PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between mr black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). black comes to the cage accompanied by yes. Jericho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

black
vs
Jericho

185 cm
22
160 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

175 cm
21
168 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, mr black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricky Jericho!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jericho.
Jericho slips a jab from black.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jericho.
black cracks Jericho with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
black throws a shot from downtown. Jericho moves away and avoids it.
Jericho slips under a jab.

black closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jericho to the mat! Jericho manages to get full guard.
black landing with the ground and pound.
Jericho looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
black postures up and lands a big shot to Jericho's brow.
Jericho has momentary wrist control but black slips an elbow through the middle.
Jericho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
black postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
black with a flurry of punches that miss.
black is looking to work some ground and pound but Jericho has wrist control.
black looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
black has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
black looks to land a left hand but Jericho moved out of range nicely.
black is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jericho.
No joy there for black, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jericho misses with a takedown

and black counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jericho's guard now.
black is looking to work some ground and pound but Jericho has wrist control.
Jericho working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from black.
black landing some decent shots from guard.
black throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jericho works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
black postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
black is looking to work some ground and pound but Jericho has wrist control.
Jericho throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
black postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jericho looking to control.
black trying to control but Jericho is working from the bottom.
black loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Jericho looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Jericho is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and black defends well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
black landing some decent shots from guard.
Jericho manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
black is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
black is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
black tries to reverse the position but Jericho maintains control.
Jericho with shots to the head and body - black looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jericho raining down shots from the mount!
Jericho cracks black with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jericho lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
black in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
black squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jericho is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jericho working the ground and pound effectively.
black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jericho lands with some vicious ground and pound - can black hang on?
Jericho putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
black tries to hold on but Jericho pushes him away.
Jericho connects with a bit shot that sees black covering up! More strikes from Jericho and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jericho is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Jericho!