PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clint Rivers (ranked 4358 p4p, 4565 weight class) and Jimmy Pop (ranked 508 p4p, 527 weight class). Clint Rivers had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Rivers
vs
Pop

172 cm
20
170
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Clint Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimmy Pop!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rivers manages to break the clinch.
Pop staying out of range there.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Rivers misses.
Pop getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rivers looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clint Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers throws a jab but it's blocked by Pop.
Rivers misses with a lunging right hand
and Pop counters with a left to the body.
Rivers misses with a looping left.
A jab from Rivers misses.
Pop throws a hook to the side of Rivers's head but Rivers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rivers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pop.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers jabs Pop to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pop takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Rivers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pop dodges the punch combination from Rivers.
Pop throws out a counter right but Rivers avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pop scores with a nice strike.
Rivers cracks Pop with an open hand slap.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pop moves away.
Pop doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pop swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers throws an off balance right hand
and Pop counters with a left to the body.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pop was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Pop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivers misses with a hook to the body
and Pop connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rivers looks to land a left hand but Pop moved out of range nicely.
Pop fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Rivers misses with an uppercut
and Pop cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Pop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Rivers misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a right hand
and Pop counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rivers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers slips a straight right by Pop.
Pop slips a jab from Rivers.
Pop let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pop throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Pop lands a jab.
Pop staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Pop does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Pop was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers throws a lazy right hand but Pop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Rivers backs off Pop throws a huge counter combo but Rivers manages to avoid it all.
Rivers misses with a straight right.
Rivers throws a jab but it's blocked by Pop.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Pop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pop throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pop. Pop circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pop moves out of range of the strikes.

Pop closes the distance and pushes Rivers back into the cage.
Rivers tries a body shot but Pop blocks it.

Rivers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Pop saw that one coming.
Rivers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pop.
Rivers misses the jab.
Rivers throws a looping overhand right but Pop ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pop throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pop has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fighters circling - Rivers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rivers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pop avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Rivers throws out a loose jab but Pop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Pop looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Pop is just out of range.
Rivers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pop.
Rivers slips a jab from Pop.
Rivers throws a lazy uppercut
and Pop counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
Pop doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rivers is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pop's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Pop instigates a clinch.
Pop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivers.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Pop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers tries to work over Pop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Rivers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Pop does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Pop releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rivers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pop.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Rivers dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pop staying out of range there.
Rivers rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Pop counter with a right hand.
Rivers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Pop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rivers misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pop. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
Pop looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pop moves away.
Pop uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rivers.
Rivers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers throws a hook to the side of Pop's head but Pop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Pop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rivers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pop blocks a jab.
Pop moves away from the strike by Rivers.
Rivers swings for the body but Pop moves out of range.
Pop swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pop slips under a jab from Rivers.
Rivers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers misses the jab.
Rivers swings for the body but Pop moves out of range.
Pop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rivers seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pop slips under a jab.
Pop swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rivers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pop manages to avoid it.
Pop slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Pop.
Pop moves out of range of the strikes.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pop looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivers is just out of range.
Rivers just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rivers looks to throw the jab but Pop is out of range.
Pop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
Pop let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pop avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rivers throws a lazy uppercut
and Pop counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big right from Rivers misses.
Rivers throws a hook but Pop blocks it.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers misses with a hook.
Rivers looks to throw the jab but Pop is out of range.
Pop throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Pop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pop.
Pop displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
Pop is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rivers with a body shot.
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pop.
Rivers throws a hook but Pop blocks it.
Pop appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A jab from Rivers misses.
Rivers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivers swings widly with a right hand
and Pop counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rivers thinking.
Rivers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pop manages to avoid it.
Rivers staying out of range there.
A jab from Pop does it's job there.
The fighters circling - Rivers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pop takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Rivers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pop can do to turn this around?
Pop looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
Rivers swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a looping left.
Pop uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Pop looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pop misses with a straight left.
Rivers throws out a loose jab but Pop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers throws a body shot but no joy.
Pop doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rivers moves out of range as Pop strikes.
Pop keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Pop was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pop moves out of range of the strikes.
Pop scores with the left hand. Rivers knows he should have avoided that one.
Clint Rivers is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Pop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pop takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Rivers swings for the body but Pop moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Rivers dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pop getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pop tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pop.
Rivers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pop manages to avoid it.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pop looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pop looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rivers changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Pop is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers throws an off balance right hand
and Rivers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rivers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pop.
Pop uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Rivers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pop throws out a counter right but Rivers avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pop ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pop is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rivers with a body shot.
Rivers throws an overhand right that lands on Pop's shoulder, as Pop tries to avoid the shot.
A left and a right from Rivers both land. Nice combination.
Rivers throws a jab but it's blocked by Pop.
Rivers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pop.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivers cracks Pop with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pop loads up on a big right hand but Rivers slips the punch.
Rivers moves out of range as Pop strikes.
Rivers cracks a nice hook into Pop's ribs.
Rivers throws a hook but Pop blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pop moves out of range as Rivers strikes.
Rivers scores with a punch to the head.
Rivers missing with a left hand there. Pop was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivers throws a right hand that misses
and Pop counters with a left to the body.
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!
Pop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Pop swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rivers throws out a loose jab but Pop uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pop manages to avoid it.
Rivers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pop's head.
Nice defenses there by Pop.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Pop defending well as Rivers loads up on a big left hand.
Pop moves out of range as Rivers strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pop! But no joy.
A big right from Rivers misses.
It seemed like Pop was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Rivers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivers misses the target.
Rivers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rivers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rivers misses with a looping right.
Rivers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pop.
A little jabbing left from Pop on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Rivers misses the body punch
and Pop counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rivers lands a body shot.
Rivers moves out of range as Pop strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Pop misses the target.
It looked like Rivers was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pop.
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pop.
Rivers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pop.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clint Rivers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pop! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Pop saw that one coming.
Rivers misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Rivers misses its intended target.
Pop is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rivers with a body shot.
Rivers throws a lazy right hand but Pop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rivers blocks a jab.
Rivers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivers staying out of range there.
Rivers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivers pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pop looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pop looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rivers scores with a jab to the head.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jimmy Pop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pop lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Rivers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rivers, 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clint Rivers!