PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir comes into a darkened arena with his song building. New Low - Middle Class Rut kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Frank Mir is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rivera
vs
Mir

193 cm
22
248 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
23
270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 New York, James Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Mir!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mir drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Mir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mir lands a couple of elbows.
Mir throws a big elbow that misses.
Rivera wants to stand and escape but Mir is having none of it.

Mir drops back looking for a leg! Rivera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rivera manages to kick Mir off! Mir jumps back into Rivera's guard.

Mir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Mir drops back looking for a leg! Rivera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rivera manages to kick Mir off! Mir jumps back into Rivera's guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Mir drops back looking for a leg! Rivera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rivera manages to kick Mir off! Mir jumps back into Rivera's guard.

Mir is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir stands up over Rivera, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rivera knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mir on the ground.
Rivera is breathing heavily.

Mir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Mir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Mir is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rivera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Mir is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mir drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mir jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Mir is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mir drops back looking for a leg! Rivera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rivera manages to kick Mir off! Mir jumps back into Rivera's guard.

Mir drops back looking for a leg! Rivera is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rivera manages to kick Mir off! Mir jumps back into Rivera's guard.

Mir drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Mir seems to have locked his on tight now - Rivera screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Mir, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Frank Mir!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Frank Mir waved his t-shirt featuring xXx - Voodoo Labs - 159++ Energy - $50's logo in front of the cameras.