PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cardinal Richelieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Nadeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Richelieu
vs
Nadeau

170 cm
21
132 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

150 cm
23
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cardinal Richelieu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Nadeau!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richelieu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richelieu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richelieu throws a push kick but Nadeau slaps the foot to one side.
Richelieu misses with a double jab.
Nadeau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Richelieu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richelieu's corner calls for a 1-2. Richelieu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Richelieu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nadeau walks into a stiff left hand from Richelieu.
Richelieu throws a one two combo.
Richelieu swinging wilding here.
Richelieu misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richelieu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nadeau. Nadeau circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nadeau misses with a wild body shot.
Nadeau looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nadeau looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Richelieu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nadeau.
A left and a right from Richelieu both land. Nice combination.
Nadeau misses the shot to the body.
Richelieu thows a body shot but no joy.
Cardinal Richelieu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nadeau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Richelieu lands a really nice looking cross but Nadeau seems unphased.
Nadeau moves in looking to clinch but Richelieu pushes him off.
Richelieu is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nadeau tries to clinch but Richelieu is having none of it.
Richelieu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu scores with a nice right hand.
Richelieu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Richelieu lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Richelieu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Richelieu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Richelieu.
Nadeau doesn't manage to clinch there - Richelieu circles away.
Nadeau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richelieu connects with a body shot.
Nadeau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nadeau tries to clinch but Richelieu moves out of range.
Cardinal Richelieu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nadeau takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Brian Nadeau has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Richelieu.
Richelieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nadeau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richelieu swinging wilding here.
Richelieu just misses with a punch to the body.
Richelieu misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Richelieu misses.
Richelieu lands a right hook to the body.
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Nadeau avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu misses with a hook. Nadeau ducked under it nicely.
Richelieu scoring well with a low kick there.
Richelieu throws a right hand that Nadeau ducks under and follows up with a left that Nadeau also avoids with ease.
Richelieu stuffs the takedown.
Nadeau throws a lazy right hand but Richelieu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Richelieu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richelieu throws a one two combo.
Richelieu with a hook.
Nadeau drops his hands momentarily and Richelieu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richelieu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nadeau sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Richelieu throws a one two combo.
Richelieu looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cardinal Richelieu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Nadeau's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Richelieu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Richelieu misses with a few strikes there.
Richelieu misses with a few strikes there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Richelieu!
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Nadeau moves out of range.
Richelieu with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Richelieu misses with a straight left.
Richelieu lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A right-left combo lands from Richelieu.
Nadeau is looking to clinch.
Richelieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nadeau gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Richelieu tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richelieu misses with the combination.
Richelieu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Richelieu.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Nadeau might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Richelieu has got the better of the exchanges.

Nadeau moves into the clinch.

Nadeau breaks the clinch.
Richelieu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nadeau looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Richelieu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Nadeau avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Richelieu throws a nice head kick!
Nadeau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nadeau slips a straight right by Richelieu.
Nadeau slips a jab and a cross from Richelieu.
Richelieu misses with a wild combination.
Cardinal Richelieu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good standup being displayed there by Richelieu as he connects with a hook.
Richelieu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nadeau ducks right into an uppercut from Richelieu.
Cardinal Richelieu is winning the standup battle so far.
Richelieu is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Richelieu misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadeau is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Richelieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richelieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richelieu throws a one two combo.
Richelieu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice takedown defense from Richelieu. No joy for Nadeau on that attempt.
Richelieu throws a nice looking combination but Nadeau bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nadeau has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Richelieu tests Nadeau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Richelieu lands a glancing blow to the side of Nadeau's head.
Richelieu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richelieu throws a big shot that misses.
Richelieu connects with a body shot.

Nadeau gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nadeau fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Nadeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richelieu lands a slapping body shot.
Richelieu connects with a nice looking jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Richelieu as he connects with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Richelieu misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Richelieu. That snapped Nadeau's head back.
Richelieu scores with a one two! Nadeau had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cardinal Richelieu dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Nadeau's cut.
That's time! Richelieu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Richelieu tries to bum rush Nadeau with a series of wild strikes but Nadeau uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nadeau misses with a double jab.
Richelieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richelieu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nadeau.
Richelieu missing with a left hand there. Nadeau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richelieu throws a right and a left that Nadeau avoids nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Richelieu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Richelieu.
No joy there for Richelieu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nadeau is looking to clinch.
Nadeau misses with a hook. Richelieu ducked under it nicely.
Richelieu moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Richelieu lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nadeau takes a swing at Richelieu's ribcage but misses.
Richelieu misses with a double jab

and Nadeau counters by clinching up.
Richelieu tries to break free but Nadeau pushes him back against the cage.

Richelieu breaks the clinch.
Nadeau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richelieu.
Richelieu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Richelieu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Richelieu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nadeau moves in looking to clinch but Richelieu pushes him off.
Richelieu cracks Nadeau with an open hand slap.
Brian Nadeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Nadeau counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Richelieu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nadeau throws and elbow that misses. Richelieu uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nadeau's guard. Nice move by Richelieu!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nadeau lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Richelieu!
Nadeau scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nadeau looking to ground and pound but Richelieu is blocking nicely.
Richelieu tries to hold on but Nadeau pushes him away.
Nadeau lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nadeau goes for an armbar but Richelieu turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Richelieu.
Richelieu wants to stand but Nadeau has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nadeau looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Richelieu puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nadeau is staying active underneath Richelieu, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nadeau regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nadeau manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nadeau cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cardinal Richelieu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu is looking to improve his position but Nadeau isn't that keen on the idea.
Nadeau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Nadeau is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Richelieu has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Richelieu!
Richelieu wants to stand but Nadeau has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Nadeau looking for a sweep. Not yet Nadeau, not yet.
Nadeau tries to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nadeau tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Richelieu tries to stand but Nadeau is controlling from the bottom.

Nadeau working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Richelieu has passed into half guard!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Nadeau.
I think Richelieu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cardinal Richelieu!