PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samart Lookklongkate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Richards might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Psycho Holiday. Lookklongkate has chosen Masters of Puppets as his entrance music. Ryan Richards has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Richards
vs
Lookklongkate

170 cm
20
144 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

165 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Heavy handed

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samart Lookklongkate!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lookklongkate moves out of range of the body kick from Richards.

Lookklongkate clinches up against the cage.
Lookklongkate drops down looking for an ankle pick but Richards pulls his leg out and moves away.

Lookklongkate has managed to clinch.

Richards lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Lookklongkate is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Richards scores with a couple of nice shots.

Richards is trying to work for a kimura but Lookklongkate is defending well.
Richards works his way into full mount!
Richards with shots to the head and body - Lookklongkate looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lookklongkate is trying desperately to improve position.

Richards working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lookklongkate wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards looking to control and managing it successfully.

Richards is going olschool here, as he tries to force Lookklongkate to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Lookklongkate shrugs it off.

Richards is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Lookklongkate can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Richards has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lookklongkate's face.
Richards tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lookklongkate flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Richards looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lookklongkate is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lookklongkate?
Lookklongkate really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Richards. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Lookklongkate throws up some feeble strikes from the bottom. Richards smiles and locks on to an arm, pivoting beautifully as he drops to the side for an armbar. Lookklongkate tries momentarily to escape but he knows he's done and taps furiously to avoid injury. Confident submission skills displayed there by Richards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Richards!