PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xesus Morales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and chok rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). chok rivera has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Xesus Morales's chin.

Morales
vs
rivera

188 cm
18
231 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
21
250 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Xesus Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, chok rivera!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
rivera throws a head kick but Morales moves out of range.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick

and rivera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Morales tries to roll over but rivera keeps him under control.
Morales has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. rivera is working away from the top position though.
Morales gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales keeping moving, preventing rivera from controlling successfully.

rivera drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and rivera jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Morales will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

rivera drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and rivera jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
rivera trying to control the position from guard on top but Morales is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morales keeping full guard, as rivera tries to pass.

rivera drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Morales dives on top into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Morales avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
rivera is looking to stand up but Morales isn't so interested in that idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

rivera kicks Morales off and gets to his feet.
rivera lands a jab to Morales's midsection.
Morales tries a head kick but it misses.
Xesus Morales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
rivera throws a head kick that misses.
rivera blocks a jab.
Morales throws a sloppy head kick
and rivera counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

chok rivera dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Morales throws a head kick that misses

and rivera counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
rivera blocks an elbow strike from Morales.
rivera tries for a takedown but Morales manages to get underhooks.
Morales looking to throw knees to the head but rivera is blocking nicely.
rivera tries for a takedown. No joy.
rivera tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Xesus Morales has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of chok rivera.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morales takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

rivera turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and rivera manages to end up in side control.

rivera tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Morales tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's two 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.

rivera is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Morales taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from rivera.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). chok rivera!