kick that sends Blood tumbling to the mat! Rick takes a step backwards and waves Blood back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Captain Blood has been cut.
Blood throws a nice looking combination but Rick bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rick wants to clinch.
Blood avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rick misses with a leg kick
and Blood counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Arj Rick has been cut.
Blood digs a good hook to Rick's body.
Blood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rick closes the distance looking to clinch
and Blood counters with a right hand to the body.
Blood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blood has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rick misses with a body kick.
Blood works over Rick's head and body with a nice combination.
Blood is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rick tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Rick misses
and Blood counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Blood misses with the combination.

Rick moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rick is pushing Blood up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A frustrated look appears on Rick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Blood.
Blood tries a body shot but Rick blocks it.
Rick throws a head punch that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Blood struggles to land a body shot inside as Rick controls his hands.
Stalling in the clinch from Rick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rick pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Rick's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Blood can't find room to land a body shot as Rick controls the action.
Rick lands a left hand.
A bit of stalling here from Rick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rick tries to work over Blood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Blood fails to pull guard.
Blood on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Blood.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blood.
Blood misses with a punch on the inside.

Blood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rick has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blood.
Rick prevents a body shot from Blood.
Rick is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rick is trying to stall.
Rick is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Blood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rick.
Rick has a couple of punches blocked by Blood.
Blood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rick dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blood blocks a body shot from Rick.

Rick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rick tries to clinch up.
Blood throwing a counter right hand but Rick manages to avoid it.
Blood connects with the punch.
Rick is looking to clinch but Blood is avoiding it.

Rick has Blood up against the cage in a clinch.
Rick taking a breather.
Rick is trying to break the clinch but Blood is controlling him.
Rick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Blood backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Blood fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Captain Blood will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rick tries to clinch up but Blood circles away and keeps his distance.
Blood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big left from Blood misses.
Rick tries to clinch up but Blood circles away and keeps his distance.
Blood cracks Rick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Rick lands a big head kick that sends Blood tumbling to the mat! Rick takes a step backwards and waves Blood back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Blood is rocked!
Blood bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oh Blood is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arj Rick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blood.
Blood throws a jab but it's blocked by Rick.
Rick is looking for the big counter here.
Blood seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice jab there from Blood.
Rick fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rick avoids the body shot from Blood.
Rick wants to clinch
and Blood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rick tries to clinch up
and Blood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arj Rick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rick throws a head kick but Blood moves out of range.
Captain Blood is winning the standup battle so far.
Blood lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blood scores with a punch to the head.

Rick is rocked!
Blood catches Rick with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Rick forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Captain Blood!
Captain Blood thanked the fans post fight for their support.