PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lo Boy-This Is How I Bang kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sanchez
vs
Ribeiro

165 cm
24
150 lbs
3 - 12 - 0

171 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Ribeiro leaves Sanchez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ribeiro keeps the fight on the outside.
A right-left combo lands from Ribeiro.
Sanchez moves forwards but Ribeiro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sanchez is looking to clinch.
Ribeiro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ribeiro!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanchez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ribeiro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ribeiro stalks Sanchez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sanchez's face. Sanchez staggers backwards, shaken.
Cesar Ribeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanchez is breathing heavily.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ribeiro scores with a punch to the head.
Donk. Ribeiro catches Sanchez right on the button with a cross.
Ribeiro sizes up Sanchez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ribeiro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sanchez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ribeiro slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ribeiro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
Ribeiro scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Diego Sanchez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro scores with a body shot.
Ribeiro lands a jab to the head.
Ribeiro is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sanchez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jab from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro lands an overhand right.
Ribeiro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

Sanchez is rocked!
Ribeiro lands a head shot.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ribeiro lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
Good exchange - Ribeiro coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribeiro lands a nice hook to Sanchez's body. Sanchez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanchez seems to have got his legs back now.
Ribeiro scores with a nice head shot.
Ribeiro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ribeiro lands an overhand right.
Ribeiro scores with a hook to the body. Sanchez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ribeiro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
Ribeiro throws out a powerful jab.

Ribeiro lands a left and a right that send Sanchez crashing to the mat, dazed. Ribeiro thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Ribeiro is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ribeiro throws an overhand right that drops Sanchez like a sack of potatoes! Ribeiro dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesar Ribeiro!