PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Titan Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carver comes to the cage accompanied by UGK - Touched. Rivera has chosen Push it to the Limit - Rick Ross as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Carver
vs
Rivera

176 cm
29
185 lbs
12 - 1 - 1

183 cm
33
179 lbs
25 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Titan Carver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera checks a leg kick nicely.
Carver misses with a wild body shot.
Carver avoids a kick to the body.
Rivera lands with a slapping head kick.
Rivera throws a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carver. Rivera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivera tries a head kick but it misses.
Carver throws a head kick but Rivera moves out of range.
Titan Carver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivera digs a good body shot into Carver's ribs.
Carver just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rivera.
Carver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivera.
Carver has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rivera.

Rivera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Carver, pushing him back against the cage.
Carver scores with a shot to the side of Rivera's head.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carver misses with the head strike.
Rivera trying to land knees to the body.
Rivera blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carver.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Carver works on Rivera's body with a couple of short punches.
Carver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carver misses with a body punch.
Carver lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carver avoiding damage as Rivera throws knees to the body.
Rivera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Carver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rivera gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Carver cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Carver misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver tries a body shot but Rivera blocks it.
Carver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carver tries to work over Rivera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carver lands a nice uppercut.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but Carver blocks it.
Carver blocks an elbow strike.
Carver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carver digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carver is looking for a takedown.
Carver works on Rivera's body with a couple of short punches.
Carver pushes Rivera back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Carver pushes Rivera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivera lands a nice elbow.
Carver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rivera or not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera trying to control the position but instead, Carver has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rivera into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Carver scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carver.
Carver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivera misses with a punch to the body.
Carver misses with a punch to the body.
Carver swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Carver misses with a punch to the body.
Rivera is stalling here.
Carver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carver working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Carver fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver misses with a body punch.
Carver avoiding damage as Rivera throws knees to the body.
Carver throws a head punch that misses.
Carver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carver pushes Rivera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carver is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Titan Carver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.
Rivera blocks a body shot from Carver.

Rivera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carver misses with a two punch combination.
Carver is looking to chop away at Rivera's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivera throws a nice looking combination but Carver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carver throws a hook but Rivera avoids it easily.
Carver swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivera scores with a decent looking hook.
Carver looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A bone on bone clash there as Carver blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Junior Rivera will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rivera takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rivera misses with a looping right.
Carver throws a wild body kick that Rivera sees coming a mile off.
Carver goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Carver lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rivera takes a step back to recover.
Carver tries to bum rush Rivera with a series of wild strikes but Rivera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rivera lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Carver misses with a wild body shot.
Rivera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Carver tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Rivera.
Carver throws a sloppy head kick and Rivera moves out of range easily.
Carver connects with a leg kick. Rivera looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carver throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rivera counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rivera wants to clinch.
Carver fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rivera checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carver.
Carver scores with a spinning back kick!
Rivera defending well as Carver loads up on a big left hand.
Carver is looking to wear down Rivera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rivera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rivera.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Carver, as that shot connected.
Carver throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid body kick from Carver.
Rivera blocks a jab.
Carver throws a chopping leg kick but Rivera manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Carver throws a leg kick

so Rivera counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Carver is trying to control the position but Rivera postures up.
Rivera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Carver keeps moving.
Carver manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rivera manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver throws a strike but Rivera rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Carver pulls Rivera in close to prevent any damage.
Rivera is looking to work some ground and pound but Carver has wrist control.
Carver keeping moving, preventing Rivera from controlling successfully.
Rivera stopping the sweep attempt from Carver.
Carver utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver wants to improve his position but instead Rivera has moved into half guard.
Carver gets back to full guard.
Carver is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Rivera is in close to Carver's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rivera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carver swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Carver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carver utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rivera sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Carver's guard.
Carver tries to get to full guard but Rivera has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera is controlling the pace.
Carver is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Rivera content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera wants to pass the guard but Carver is defending well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rivera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Junior Rivera will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Carver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A combination from Carver does no damage.
Rivera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivera throws a jab but it's blocked by Carver.
Rivera scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rivera cracks Carver with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carver lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rivera tries to clinch there but Carver circles away.
Carver throws a low kick but Rivera avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivera. That's going to slow Carver down.
Junior Rivera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carver takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carver avoids the body shot from Rivera.
Carver throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Carver misses the shot to the body.

Rivera closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Carver did well to prevent Rivera getting side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Carver tries to roll over but Rivera keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rivera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rivera is trying to control the action in half guard but Carver is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Carver is looking to improve his position.
Rivera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carver defending well though.
Rivera throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rivera thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rivera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rivera is trying to control. Carver wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Carver slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Carver working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rivera.
Rivera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Titan Carver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carver seems keen to control Rivera's posture.

Carver had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rivera defends it easily.
Carver pulls Rivera in close to prevent any damage.
Carver controls Rivera momentarily but Rivera frees himself.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Carver is on top in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carver is one step ahead there.
Carver looking to sit in guard and control but Rivera gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Carver keeps moving.
Rivera sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rivera has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carver tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Carver has his feet on Rivera's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Carver throws a body punch but Rivera moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Carver's head.
Rivera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carver shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rivera but Rivera pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rivera thows a body shot but no joy.
Rivera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carver's calf.
Carver misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carver takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Carver throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rivera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rivera moves into range and connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A low kick from Carver is predictable there
and Rivera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivera connects with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carver looks for the body kick but Rivera saw that one coming.
Rivera jabs Carver to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rivera chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rivera blocks a head kick by Carver.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Rivera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rivera winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Rivera!
Junior Rivera decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.