PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Rosa Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rosa Rivera
vs
Baggins

150 cm
25
130 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

165 cm
21
139 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Rosa Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frodo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baggins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baggins throws a jab when Rivera was well out of range.
Frodo Baggins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baggins scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab by Baggins.
Baggins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivera throws a nice outside leg kick.
Baggins throws a sloppy head kick and Rivera moves out of range easily.
Baggins misses with a hook. Rivera ducked under it nicely.
Rivera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baggins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rivera changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivera connects with a solid leg kick.
Baggins looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivera misses with a low kick.
Rivera connects with a solid leg kick.
Rivera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baggins. That did some damage!
Baggins on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Baggins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivera.
Rivera works over Baggins's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Frodo Baggins has been cut.
Rivera stalks Baggins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baggins's face. Baggins staggers backwards, shaken.

Baggins is rocked!
Rivera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rivera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Rivera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baggins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivera lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Baggins is still on wobbly legs! Can Rivera finish him?
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivera.
Baggins seems to have recovered his senses.
Rivera with a hook.
Baggins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivera.
Baggins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivera can pounce on him.
Rivera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rivera scores with a leg kick.
Rivera tests Baggins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rivera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rivera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rivera lands a two punch combo.

That has opened up Frodo Baggins's cut even more.
Rivera connects with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivera.
Rivera lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baggins circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins misses with a straight left.
Rivera lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baggins circles away quickly and effectively.
Rivera scores with a body shot.
Rivera throws a nice outside leg kick.
No joy there for Rivera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baggins is looking to clinch.
Rivera lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baggins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivera.
Nice straight punches there by Rivera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rivera.
Sloppy strikes from Rivera. Those never looked like landing.
Baggins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rivera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baggins looks to land a right hand but Rivera moved out of range.
Baggins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivera.
Rivera chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rivera lands an overhand right.
Rivera paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Baggins has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands with a straight right. Baggins didn't see that one coming.
Rivera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good shot there by Rivera.
Rivera throws a leg kick but Baggins moved away.
Baggins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nice cross by Rivera.
Rivera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Baggins throws out the jab.
Nice shot by Rivera.
Rivera digs a good body shot into Baggins's ribs.
Rivera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rivera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rivera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rivera throws a good cross that connects.
Rivera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baggins.
Rivera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Baggins throws a looping overhand right but Rivera ducks down to avoid it.
Baggins scores with a head kick. Rivera tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rivera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baggins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins misses the shot to the body.
Rivera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baggins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rivera moves away from the strike by Baggins.
Baggins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rivera lands with a thumping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rivera.
Rivera is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rivera throws a good cross that connects.
Baggins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivera blocks a jab.
Baggins checks a low kick from Rivera.
Rivera avoids a kick to the body.
Baggins misses with a hook. Rivera ducked under it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Baggins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rivera manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baggins.
Baggins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Rosa Rivera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frodo Baggins's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rivera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rivera is looking to score with low kicks.
Baggins throws a low kick but Rivera moves out of range easily.
Rivera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Rivera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rivera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baggins might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rivera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Baggins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rivera connects with an inside leg kick.
Rivera connects with a leg kick. Baggins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A combination from Rivera does no damage.
Rivera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baggins can do to turn this around?
Baggins tries to clinch but Rivera moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Rivera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rivera buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rivera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Baggins on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rivera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rivera lands with a thumping leg kick.
A punch combination from Rivera misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins throws a big shot that misses.
Rivera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rivera misses with a body shot.
Baggins throws an overhand right that lands on Rivera's shoulder, as Rivera tries to avoid the shot.
Rivera misses with a series of wild punches.
Rivera misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rivera throws a leg kick but Baggins moved away.
Rivera throws a low kick, looking for Baggins's leg but Baggins calmly moves out of range.
Baggins works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Baggins might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rivera has got the better of the exchanges.
Baggins throws a jab when Rivera was well out of range.
Baggins misses with a leg kick
letting Rivera counter with a right hand.

