PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spider Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spider Man could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Leon Rivers's chin.

Man
vs
Rivers

190 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

188 cm
27
212 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 7 - 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, Leon Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rivers scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Man gets back to full guard.

Man looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Man is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rivers defends well.
Rivers scoring with some ground and pound.
Man keeping full guard, as Rivers tries to pass.
Rivers slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Man trying to control the position here.

Man is looking for a triangle but Rivers pushes his legs off easily.
Rivers lands a couple of elbows.
Rivers wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Man working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rivers doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rivers manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rivers advances to half guard.
Rivers is pressing down on Man's thigh, looking to free his foot. Man is holding on for now.
Rivers working over Man with some ground and pound. Man looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rivers is looking to advance position but Man won't allow it.
Rivers passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rivers scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rivers with good strikes from the mount here!

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rivers is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Man has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rivers postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Man looks a forlorn figure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Rivers! Man is hurt baaadly! Rivers is firing away with more strikes - Man is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Rivers!