PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alden Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spiros Vondopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spiros Vondopoulos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Richards
vs
Vondopoulos

173 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alden Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Spiros Vondopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Richards. Vondopoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richards is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick misses from Richards.
Richards wants to clinch up but Vondopoulos keeps it at a distance.
Vondopoulos moves out of range of the body kick from Richards.
Vondopoulos appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Vondopoulos.

Richards closes the distance and pushes Vondopoulos back into the cage.
Richards is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vondopoulos is defending well for now.
Vondopoulos is trying to break the clinch but Richards is controlling him.
Richards missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vondopoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vondopoulos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richards misses with a knee strike.
Vondopoulos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richards has him pressed against the cage.
Vondopoulos managing to block the knees to the body from Richards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Richards is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vondopoulos is defending well for now.
Vondopoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richards crunches a lovely knee into Vondopoulos's ribcage.
Vondopoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vondopoulos avoiding damage as Richards throws knees to the body.
Vondopoulos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richards looking to throw knees to the head but Vondopoulos is blocking nicely.
Vondopoulos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vondopoulos wants to get back to striking at distance but Richards won't allow it.
Richards misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vondopoulos.
Vondopoulos managing to block the knees to the body from Richards.
Vondopoulos avoiding damage as Richards throws knees to the body.
Richards tries to land knees in the clinch but Vondopoulos avoids the damage to the body.
Richards throws a knee to the head but misses.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Vondopoulos tries to break free but Richards pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vondopoulos avoids it.
A short uppercut from Vondopoulos.
Vondopoulos managing to block the knees to the body from Richards.

Richards is fighting off a takedown attempt but Vondopoulos is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Richards to the mat. Richards regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richards is looking to stand up but Vondopoulos isn't so interested in that idea.

Richards wants to stand and escape. He's got his foot on Vondopoulos's hips, looking to push off. But Vondopoulos grabs a hold of the leg and drops back for an ankle lock! It's hard to tell if he's got it. Both fighters look composed - OH, not anymore they don't! Richards screams like a kid who's trapped his fingers in the car door and taps out! Yikes, that must have hurt - hopefully it's not snapped anything!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Heel Hook). Spiros Vondopoulos!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Spiros Vondopoulos waved his t-shirt featuring Zenith Nutrition (160q)'s logo in front of the cameras.