PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Bede (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bede
vs
Rice

182 cm
22
185 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

186 cm
21
177 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Bede!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rice!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bede closes the distance and clinches up with Rice, looking for a takedown. Bede pushes Rice against the cage but Rice circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bede chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rice throws a right and a left that Bede avoids nicely.
Rice plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Lucas Bede has been cut.
Rice rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bede moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rice throws a series of punches but Bede avoids them all with ease.
Rice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rice fails to land with a series of punches.
Rice throws a head kick but Bede moves out of range.
Rice lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bede's sensitive parts.
Rice lands a high kick!
Bede with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rice tries to land a leg kick but Bede saw it coming and moves away.
Bede ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rice moves away.
Rice misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bede throws a leg kick which misses Rice's front leg but catches the back leg as Rice tries to avoid it.
Rice throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rice tries a head kick but it misses.
Rice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bede circles away quickly and effectively.
Rice misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rice looks gassed!
Rice walks into a left hand.
Bede digs a good hook to Rice's body.
Bede lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bede misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rice.
Bede fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rice.
Bede thumps Rice with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Bede.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bede blocks a head kick by Rice.
Bede lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bede looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Bede there.
Bede throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bede lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rice backs up against the cage.
A head kick misses from Bede.
A shot to de liver by Bede. Beautiful body shot.
Bede misses with a head kick.
Rice throws a leg kick
and Bede counters with a good low kick that Rice was not able to check.
Bede scores with a head kick.
Bede lands a body shot.
Rice tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bede feints and then cracks Rice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rice down.
Rice leaves Bede with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bede scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rice throws a head kick that misses
and Bede counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Donk. Bede catches Rice right on the button with a cross.
Rice throws a leg kick
and Bede counters with a good low kick that Rice was not able to check.
Bede is looking to wear down Rice with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bede lands a jab to Rice's midsection.
Bede misses with a double jab.
Rice throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bede lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rice tries a head kick but it misses.
Bede swings for the body but Rice moves out of range.
A head kick by Rice misses
and Bede counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bede scores with a hook to the body. Rice takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rice walks into a stiff left hand from Bede.
Rice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bede circles away quickly and effectively.
Bede lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bede feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rice's calf.
John Rice is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bede thumps Rice with a low kick.
Rice throws a combination that misses
and Bede cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bede fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rice manages to avoid it.
Rice buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bede with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rice throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Bede.
A low kick from Rice misses
and Bede counters with a thumping low kick.
Rice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bede counters with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Bede dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Bede's cut.
That's time! Bede's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bede throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rice was covering up waiting for the punch and Bede finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bede with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rice wants to stand and escape but Bede is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bede advances to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rice can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bede passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bede breaks from Rice's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bede unloading with bombs!
Bede is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bede fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rice is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Bede punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bede unloading with bombs!
Rice is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Rice is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Bede locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Rice is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lucas Bede!