PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between CJ Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro has chosen Lo Boy-This Is How I Bang as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Riley
vs
Ribeiro

176 cm
28
153 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

171 cm
20
150 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

5th Round
Crippler's Corner

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, CJ Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro checks a low kick from Riley.
Ribeiro lands with an uppercut that bounces Riley off the cage and back into rage.
A head kick misses from Riley.
Ribeiro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ribeiro misses with a hook. Riley ducked under it nicely.
Ribeiro throws a hook to the side of Riley's head but Riley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riley throws a big shot that misses.
Ribeiro takes a swing at Riley's ribcage but misses.
Ribeiro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Ribeiro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ribeiro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Riley controls the pace.
Riley trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribeiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley postures up.
Riley looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ribeiro looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ribeiro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Riley trying to control but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
Ribeiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Ribeiro, not yet.
Riley controlling from the top position.
Riley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ribeiro swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ribeiro looking to control.
Riley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Riley misses with a hook.
Ribeiro misses with a wild combination.

Riley clinches up with Ribeiro and pushes him back against the cage.
Riley tries to work over Ribeiro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ribeiro trying to control the position but instead, Riley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ribeiro into the cage.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ribeiro's elbow.
Riley drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ribeiro being controlled against the cage.
Ribeiro tries to break the clinch but Riley is controlling the position.
Riley misses with a body punch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Ribeiro controls his hands.
Riley lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Riley.
Ribeiro stalling in the clinch but Riley improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

CJ Riley dominated that round.
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.

Riley lands a nice looking body kick.
Ribeiro lands with a hook. Riley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Riley avoids the body shot from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro cracks a nice hook into Riley's ribs.
Riley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ribeiro thuds his right hand into Riley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Riley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Ribeiro finds it's way through Riley's defenses.
Riley is looking to score with low kicks.
Good shot there by Riley.
A big right from Ribeiro misses.
Riley shoots in for a double leg but Ribeiro sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A swing and a miss from Riley.
Ribeiro leaves Riley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Riley decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ribeiro tries to get to full guard but Riley has control of the leg.
Riley trying to control from half guard but Ribeiro is working away.
Ribeiro is looking to control Riley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ribeiro avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribeiro tries to get to full guard but Riley has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley is trying to control. Ribeiro wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ribeiro is controlling Riley's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Ribeiro is refusing to be controlled, as Riley sits in half guard.
Ribeiro is trying to control but can't.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ribeiro slips under a jab.
Ribeiro fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro avoids the body shot from Riley.
Riley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Riley dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Riley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ribeiro sprawls well. Ribeiro wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Riley gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riley fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ribeiro takes a kick to the side of the head.
Riley throws a hook to the side of Ribeiro's head but Ribeiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riley takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ribeiro misses with a looping right.
Riley looks for the body kick but Ribeiro saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riley.
Ribeiro throws an overhand right that lands on Riley's shoulder, as Riley tries to avoid the shot.
Riley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro looks to land a right hand but Riley moved out of range.
Cesar Ribeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribeiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cesar Ribeiro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ribeiro missing with a left hand there. Riley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riley loads up on a big right hand but Ribeiro slips the punch.
Ribeiro throws a body punch but Riley moves out of range.
Ribeiro throws a body punch but Riley moves out of range.
Riley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ribeiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Riley throws a right and a left that Ribeiro avoids nicely.
Ribeiro misses the body punch
and Ribeiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that CJ Riley will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Riley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ribeiro.
Riley delivers a nice body kick.
Riley throws a head kick that half lands.
Riley changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ribeiro tries to avoid it but Riley manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ribeiro to the ground. Ribeiro escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Riley blocks it.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Riley avoids it easily.
Ribeiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riley misses with a body punch
and Ribeiro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ribeiro scores with a nice head shot.
Ribeiro lands with a good body shot.
Riley misses with a straight right.
Riley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ribeiro.
A telegraphed right hand from Riley misses the target.
Riley ducks under a wild hook from Ribeiro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riley moves away.
Ribeiro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ribeiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ribeiro ducks under a wild hook from Riley.
A leg kick checked by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Riley blocks it.
Ribeiro thows a body shot but no joy.
Riley getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ribeiro misses with an uppercut.
Ribeiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Ribeiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ribeiro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Riley to counter with a crisp jab.
Riley throws a head kick but Ribeiro moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Riley.
Ribeiro swings for the body but Riley moves out of range.
Ribeiro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
Riley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro dips to his left and cracks Riley with an uppercut!
Riley tries to clinch but Ribeiro moves out of range.
A big right from Riley misses.
Ribeiro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ribeiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Riley is just out of range.
Riley misses with a looping right.
Riley takes one on the button.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Riley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro cracks Riley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Riley dips to his left and cracks Ribeiro with an uppercut!
Ribeiro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ribeiro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ribeiro lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ribeiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ribeiro takes a swing at Riley's ribcage but misses.
Ribeiro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riley.
Riley throws a hook to the side of Ribeiro's head but Ribeiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Riley pushes Ribeiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Ribeiro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ribeiro wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riley prevents a body shot from Ribeiro.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ribeiro tries to break free but Riley pushes him back against the cage.
CJ Riley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riley lands a body shot.

Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for CJ Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ribeiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riley manages to avoid it.
Cesar Ribeiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ribeiro looks to land a left hand but Riley moved out of range nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cesar Ribeiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Riley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... CJ Riley!