PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dru Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Palahnuik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palahnuik has chosen Machine Civilization as his entrance music. Dru Rivers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pete Palahnuik's chin.

Rivers
vs
Palahnuik

188 cm
32
195 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

184 cm
26
189 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dru Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pete Palahnuik!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palahnuik lands a slapping body shot.
Palahnuik connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rivers's hands.
Palahnuik chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivers can pounce on him.
Rivers fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Palahnuik is out of range.
Palahnuik connects with a looping right hand.
Palahnuik throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
A low kick from Rivers misses
and Palahnuik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Rivers finds it's way through Palahnuik's defenses.
Palahnuik avoids the body shot from Rivers.
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!
Rivers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palahnuik tries to land a body kick
and Rivers counters with a thumping low kick.
Rivers takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palahnuik misses with a double jab.
Palahnuik misses with a kick to the body.
Palahnuik attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rivers blocks a head kick by Palahnuik.
Palahnuik fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Palahnuik fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rivers.
Palahnuik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palahnuik misses with a jab to the body
and Rivers makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rivers misses with a low kick as Palahnuik jumps back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik misses with an uppercut.
Rivers takes a jab right on the kisser.
Palahnuik throws a jab when Rivers was well out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Rivers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Palahnuik scores with the left hand. Rivers knows he should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivers dodges the punch combination from Palahnuik.
Both fighters circling a little - Rivers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Palahnuik looks to land a body kick but Rivers moved away.
Palahnuik works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers swings for the body but Palahnuik moves out of range.
Palahnuik fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivers avoids the head kick by Palahnuik.
Palahnuik looks for the body kick but Rivers saw that one coming.
Rivers tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rivers thows a body kick. Palahnuik tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rivers is looking to slow Palahnuik down with leg kicks.
Nice shot by Palahnuik.
Rivers connects with a right hand. Palahnuik shakes it off.
Palahnuik lands a leg kick that knocks Rivers off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rivers. That did some damage!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palahnuik uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rivers has time to react.
Palahnuik misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Palahnuik takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rivers throws a body punch but Palahnuik moves out of range.
Rivers throws a leg kick but Palahnuik sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rivers on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers checks a leg kick nicely.
Rivers moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Palahnuik dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rivers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palahnuik getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rivers walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Palahnuik checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rivers takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Palahnuik lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rivers's sensitive parts.
Rivers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Palahnuik throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Palahnuik pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Palahnuik scores with a shot to the body.
Palahnuik throws out a loose jab but Rivers uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Palahnuik lands with a straight right. Rivers didn't see that one coming.
Palahnuik just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Palahnuik on the side of the head.
Pete Palahnuik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palahnuik throws out a leg kick but Rivers moves out of range and Palahnuik only half commits.
Palahnuik misses with a looping left.
Palahnuik scores with a sloppy right hand. Rivers should have avoided that one.
Pete Palahnuik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palahnuik shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Palahnuik cracks Rivers with an open hand slap.
Palahnuik checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers avoids the head kick by Palahnuik.
Rivers thows a leg kick but Palahnuik checks it
and Palahnuik counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palahnuik wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A good leg kick by Rivers.
Rivers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Palahnuik throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Rivers thows a body shot but no joy.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rivers checks a leg kick.
Palahnuik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Palahnuik.
A leg kick checked by Rivers.
Rivers throws a leg kick which misses Palahnuik's front leg but catches the back leg as Palahnuik tries to avoid it.
Palahnuik fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivers manages to avoid it.
Palahnuik throws a combination. Rivers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rivers takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rivers misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palahnuik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palahnuik slips a jab from Rivers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rivers.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Palahnuik.
Palahnuik misses with an uppercut. Rivers saw that one coming.
Rivers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palahnuik connects with a leg kick. Rivers looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rivers throws a head kick but Palahnuik moves out of range.
Palahnuik delivers a nice body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivers tries to land a body kick
and Palahnuik counters with a nice uppercut.
Palahnuik takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
Palahnuik uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rivers has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pete Palahnuik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Palahnuik misses with a straight left.
Rivers lands with a straight right. Palahnuik didn't see that one coming.
Palahnuik moves out of range of the body kick.
Rivers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Palahnuik moves out of range of the body kick from Rivers.
Palahnuik connects with a nice looking jab.
Rivers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Palahnuik thuds a left hand into Rivers's body.
An inside leg kick lands from Palahnuik.
Palahnuik fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rivers checks it well.
Rivers looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Palahnuik looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Palahnuik lands.
Rivers swings widly with a right hand
and Palahnuik counters with a stiff right hand.
Palahnuik lands a nice looking body kick.
Palahnuik's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rivers under the eye.
Palahnuik scores with a decent looking hook.
Palahnuik listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
Palahnuik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palahnuik blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik digs a good hook to Rivers's body.
Palahnuik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Palahnuik pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rivers might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palahnuik.
Palahnuik scoring well with a low kick there.
Palahnuik does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Some wild striking there from Palahnuik.

Palahnuik drops Rivers with a right and a left! Palahnuik comes rushing in but Rivers regains his composure and manages to keep Palahnuik in guard.

Rivers is rocked!

It looks like Dru Rivers has been cut.
Palahnuik works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Oh Rivers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palahnuik trying to control the pace.
Rivers seems to have got his legs back now.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Pete Palahnuik was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Palahnuik listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Rivers.
Rivers takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Palahnuik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivers circles away quickly and effectively.
Palahnuik throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers defending well as Palahnuik loads up on a big left hand.
Palahnuik checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers throws a hook but Palahnuik blocks it.
Dru Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pete Palahnuik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Palahnuik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palahnuik steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rivers.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pete Palahnuik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Palahnuik has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pete Palahnuik!
Pete Palahnuik took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Though we do violence, it is our choice. We must not forget, WE ARE ALL ONE!'.