PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spider Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Roman Riquelme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spider Man has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Man
vs
Roman Riquelme

190 cm
26
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

193 cm
23
225 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Pegasus Nutrition

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spider Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Roman Riquelme!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man misses with a takedown attempt
and Riquelme counters with an outside leg kick.
Riquelme lands a head kick!

Man gets a takedown into half guard.
Man not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Riquelme wants to control but Man is keeping busy.
Man throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Man stalling away here and it's allowed Riquelme to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Man working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man trying to control but Riquelme is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Man accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
Man wants to pass the guard but Riquelme is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man is working hard here to advance position.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Man trying to control but Riquelme is working from the bottom.

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.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Riquelme is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Man looks like he's trying to stand up.

Man looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Man is trying to control but can't.
Man is not content to let Riquelme control the position.
Riquelme prevents Man from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riquelme is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Man is defending against the submission attempts here by Riquelme.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riquelme wants to lay and pray for a moment but Man keeps working.
Man has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Riquelme is working away from the top position though.
Man tries to get to full guard but Riquelme has control of the leg.

Man looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

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.
Riquelme controlling the action here.

Riquelme is looking for a kimura but Man is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Riquelme to get the leverage.

Man looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Man works his way to full guard. Good work.
Riquelme pushing down on Man's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Man is looking to control Riquelme's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Man avoid being mounted?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Riquelme wants to pass the guard but Man is defending well.
Man is refusing to be controlled, as Riquelme sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Roman Riquelme dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Riquelme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Spider Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Riquelme scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Riquelme wants to pass the guard but Man is defending well.
Man wants to control but Riquelme is keeping busy.
Man is in trouble now - Riquelme has advanced to mount!
Riquelme prevents Man from getting the reversal.
Riquelme wants to control the pace but Man is squirming around nicely.
Man is looking to improve his position but Riquelme isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Riquelme working for a submission but Man is keeping him at bay.
Man is in all sorts of trouble here.
Riquelme tries to control but Man wriggling away.
Man really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Riquelme can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Man is looking to escape.
Riquelme with good strikes from the mount here!
Man tries to reverse the position but Riquelme maintains control.
Riquelme working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Man is looking to escape.
Man is looking to improve his position but Riquelme isn't that keen on the idea.
Riquelme unloading with bombs!
The referee warns Man that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Man is squirming around, avoiding Riquelme's attempts to control the action.
Man tries to reverse the position but Riquelme maintains control.
Man looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Riquelme tries to keep control of the position but Man is staying busy.
Man tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riquelme lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Man hold on?!
Riquelme is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Man. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Riquelme struggling to keep hold of the position.
Man rolls, trying to escape but Riquelme keeps control of the position.
Riquelme really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Man.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Juan Roman Riquelme was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Man tries for a takedown but Riquelme circles away easily

and Riquelme decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Man's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Man is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Riquelme rolls with it to try and escape but Man cranks on the arm and Riquelme is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Spider Man!