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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jiri Sayonara (ranked 77 p4p, 11 weight class) and Farboleous Ricard (ranked 192 p4p, 23 weight class). Sayonara comes into the arena with Edge Of The Blade blaring out of the sound system. Ricard has chosen Vibe Killer as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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138 lbs
24 - 12 - 1 |
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146 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jiri Sayonara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Farboleous Ricard!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ricard throws a body kick that misses.
Ricard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And Ricard tries to counter it with a takedown but Sayonara pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sayonara darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big left from Ricard misses.
Sayonara is looking to counter with a body kick.
Ricard blocks a jab.
Sayonara has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD The Shark Tank in the buildup to the fight.
Ricard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sayonara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from Sayonara misses.
Ricard misses with an uppercut
and Sayonara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ricard scores with a jab.
Sayonara tries to sprawl but Ricard drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sayonara is controlling Ricard's trapped leg to prevent Ricard from advancing to side control.
Ricard tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sayonara knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ricard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ricard is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ricard controlling from mount.
Sayonara keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ricard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ricard working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Sayonara looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Ricard! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Farboleous Ricard!
Our winner, Farboleous Ricard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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