PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Caden Prevost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Prevost
vs
Richard

180 cm
19
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Caden Prevost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jackson Richard!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard slips a jab and a cross from Prevost.
Prevost swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richard has a takedown stuffed.
Richard throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Prevost counters with a head kick. That will keep Richard thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Richard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Prevost counters with a three punch combo that has Richard backing up. Richard nods at Prevost to acknowledge the strikes.
Richard shoots and misses
and Prevost makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Richard really felt that one!
Caden Prevost has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Richard.
Prevost fails to land with a series of punches.
Prevost looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Richard dodges the punch combination from Prevost.
Richard misses with a two punch combination.
Richard has his takedown stuffed
and Prevost finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Richard has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Prevost.
Richard misses with an uppercut. Prevost saw that one coming.
Richard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Prevost counters with a left and a right that stings Richard.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Prevost. Richard shrugs it off though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard has his takedown stuffed
and Prevost counters with a low kick, right behind Richard 's knee.
Richard looks gassed!
Prevost fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Prevost scores with a kick to the body.
Richard throws a head kick that misses
and Prevost finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Prevost swinging wilding here.
Prevost lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Prevost.
Richard misses with a takedown
and Prevost makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Richard really felt that one!
Richard has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Prevost.
Prevost with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Prevost fails to land with a series of punches.
Prevost fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson Richard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Prevost.
Prevost will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richard is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Prevost.

Prevost decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prevost looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Prevost slips a nice elbow through Richard's hands, connecting with Richard's forehead.
Prevost working Richard over with strikes.
Prevost is trying to control the action in half guard but Richard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Prevost seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard is in trouble now - Prevost has advanced to mount!
Prevost controlling from mount.
Prevost with the ground and pound from mount.
Prevost controlling from mount.
Richard working to try and regain half guard.
Richard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Prevost. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Prevost controlling the pace for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Prevost cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Prevost looking to control and managing it successfully.
Prevost postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Richard looks a forlorn figure.
Prevost controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richard is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Prevost stalks Richard and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Richard's face. Richard staggers backwards, shaken.
Prevost scores with a spinning back kick!
Richard slips a jab and a cross from Prevost.
Richard throws a body kick the misses

and Prevost counters with a shoot takedown. Richard fights it but they end up in guard.
Prevost postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Richard strikes from his own guard.
Prevost trying to control the position from guard on top but Richard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prevost slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Prevost trying to control the position from guard on top but Richard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Caden Prevost just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Prevost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Richard is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Prevost. That one must have hurt.
Richard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Prevost counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Prevost is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Prevost wants to control from the top but Richard keeps moving.
Richard looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Prevost puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prevost controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Prevost there.
Prevost frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Prevost pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Prevost controlling the position easily from mount.
Prevost is landing with some decent strikes but Richard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Richard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Prevost can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Richard is looking to escape.
Prevost 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard is looking to improve his position but Prevost isn't that keen on the idea.
Prevost controlling the position easily from mount.
Prevost lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richard keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Prevost controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Caden Prevost just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
A nice combination there by Prevost.
Richard misses with a takedown attempt
and Prevost counters with a three punch combo that has Richard backing up. Richard nods at Prevost to acknowledge the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Prevost.
Richard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Prevost.
Prevost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Richard slips a jab and a cross from Prevost.
A nice combination there by Prevost.
Prevost is working the combinations to good effect here.
Prevost scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Prevost!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caden Prevost dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Prevost shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Richard but Richard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Richard doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Prevost counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Richard gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Prevost makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Richard really felt that one!
A thudding body kick lands there by Prevost!
A slapping leg kick lands for Prevost.
Prevost is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Richard can do to turn this around?

Prevost drives through with a takedown into guard.
Richard keeping moving, preventing Prevost from controlling successfully.
Prevost postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Prevost controls from within his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prevost is working Richard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Prevost chips away with some ground and pound.
Prevost is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Prevost lands a couple of elbows.
Prevost landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Prevost works over Richard with some ground and pound from guard.
Prevost looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Prevost stopping the sweep attempt from Richard.
Richard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Prevost controls the pace.
Jackson Richard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prevost scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Prevost decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Richard, up you get!
Some wild striking there from Prevost.
Caden Prevost is winning the standup battle so far.
Richard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Richard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Prevost rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice body kick there by Prevost.

Prevost scores with a takedown into Richard's guard.
Prevost lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prevost trying to control but Richard is working from the bottom.
Prevost lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Richard looking for a sweep. Not yet Richard, not yet.
Richard striking off his back but it's not causing Prevost any problems.
Prevost works over Richard with some ground and pound from guard.
Prevost wants to control from the top but Richard keeps moving.
Richard thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Richard fails with the takedown

and Prevost counters with a shoot takedown. Richard fights it but they end up in guard.
Caden Prevost is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Caden Prevost has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Richard.
Prevost is stalling in the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caden Prevost showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Prevost has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:24
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caden Prevost!