PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Romario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards's entrance music is Rolling Stones - Paint It Black. A fine choice. Romario has chosen Polly - By Nirvana as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Richards
vs
Romario

210 cm
25
280 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

184 cm
25
270 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keijo Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Romario!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romario ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Richards takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Richards lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Richards tries to clinch
and Romario counters with a slapping leg kick.
Richards fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Romario.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Romario does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Richards does no damage.
Richards has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Romario.
Richards misses with a wild body shot.
Good work by Richards as he checks the leg kick.
Richards misses with the body kick
and Romario finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Romario throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romario misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Romario throws a nice outside leg kick.
Romario thumps Richards with a low kick.
Richards walks forward, straight into a front kick from Romario.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richards has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Romario.
Richards moves out of range of the body kick from Romario.
Romario throws a body kick that misses.
Romario feints and then cracks Richards's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Richards down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romario.
Romario pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Romario thumps Richards with a low kick.
Romario moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Romario thumps Richards with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards keeps the fight on the outside.
Romario pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Richards throws a hook but Romario avoids it easily.
Richards throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Romario counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Richards will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A head kick from Romario lands but Richards takes it in his stride.

Romario closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Romario landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Richards can't break the clinch.
Romario lands an elbow inside that Richards shrugs off.
Romario throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romario lands an elbow inside that Richards shrugs off.
Richards dodges an elbow strike from Romario.
Richards avoids a wild elbow strike from Romario.
Romario misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romario throws an elbow but misses.
Richards works on Romario's body with a couple of short punches.
Romario throws an elbow but it misses.
Richards blocks the elbow strike.
Richards blocks an elbow strike.
Romario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Richards looking to slow down the pace here.
Romario creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romario pushes off an throws an elbow but Richards leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Richards avoids a wild elbow strike from Romario.
Richards pushes Romario back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romario misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richards.
Romario lands an elbow inside.
Romario creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Richards pushes Romario back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Romario creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Richards misses with a punch to the body.
Romario looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Good body shot from Richards.
Richards avoids a wild elbow strike from Romario.
Richards avoiding damage as Romario throws knees to the body.
Romario gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Romario creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Richards's defenses.
Romario trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Romario.
Romario lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Romario trying to control the position but instead, Richards has worked for underhooks and has pushed Romario into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Richards fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romario throws an elbow but misses.
Richards missing with knees to the body.
Romario lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Keijo Richards has been cut.
Richards dodges an elbow strike from Romario.
Romario tries to land knees in the clinch but Richards avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romario misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romario just misses with a elbow thrown towards Richards's brow.
Romario is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Richards is keeping busy.

Richards jumps guard.
Romario is fighting to break Richards's control of his arms but Richards is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Romario preventing the sweep.
Romario is looking to stand up but Richards won't let him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Richards is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson Romario dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keijo Richards's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Romario is looking to land body kicks.
Richards misses with a body kick.
A head kick by Romario misses
and Richards counters with a stiff right hand.
Romario throws a leg kick
and Richards counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Romario throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Richards connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Romario throws a wild body kick that Richards sees coming a mile off.
Romario pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Richards misses with a body shot.
Romario looks for the body kick but Richards saw that one coming.
Romario misses with a body kick.
Richards connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Romario's head backwards.
Richards throws a poor cross that misses
and Romario counters with a body kick.
Romario throws a push kick but Richards slaps the foot to one side.
Richards is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Romario tries to clinch there but Richards circles away.
Romario misses with a wild body shot.
Richards throws a leg kick which misses Romario's front leg but catches the back leg as Romario tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Romario throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A low kick from Richards is predictable there
and Romario counters with a leg kick.
Romario takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Richards jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romario throws a lazy right hand but Richards sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards cracks Romario with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Keijo Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richards cracks Romario with a good jab.
Richards fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Richards is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Richards wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Romario takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Keijo Richards is winning the standup battle so far.
Romario is breathing heavily.
Romario displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Richards.
Richards fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
Richards misses with a straight right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romario wants to clinch.
Richards misses with a body shot.
Richards lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Romario backs up against the cage.
Romario ducks under a wild hook from Richards.
Romario bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Romario misses with a body kick.
Romario uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Richards.
Richards throws a left and a right that both miss
and Romario counters with a nice low kick that buckles Richards's knee momentarily.
Richards moves out of range of the body kick.
Richards is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romario connects with an inside leg kick.
Romario lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Romario tries to land a front kick but Richards steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Richards swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Romario wants to clinch.
Romario throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richards lands a really nice looking cross but Romario seems unphased.
Romario throws a shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Romario.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keijo Richards dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keijo Richards's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Romario tries a head kick but it misses.
Richards thows a leg kick but Romario checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Romario misses with an attempted mid kick.
Romario feints and then cracks Richards's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Richards down.
Romario uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richards.
Romario thumps Richards with a low kick.
Romario is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richards misses with a left hand

and Romario holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Richards ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Richards no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Richards lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Romario!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Romario can do anything to dispel that myth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Richards unloads with some shots from mount but Romario bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romario is trying to escape the mount.
Richards misses with a head shot.
Richards will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Richards trying to control but Romario is having none of it.
Romario tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Richards unloads with some shots from mount but Romario bucks and avoids them well.
Richards raining down shots from the mount!
Romario wants to hold on but Richards pushes him away.
Richards has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romario gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romario wants to get back to full guard.
Romario blocking the ground and pound attempt from Richards.
Romario is trying to get back to full guard.
Richards is nestled in close to Romario, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richards not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Romario wants to control but Richards is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Richards works his way into side control.
Romario is not content to let Richards control the position.
Richards throws an elbow but Romario slips to the side and avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards just content to control the position.
Romario is trying to control Richards's posture but Richards avoids it.

Richards tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Richards has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Romario takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richards lands an elbow.

Richards is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Romario has escaped the position, nice work there.
Richards works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Richards in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Richards trying to control the action but Romario is working from the bottom.
Romario on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richards sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Romario is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Romario struggling a bit here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keijo Richards showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Richards 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keijo Richards!