PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryger Joaquin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnaud Rio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arnaud Rio is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Joaquin
vs
Rio

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

213 cm
26
300 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryger Joaquin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnaud Rio!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rio fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Rio dives in and scores a takedown into Joaquin's guard.
Joaquin keeping moving, preventing Rio from controlling successfully.
Rio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Joaquin wants to sweep but no luck.
Rio with a flurry of punches that miss.
Joaquin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rio's guard.
Joaquin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rio holds on and takes a little breather.

Rio had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joaquin defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Joaquin.
Joaquin preventing the sweep.

Rio has his foot on Joaquin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Joaquin works his way back into a safe position though.
Joaquin trying to control but Rio is working from the bottom.
Rio throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Rio had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Joaquin defends it easily.
Rio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rio throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Joaquin drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Rio dives on top into guard.
Rio won't allow Joaquin to get back to his feet.

Joaquin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rio defends well.
Rio throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rio won't allow Joaquin to get back to his feet.
Rio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Joaquin is keeping the position for now.
Rio passes into half guard.
Rio trying to control the action but Joaquin is working from the bottom.
Joaquin looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rio seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Joaquin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joaquin looks like he's trying to stand up.

Rio stands up out of the half guard.
Rio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Joaquin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rio counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joaquin fails with the takedown.
Joaquin is breathing heavily.
Joaquin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Rio counters with a nice double leg into side control. Joaquin won't be happy with that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Rio looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Joaquin is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaud Rio dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Joaquin stuffs the takedown.

Rio rushes Joaquin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rio tries to pull guard but Joaquin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Joaquin tries to break the clinch but Rio is controlling the position.

Rio successfully pulls guard.
Joaquin trying to control the position from guard on top but Rio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Rio looking for a guillotine here but Joaquin defends easily.
Rio looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Joaquin puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joaquin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rio's head.
Rio manages to get to full guard.
Joaquin is stalling in the full guard.
Rio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Joaquin is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rio keeping moving, preventing Joaquin from controlling successfully.
Rio trying to control the position.
Rio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joaquin trying to control the position from guard on top but Rio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Joaquin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rio misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ryger Joaquin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arnaud Rio.
Joaquin closes the distance and clinches up with Rio, looking for a takedown. Joaquin pushes Rio against the cage but Rio circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Joaquin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rio is fending him off so far but Joaquin persists. Nope, Rio circles away and we're back to standing.
Joaquin shoots in looking for a takedown. Rio tries to sprawl out of it but Joaquin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Rio pushes Joaquin up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Rio has hold of one of Joaquin's legs. Joaquin is fighting the takedown attempt but Rio gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Rio trying to control but Joaquin is working from the bottom.
Rio throwing strikes from guard but Joaquin blocks nicely.
Rio passes into half guard.
Joaquin wants to improve his position but Rio is controlling well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rio throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnaud Rio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A jab from Rio does it's job there.
Rio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Joaquin.
Joaquin misses with a head kick.

Rio clinches up against the cage.
Rio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Joaquin.
A short right from Rio on the inside.
Rio drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Joaquin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Rio on the inside.

Rio has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Joaquin uses from the top position.

Rio looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joaquin being controlled here momentarily.
Joaquin stopping the sweep attempt from Rio.
Rio keeping moving, preventing Joaquin from controlling successfully.
Joaquin postures up in Rio's guard and throws a big left but Rio blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rio manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Joaquin manages to get himself to full guard.
Joaquin can't keep his opponent in guard - Rio advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rio thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Arnaud Rio has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rio is thwarting Joaquin's attempts to control the position.
Rio trying to control the action but Joaquin is working from the bottom.

Rio escapes and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rio looking to score a takedown here. Joaquin is defending well but Rio drives through and ends up in Joaquin's guard.
Rio passes into half guard.

Rio is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Joaquin sees it coming and defends easily.
Rio takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rio trying to control the action but Joaquin is working from the bottom.
Joaquin gets full guard.
Rio postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rio is looking to work some ground and pound but Joaquin has wrist control.
Rio controls from within his opponent's guard.
Joaquin wants to sweep here but Rio controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arnaud Rio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rio 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnaud Rio!