PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juancho Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Padilla has chosen Not Afraid - EMINEM as his entrance music. Manuel Padilla is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rivera
vs
Padilla

189 cm
24
216 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
205 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juancho Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Padilla!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Padilla.
Jab from Rivera.

It looks like Manuel Padilla has been cut.
A lazy left from Rivera finds it's target.
A big left from Rivera misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivera. Padilla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivera just misses with a punch to the body.
Padilla connects with a single shot there.
Padilla lands with a kick to the temple. Rivera shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rivera connects with a looping right hand.
Rivera with a hook.
Rivera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Padilla looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rivera checks a leg kick.
Rivera misses with a straight left.
Padilla thows a body shot but no joy.
Rivera throws the left hand but Padilla avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla misses with a wild combination.
Padilla takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rivera blocks a head kick by Padilla.
Padilla tests Rivera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Padilla attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Manuel Padilla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivera looks to throw the jab but Padilla is out of range.
Padilla walks into a stiff left hand from Rivera.
Rivera keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Padilla misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Padilla scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rivera ducks under a wild hook from Padilla.
Padilla looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Padilla misses with a head kick.
Rivera with a nice cross.
Padilla misses with a two punch combination.
Rivera throws a body punch but Padilla moves out of range.
Padilla throws a series of punches but Rivera avoids them all with ease.
Padilla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rivera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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!
Padilla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivera.
Rivera misses the shot to the body.
Rivera looks to score with a jab to the body but Padilla is just out of range.
Padilla throws a right and a left that both miss.
Padilla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters circling - Rivera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Padilla works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Padilla misses with a looping left.
Rivera takes a swing at Padilla's ribcage but misses.
Padilla throws a combination. Rivera tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A big left from Padilla misses.
Padilla throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rivera counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Padilla throws a hook to the side of Rivera's head but Rivera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Padilla swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivera counters with a three punch combo that has Padilla backing up. Padilla nods at Rivera to acknowledge the strikes.
Padilla thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Padilla.
Rivera looks to land a combination but Padilla avoids it well.
Padilla takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big right from Padilla misses.
A cross from Rivera lands.
Padilla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Rivera.
Rivera looks to score with a jab to the body but Padilla is just out of range.
Rivera works Padilla's body with a nice hook.
Padilla looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivera connects with a good right hand that stumbles Padilla. Padilla circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Padilla takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rivera throws a nice looking combination but Padilla bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Padilla.
Rivera cracks Padilla with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice straight punches there by Rivera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rivera.
Jab, jab by Rivera - just one landing.

That has opened up Manuel Padilla's cut even more.
Padilla misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Padilla scores with the left hand. Rivera knows he should have avoided that one.
Rivera cracks Padilla with an open hand slap.
Rivera scores with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Rivera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juancho Rivera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manuel Padilla's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Padilla scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rivera fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rivera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Padilla moves away.
Padilla misses with a combination
and Rivera counters with a left to the body.
A punch combination from Padilla misses.
Rivera lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivera moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rivera scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Padilla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rivera ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rivera with a nice cross.
Padilla is breathing heavily.
A jab from Rivera misses.
Rivera lands a body shot.
Rivera sizes up Padilla with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera cracks Padilla with a good jab.

Padilla is rocked!

The cut above Manuel Padilla's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A shot to the liver by Rivera. Beautiful body shot.
Rivera lands an overhand right.
Padilla is still on wobbly legs! Can Rivera finish him?
Rivera connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Padilla to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Rivera!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Juancho Rivera!