PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cliff Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Speedos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richards comes to the cage accompanied by Loch Lomong. Ken Speedos is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Richards
vs
Speedos

195 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

200 cm
24
222 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cliff Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ken Speedos!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedos misses with an uppercut.
Richards throws a head kick but Speedos moves out of range.
Speedos throws a body punch but Richards moves out of range.
Speedos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Richards misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards thows a leg kick but Speedos checks it

and Speedos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Richards keeping moving, preventing Speedos from controlling successfully.
Richards keeping full guard, as Speedos tries to pass.
Speedos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedos throws a big right hand that misses.
Richards keeping moving, preventing Speedos from controlling successfully.
Richards wants to stand but Speedos is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Speedos drops back looking for a leg! Richards is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Richards manages to kick Speedos off! Speedos jumps back into Richards's guard.
Speedos prevents Richards from getting back to his feet.
Speedos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Speedos has gone for a leg lock! Richards slips out almost immediately though and dives into Speedos's guard.
Richards wants to stand but Speedos is controlling his posture from full guard.

Richards decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Speedos, up you get!
Speedos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Speedos tries for a takedown but Richards sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters circling - Speedos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Speedos shoots for a double leg takedown but Richards sprawls well. He's pushed Speedos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cliff Richards has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Speedos.
Speedos misses with an uppercut.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Speedos.
Richards is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Speedos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Richards knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Speedos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Speedos decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Speedos misses

and Richards counters with a big uppercut that knocks Speedos off his feet! Richards dives into side control looking to finish!

Speedos is rocked!
Speedos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Richards wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Speedos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Richards knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Speedos on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richards tries to stand but Speedos is controlling his head.
Speedos tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ken Speedos will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Richards takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Richards looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Speedos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Speedos.
A slow jab from Speedos misses its intended target.
Richards throws a sloppy head kick and Speedos moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards throws a sloppy head kick
and Speedos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Speedos misses with a body shot

and Richards counters with a left and a right that hurts Speedos! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Richards jumps into full mount!
Speedos is still in real trouble! Can Richards finish him?
Richards is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Speedos seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedos is desperately trying to improve his position but Richards has a good base and remains in mount.
Speedos tries to lock up and control but Richards gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Richards wants to stand but Speedos is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Speedos is looking to get to half guard.
Richards wants to stand but Speedos is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Richards avoids the attempt from Speedos to control.

Richards stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Speedos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Richards counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Speedos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Richards counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Speedos badly! He tries to strike back but Richards puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Speedos out cold! Oh man, Speedos will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cliff Richards!