PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maya Richer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is the duck song 3. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Richer
vs
Rogers

180 cm
20
150 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maya Richer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rogers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Richer feints and as Rogers raises his hands in defense, Richer changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Richer trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Richer trying to control but Rogers is working from the bottom.
Richer throws a big right hand that misses.
Richer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Richer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rogers wants to stand up but Richer is controlling him.
Richer seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rogers is looking to stand up but Richer isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richer is looking to work some ground and pound but Rogers has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richer sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Richer stands up over Rogers, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Richer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rogers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rogers being controlled here, momentarily.
Richer throwing strikes from guard but Rogers blocks nicely.
Richer thows a big elbow that misses.
Richer content to stall in guard here.
Richer looking to sit in guard and control but Rogers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Richer has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rogers off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a jab when Richer was well out of range.
Richer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rogers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Richer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Richer.

Richer gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Rogers regains guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rogers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Richer stops Rogers from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Richer throwing strikes from guard but Rogers blocks nicely.
Richer stands up over Rogers, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Richer trying to control but Rogers is working from the bottom.
Richer is really struggling to control Rogers but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Maya Richer wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rogers misses with a hook.
Rogers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rogers throws a left and a right that both miss

and Richer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rogers pushes Richer off looking to stand but Richer dives back in and keeps control.
Richer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rogers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Richer.
Richer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Richer slows the pace down in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Richer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maya Richer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rogers misses with an uppercut

and Richer counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rogers is trying to break the clinch but Richer is controlling him.
Richer is working for takedown but Rogers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Richer has Rogers pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rogers manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Richer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rogers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maya Richer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rogers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Richer prevents Rogers from breaking the clinch.
Richer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rogers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers is trying to push Richer away but Richer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rogers wants to get back to striking at distance but Richer won't allow it.
Richer has Rogers pressed against the cage, preventing Rogers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Richer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rogers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Richer drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rogers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rogers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richer has Rogers pressed against the cage, preventing Rogers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Richer tightens his grip and picks Rogers up, before dumping him to the ground. Rogers manages to land in guard.
Richer won't allow Rogers to get back to his feet.
Richer wants to control from the top but Rogers keeps moving.
Richer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Richer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Richer looking to pass the guard.
Richer engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Richer stops Rogers from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rogers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Richer thows a big elbow that misses.
Richer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Richer trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Richer stays in close to Rogers's body and controls the position.
Richer tries to free his leg and advance position but Rogers is retaining full guard.
Richer stops Rogers from standing up.
Rogers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Richer.
Richer trying to control the position from guard on top but Rogers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richer throwing strikes from guard but Rogers blocks nicely.
Richer slips nicely into half guard.
Richer controlling the action here.
Rogers is trying to stand back up but Richer is controlling him
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richer looks to land a strike but Rogers avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richer won't allow Rogers to get back to his feet.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
Richer wants to pass the guard but Rogers is keeping the position.
Richer works over Rogers with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maya Richer dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rogers swinging wildly here.
James Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Richer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Richer goes for a takedown attempt but Rogers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Richer scores a takedown into full mount!
Richer looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Rogers really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Richer landing punches.
Richer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rogers wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Richer.
Richer misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richer lands a big elbow.
Richer cracks Rogers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Richer controlling from the full mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Rogers is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rogers tries to buck Richer off but he can't manage it.
Richer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rogers is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Richer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Richer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rogers hang on?
Richer lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Richer looking to ground and pound but Rogers is blocking nicely.
Richer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rogers can do to turn this around?
Rogers is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Rogers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Richer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Richer dominating with strikes here.
Richer lands a heavy elbow.
Richer cracks Rogers with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Richer looking to finish Rogers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rogers!
BOOM! Richer connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Richer content just to control the position here.
Richer with the ground and pound from mount.
Rogers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Richer tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Richer tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Richer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richer unloading with bombs!

Rogers is rocked!
Richer landing strikes from the mount.
James Rogers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rogers is still in real trouble! Can Richer finish him?
Richer controlling the position easily from mount.
Rogers throwing hammer fists to the chest of Richer. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Maya Richer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Richer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maya Richer!