PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daymon Hell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivera comes into the arena with Regulate blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Rivera
vs
Hell

183 cm
25
179 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daymon Hell!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rivera clinches up against the cage.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hell avoids it.
Rivera throws an elbow but it misses.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Daymon Hell has been cut.
Hell is trying to stall.
Hell takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Rivera.
Hell working hard to break the clinch.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Hell won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Hell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rivera has him pressed against the cage.
Rivera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hell looks gassed!
Rivera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Hell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivera's elbow.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Hell stalls.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.
Hell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivera's elbow.
Rivera slows down the pace here.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Rivera gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Hell avoiding damage.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hell wants to stall.
Rivera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivera connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hell's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
Rivera lands an elbow inside.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera trying to land knees to the body.
Hell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hell is trying to maintain a safe position but Rivera gets an underhook and turns Hell into the cage.
Hell is trying to force a seperation but Rivera has the dominant position.
Hell struggles to land a body shot inside as Rivera controls his hands.
Rivera with a knee to the head.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hell takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Hell avoids the damage to the body.
Hell wants to stall.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hell takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rivera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hell avoids it.
Rivera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hell's defenses.
Hell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.
Rivera prevents a body shot from Hell.
Rivera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hell blocks it with crossed arms.
Rivera landing knees to the body.
Hell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.
Hell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rivera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hell content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rivera has Hell pressed against the cage.
Rivera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rivera with a knee to the head.
Hell can't find room to land a body shot as Rivera controls the action.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Hell won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Hell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rivera lands an elbow inside that Hell shrugs off.
Hell pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rivera misses with an elbow over the top.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hell avoids the elbow strike from Rivera, against the cage.
Hell taking a breather.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Rivera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daymon Hell's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivera.
Good work by Hell as he checks the leg kick.
Rivera tries to clinch up but Hell circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hell.
Hell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rivera.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rivera.
Rivera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hell circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hell misses with a double jab.
Hell looks to land a right hand but Rivera moved out of range.
Rivera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hell swinging wildly here.
Daymon Hell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hell is breathing heavily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rivera - that will leave a mark!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rivera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hell misses with a hook. Rivera ducked under it nicely.
Rivera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rivera feints and then cracks Hell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hell down.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hell misses with a two punch combination.
Hell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivera.
A head kick misses from Rivera.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivera. That's going to slow Hell down.

Rivera instigates a clinch.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera is struggling to control the position.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rivera lands a nice elbow.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Hell's ribcage.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Hell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Hell's ribcage.
Rivera lands a damaging elbow.
Rivera lands a damaging elbow.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hell is trying to break the clinch but Rivera is controlling him.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Hell goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
Hell looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Hell won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera looking to throw knees to the head but Hell is blocking nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Hell.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Hell avoids the damage to the body.
Junior Rivera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hell lands a body shot.
Hell leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hell working hard to break the clinch.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera tries a knee to the head but Hell blocks it.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hell working hard to break the clinch.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Hell avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Hell is working Rivera over against the cage.
Hell trying to control the position but instead, Rivera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hell into the cage.
Hell can't find room to land a body shot as Rivera controls the action.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Hell avoids the damage to the body.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Rivera misses with an elbow over the top.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Hell avoids the damage to the body.
Rivera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hell is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Rivera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daymon Hell's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Hell. Rivera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hell lands with a nice combination. Rivera backs away looking to recover.

Rivera moves into the clinch successfully.
Hell cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Hell wants to stall.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but Hell blocks with his arms.
Rivera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hell blocks an elbow strike from Rivera.
Hell avoiding damage as Rivera throws knees to the body.
Hell managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
Hell trying to stall but Rivera improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera prevents Hell from breaking the clinch.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hell lands a left hand.
Hell leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hell avoiding damage as Rivera throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Hell breaks the clinch.
Rivera misses with a body kick.
Rivera lands with a kick to the temple. Hell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rivera.
Rivera throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rivera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hell throws a series of punches but Rivera moves out of range.
Rivera pushes Hell away with a front kick.
Rivera connects with a high kick.
Hell swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hell connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rivera. Rivera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rivera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hell connects with a body shot.
Rivera chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rivera missing with a left hand there. Hell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivera throws a head kick that misses.
Rivera lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rivera is looking to slow Hell down with leg kicks.
Hell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rivera. Rivera obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hell on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rivera. Rivera obviously looking to wear him down.
Rivera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rivera lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rivera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch but Hell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hell's sensitive parts.
Rivera cracks the inside of Hell's front leg.
Rivera lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hell at a distance.
Rivera tries to clinch there but Hell circles away.
Rivera cracks a nice hook into Hell's ribs.

Rivera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands a damaging elbow.
Rivera lands an elbow just above Hell 's eye.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rivera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Daymon Hell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hell pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Hell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.
Rivera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hell's defenses.
Hell tries to work over Rivera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivera blocks a body shot from Hell.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Hell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Rivera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Rivera!