PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charlie River (ranked 704 p4p, 1002 weight class) and Joe Biden (ranked 40 p4p, 51 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy. Biden has chosen Side to Side as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Joe Biden has the eye of the tiger tonight.

River
vs
Biden

170 cm
25
143
15 - 7 - 0

168 cm
25
141
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charlie River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Biden!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River takes a swing at Biden's ribcage but misses.
Biden throws a hook but River avoids it easily.
River jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
River has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rivers Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
River misses with an uppercut. Biden saw that one coming.
River throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
River throws a lazy uppercut
and Biden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Charlie River has been cut.
Biden throws a shot from downtown. River moves away and avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from River. Biden does a little dance to reset his feet.

River rushes Biden and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from River.
Biden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Biden misses with a knee to the head.
Biden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
River displaying some good clinch control by pressing Biden up against the cage.
River makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on River - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Biden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Biden lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
River throws a head punch that misses.
River misses with the head strike.
River misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Biden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from River.

River's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Biden fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
River throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Biden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as River throws out the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Biden! But no joy.
River misses with a hook
and Biden counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
River takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River 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!
River throws a shot from downtown. Biden moves away and avoids it.
River misses with a leg kick.
Charlie River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Biden lands a jab.
River wants to clinch but Biden slips to the side
and Biden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
River tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Biden was well out of range. Poor timing from River.
River uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Biden.

Biden closes the distance and clinches.
Biden misses with a hook to the ribs.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
River misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
River looking to slow down the pace here.
Biden scores with a nice hook to the head.
River struggles to land a body shot inside as Biden controls his hands.
River misses with a hook from the clinch.
River is leaning against Biden and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice left hand lands by River.
River lands with a light punch inside.
River cracks Biden with a nice body shot.
Biden misses with a body punch.
River is working Biden over against the cage.
Biden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Biden.
Biden lands a right hand that snaps the head of River backwards.
Biden with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biden throws a head punch that misses.
Biden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
River just leaning against Biden, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
River is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Biden prevents a body shot from River.
Biden has a couple of punches blocked by River.
Biden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Biden working River over with knees to the body.
River lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
River takes a shot to the head.
Biden tries a knee to the head but River blocks it.
Biden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
River blocks the elbow strike.
Biden digs a right hand underneath River's ribcage. River let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Biden lands a right hand that snaps the head of River backwards.
River misses with a short punch on the inside.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
River misses with a short punch on the inside.
Biden tries to work over River's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
River goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Biden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie River's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

River tries to clinch but Biden moves away
and Biden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
River misses with a left hand
and River takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Biden lands with a nice body punch.
Biden misses with a straight left.
River throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Biden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Biden cracks a nice hook into River's ribs.
Biden misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Joe Biden has been cut.
Biden moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Charlie River's cut is getting worse.
River cracks Biden with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River misses with a leg kick
and Biden counters with a straight right hand.
River takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
River misses with the body kick
and Biden counters with a huge left! River is in big trouble! He's backing up but Biden isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save River from any more damage. A dominating finish by Biden!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Biden!
Our winner, Joe Biden, 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.