PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elvis Ronan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Badridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ronan comes to the cage accompanied by Promised Land. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Barry Badridge enters the cage!

Ronan
vs
Badridge

184 cm
22
200 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

191 cm
27
194 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry)
RMC - $ 11 Shorts!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Elvis Ronan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Badridge!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Badridge misses with a wild combination.
Ronan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Badridge in his tracks.
Badridge throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ronan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ronan tests Badridge's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Badridge tries to land a leg kick but Ronan saw it coming and moves away.
Ronan throws an off balance right hand
letting Badridge counter with a right hand.
Ronan scores with a punch to the head.
Ronan misses with a body shot
and Badridge counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Badridge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ronan circles away quickly and effectively.
Badridge lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ronan circles away quickly and effectively.
Ronan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Badridge takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Badridge has closed the distance and engaged Ronan in a clinch.
Ronan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Badridge has a couple of punches blocked by Ronan.
Ronan blocks a body shot from Badridge.
Ronan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ronan has had enough of the clinch but Badridge keeps him there for the moment.
Ronan blocking some punches.
Ronan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Ronan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ronan lands with a shot to the body.
Ronan misses the jab.
Ronan lands with a good body shot.
Ronan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Badridge walks into a straight right hand from Ronan.
Ronan lands a jab to Badridge's midsection.
Ronan throws a shot from downtown. Badridge moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badridge misses with a straight left.
Badridge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ronan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Badridge with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ronan to score with a decent uppercut.
Ronan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Badridge has time to react.
Ronan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Badridge pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ronan just misses with a punch to the body.
Ronan throws a right hand that Badridge ducks under and follows up with a left that Badridge also avoids with ease.
Badridge doesn't manage to clinch there - Ronan circles away.
Badridge pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ronan swats away the attempt to clinch by Badridge.
Ronan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badridge misses with a hook. Ronan ducked under it nicely.
Ronan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Badridge.
Good exchange - Ronan coming out on top.
Elvis Ronan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Badridges jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ronan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Badridge misses.
Badridge on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ronan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Badridge moves away.
Badridge throws a big shot that misses.
Badridge drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Badridge takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Badridge keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ronan feints and then cracks Badridge's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Badridge down.
Ronan cracks a nice hook into Badridge's ribs.
Nice body punch from Ronan.
Ronan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ronan lands with a good body shot.
Ronan swats away the attempt to clinch by Badridge.
Ronan works Badridge's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A cross from Ronan lands.
Ronan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Badridge manages to avoid it.
Badridge throws a sloppy head kick and Ronan moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elvis Ronan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ronan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice shot by Ronan.
Badridge moves out of range of the strikes.
Barry Badridge is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ronan catches Badridge with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Badridge misses with a body shot.
Ronan connects with a body shot that sends Badridge's belly button to the back.
Badridge misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ronan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Badridge.
Badridge thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ronan lands with a good body shot.
Badridge tries to clinch there but Ronan circles away.
Nice body punch from Ronan.
Ronan is looking to wear down Badridge with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Badridge takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Badridge uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronan.
Ronan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Badridge doesn't seem bothered though.
Badridge is breathing heavily.
Badridge is looking to clinch but Ronan is avoiding it.
Ronan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Badridge can do to turn this around?
Badridge falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ronan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ronan works over Badridge's head and body with a nice combination.
Ronan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronan scores with a shot to the body.
Ronan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Badridge has time to react.
Badridge misses with a double jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Badridge misses with a few strikes there.
Ronan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ronan lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ronan digs a good hook to Badridge's body.
Badridge takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ronan cracks Badridge with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Badridge is rocked!
Ronan thuds a left hand into Badridge's body.
Badridge is still on wobbly legs! Can Ronan finish him?
Ronan connects with a combination that backs up Badridge into the cage. Ronan lands a flurry of punches that gets past Badridge's guard. Badridge is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Ronan bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elvis Ronan!
Elvis Ronan retains his middleweight title!
Elvis Ronan made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Ricardo Martinez, I'm coming for you. I have destroyed everyone here at 185. Now it's on to NYC. Let's do it.'.