Baggins moves into the clinch successfully.
Baggins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baggins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Baggins missing with knees to the body.
Baggins digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's two 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.
A right hand to the body from Baggins.
Baggins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baggins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivera tries to pull guard but Baggins holds him up against the cage and eventually Rivera drops back down to his feet.
Baggins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivera.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivera.
Rivera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baggins lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Baggins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baggins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Baggins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Baggins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rivera fails to pull guard.
Rivera tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Rosa Rivera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baggins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Baggins is leaning against Rivera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Baggins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pablo Rosa Rivera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baggins looks to throw the jab but Rivera is out of range.
Rivera works the jab nicely.
Rivera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baggins misses with a straight right.
Baggins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rivera.
Baggins misses with a straight right.
Rivera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Baggins.
Rivera tries a low kick but Baggins avoids it.
Rivera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Rivera.
Rivera goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rivera scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Baggins throws a combination that misses
and Rivera counters with a nice leg kick.
Rivera scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Baggins.
Pablo Rosa Rivera is winning the standup battle so far.
Rivera lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Rivera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rivera moves away from the strike by Baggins.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Baggins, as that shot connected.
Baggins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baggins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivera counters with a nice body shot.
Good leg kick by Rivera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Baggins dodges the punch combination from Rivera.
Baggins lands with a slapping head kick.
Rivera thumps Baggins with a low kick.
Rivera lands a right hook to the body.
Baggins throws a sloppy head kick and Rivera moves out of range easily.
Rivera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Baggins.
Rivera cracks the inside of Baggins's front leg.
Rivera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Baggins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Rosa Rivera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frodo Baggins's cut.
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!

Baggins misses with a wild body shot.
Baggins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivera.
Rivera slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Baggins rushes Rivera and presses him up against the cage.

Baggins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Baggins misses.
Rivera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Baggins loads up on a big right hand but Rivera slips the punch.
Rivera slips a jab from Baggins.
Rivera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rivera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A bone on bone clash there as Baggins blocks the leg kick.
Rivera slips under a jab.
Rivera throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rivera cracks the inside of Baggins's front leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rivera lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rivera wants to land a leg kick but Baggins is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivera misses with a double jab.
Baggins lands with a right hand.
Baggins tries to clinch up.
Baggins misses with a hook.
Rivera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baggins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivera.
A slow jab from Baggins misses its intended target.
Baggins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rivera looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Baggins misses with a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Rivera.
Baggins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivera can pounce on him.
A big left from Baggins misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rivera.
Baggins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rivera.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baggins.
Pablo Rosa Rivera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rivera lands with a shot to the body.
Baggins has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Baggins throws a big shot that misses.
Baggins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivera.
Rivera fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Baggins on the side of the head.
Rivera keeps the fight on the outside.
Rivera ducks under a wild hook from Baggins.
Baggins misses with a combination
and Rivera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivera throws a quick inside leg kick.
Baggins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rivera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baggins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rivera looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baggins misses the jab.
Rivera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Baggins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Rivera scores with a four punch combination!
Rivera moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rivera throws a right hand that Baggins ducks under and follows up with a left that Baggins also avoids with ease.
Baggins dodges the punch combination from Rivera.
Rivera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baggins. That did some damage!
Baggins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rivera counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baggins thinking.
Baggins throws a jab when Rivera was well out of range.
A good leg kick by Rivera.
Rivera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Baggins. That did some damage!
Rivera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A good leg kick by Rivera.
Rivera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Rivera.
Rivera connects with a solid leg kick.
Rivera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rivera throws a series of punches but Baggins moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Rivera lands an impressive looking overhand right. Baggins doesn't seem phased though.
Rivera looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Baggins misses
and Rivera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Baggins throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivera.
Rivera throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Baggins misses.
Rivera lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Baggins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rivera ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Baggins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Frodo Baggins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baggins throws a combination that misses
and Rivera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rivera moves out of range as Baggins strikes.
Baggins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rivera scores with a jab to the body.
Rivera connects with a leg kick. Baggins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baggins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivera.
Baggins takes one to the chin there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Rosa Rivera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rivera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

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