PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charlie River (ranked 864 p4p, 1065 weight class) and ReaperLord Tyberos (ranked 67 p4p, 84 weight class). River comes to the cage accompanied by Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy. Tyberos has chosen Today We Hunt! as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

River
vs
Tyberos

170 cm
34
142
34 - 23 - 1

150 cm
31
145
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Fast

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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 34 - 23 - 1, fighting out of New York, Charlie River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ReaperLord Tyberos!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyberos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
River scores with a leg kick.
River throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyberos.
And Tyberos tries to counter it with a takedown but River pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Tyberos takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
River lands with a thumping leg kick.
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyberos drops down looking to force a counter takedown but River defends it well.
Tyberos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tyberos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from River.
River cracks Tyberos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tyberos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by River.
Tyberos moves out of range of the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
River scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
ReaperLord Tyberos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River moves forwards but Tyberos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
River fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tyberos manages to avoid it.
Tyberos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
River gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tyberos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from River there as he acknowledges the shot.
River avoids the body shot from Tyberos.
Tyberos throws the left hand but River avoids the punch easily.

Tyberos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tyberos tries to advance to mount but River denies him.
Tyberos is chipping away with strikes.
Tyberos grinds an elbow into River's temple.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tyberos working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
The ground and pound from Tyberos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tyberos misses with the ground and pound.
River is trying to buck Tyberos off.
River on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyberos fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tyberos in side control, throwing shots but River defends.
Tyberos lands a few punches from side control.
Tyberos in side control, throwing shots but River defends.
Tyberos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tyberos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at River to see if he's OK.
Tyberos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ground and pound from Tyberos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tyberos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
River knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tyberos on the ground.
Tyberos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear River down.
Tyberos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear River down.
Tyberos lands a nice forearm strike.
Tyberos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
River parries the strikes from Tyberos easily there. Tyberos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable River to escape.
River is breathing heavily.
River taking a bit of punishment here - Tyberos scoring with strikes.
Tyberos working the ground and pound.
Tyberos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for River!
Tyberos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Tyberos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of River's face.
Tyberos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tyberos lands a big shot there that rocks River but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
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!
Tyberos won't let River get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
River on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if River tries to get out of the position.
Tyberos looking to finish River with some ground and pound. This is bad for River!
Tyberos misses with a head shot.
Tyberos unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos with good strikes from the mount here!
Tyberos raining down shots from the mount!
Tyberos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A nice elbow there by Tyberos.
Tyberos lands with some strikes.
Tyberos lands a nice shot to the head.
River is bucking up trying to escape but Tyberos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tyberos lands a nice shot to the head.
Tyberos landing shots from mount.
Tyberos working away from the top, dropping strikes.

River is rocked!
Tyberos with a couple of short strikes.
Oh River is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tyberos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can River hang on?
River blocking the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

ReaperLord Tyberos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tyberos misses with a hook.
River seems to have got his legs back now.
Tyberos scores with a hook to the body. River takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tyberos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tyberos stuns River with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tyberos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
River misses with a wild body shot.
River tries a head kick but it misses.
Tyberos ducks under a wild hook from River.
Tyberos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
River was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tyberos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from River.
Tyberos connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tyberos staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyberos throws the left hand but River avoids the punch easily.
Tyberos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyberos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tyberos avoids the body shot from River.
Tyberos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyberos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from River.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River throws a hook but Tyberos avoids it easily.
Tyberos drops down looking to force a counter takedown but River defends it well.
ReaperLord Tyberos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyberos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from River.
A leg kick checked by Tyberos.
Tyberos throws a hook to the side of River's head but River sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tyberos works the jab nicely.
River swings for the body but Tyberos moves out of range.
Tyberos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Tyberos throws a shot from downtown. River moves away and avoids it.
River feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Tyberos lands with a hook. River tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tyberos scores with a sloppy right hand. River should have avoided that one.
River scores with a spinning back kick!
River throws an overhand right that lands on Tyberos's shoulder, as Tyberos tries to avoid the shot.
River ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tyberos walks forward, straight into a front kick from River.
River scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyberos with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River slips a jab from Tyberos.
River tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
River misses with a looping right.
River connects with a right hand. Tyberos shakes it off.
River has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tyberos finds it's way round the side to connect with River's head.
River turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tyberos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Tyberos closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. River did well to prevent Tyberos getting side control.
Tyberos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tyberos scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tyberos trying to control from half guard but River is working away.
Tyberos works his way into full mount!
Tyberos lands a nice shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tyberos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tyberos is landing with some decent strikes but River is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
River takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
ReaperLord Tyberos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tyberos throwing strikes here but River is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tyberos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
River taking shots to the head.
Tyberos looking to finish River with some ground and pound. This is bad for River!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyberos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
River in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

River is rocked!
Tyberos throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyberos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can River hang on?
Tyberos lands a big shot there that rocks River but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tyberos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh River is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyberos lands a big shot there that rocks River but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tyberos breaks from River's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tyberos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tyberos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tyberos connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tyberos postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked River badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Tyberos around the waist but Tyberos pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Tyberos is the winner by TKO! Tyberos jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). ReaperLord Tyberos!
A relieved looking ReaperLord Tyberos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.