PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teixeira has chosen Lil Terror as his entrance music. Ryan Felizberto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Felizberto
vs
Teixeira

169 cm
35
146 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

165 cm
31
145 lbs
30 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Felizberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felizberto moves away from the strike by Teixeira.
Felizberto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Felizberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Felizberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Teixeira is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felizberto. Teixeira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Teixeira moves out of range.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Teixeira's jab looks to have found its range, popping Felizberto under the eye.
Felizberto scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Felizberto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Felizberto lands a nice hook to Teixeira's body. Teixeira takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Teixeira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Teixeira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Teixeira lands a nice shot to the body.
Teixeira misses the shot to the body.
Felizberto misses with an uppercut.
Felizberto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Teixeira.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felizberto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Teixeira. Teixeira circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Richard Teixeira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felizberto ducks under a wild hook from Teixeira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Felizberto throws a right and a left that Teixeira avoids nicely.
Felizberto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Teixeira throws a lazy uppercut
letting Felizberto counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teixeira. Felizberto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto lands a body shot.
Teixeira missing with a left hand there. Felizberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Teixeira there.
Teixeira misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Felizberto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Teixeira thinking.
Teixeira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Teixeira lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Felizberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teixeira throws a jab when Felizberto was well out of range.
Teixeira connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Felizberto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teixeira misses with a body shot.
Felizberto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Teixeira lands a nice shot that snaps Felizberto's head back.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Teixeira moves out of range.
Teixeira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Teixeira. That's going to slow Felizberto down.
Teixeira slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Felizberto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Teixeira.
Teixeira defending well as Felizberto loads up on a big left hand.
Felizberto avoids the body shot from Teixeira.
Richard Teixeira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheers as Teixeira lands an impressive looking overhand right. Felizberto doesn't seem phased though.
Felizberto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Felizberto throws a lazy right hand but Teixeira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Felizberto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Teixeira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Felizberto.
A slow jab from Teixeira misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira misses with a right hand
and Felizberto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Felizberto is looking to wear down Teixeira with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Felizberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Felizberto stalks Teixeira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Teixeira's face. Teixeira staggers backwards, shaken.
Felizberto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teixeira.
Teixeira throws the left hand but Felizberto avoids the punch easily.
Teixeira is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Felizberto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A slapping leg kick lands for Teixeira.
Felizberto misses with a lunging right hand

and Teixeira counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Teixeira.
Teixeira prevents a body shot from Felizberto.
Teixeira tries to throw a body punch but Felizberto avoids it by throwing Teixeira back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Teixeira.
Felizberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Felizberto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Teixeira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teixeira lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Felizberto.
Felizberto stalling in the clinch.
Teixeira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Teixeira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Felizberto's elbow.
Teixeira goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Teixeira fails to land.
Teixeira tries a body shot but Felizberto blocks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Teixeira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Felizberto's elbow.
Teixeira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Felizberto cracks Teixeira with a nice body shot.
Teixeira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teixeira working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Teixeira scores with a shoulder strike.

Felizberto wants the takedown. Teixeira is fighting it off but Felizberto persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Teixeira's guard against the cage.
Teixeira looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Felizberto stops Teixeira from standing up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Felizberto is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Richard Teixeira will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Felizberto shoots in for a double leg but Teixeira sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Teixeira throws a hook but Felizberto blocks it.
Felizberto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Teixeira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Teixeira lands a jab to Felizberto's midsection.
Teixeira misses with an uppercut
and Felizberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Teixeira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Felizberto.
Teixeira throws a looping overhand right but Felizberto ducks down to avoid it.
Richard Teixeira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Teixeira jabs at Felizberto's body.
Nice defenses there by Felizberto.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
Felizberto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Teixeira scores with a punch to the head.
Teixeira keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
No joy there for Felizberto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Felizberto jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Teixeira moves away.
Teixeira lands with a shot to the body.

Felizberto closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Felizberto lands in his opponent's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Teixeira is on top in guard.

Felizberto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Felizberto working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Teixeira doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Teixeira manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Teixeira gets to his feet - Felizberto follows without any prompting.
Felizberto misses with a takedown attempt - Teixeira sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Felizberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Teixeira, as that shot connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Felizberto fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Felizberto throws an overhand right that lands on Teixeira's shoulder, as Teixeira tries to avoid the shot.
Teixeira misses with a hook to the body
letting Felizberto counter with a right hand.
Teixeira misses with a wild body shot.
Felizberto scores with a sloppy right hand. Teixeira should have avoided that one.
Teixeira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Teixeira digs a good hook to Felizberto's body.
Teixeira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Felizberto lands a jab to the nose.
Felizberto throws a shot to the body.
Teixeira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Felizberto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto checks a low kick from Teixeira.
Teixeira lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Felizberto throws a hook but Teixeira blocks it.
Felizberto throws a body punch but Teixeira moves out of range.
Felizberto throws a right and a left that Teixeira avoids nicely.
Teixeira throws a front kick aimed at Felizberto's knee but Felizberto avoids it well.
Felizberto misses with a wild combination.
Teixeira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Felizberto's head backwards.
Teixeira avoids the body shot from Felizberto.
Felizberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Teixeira.
Felizberto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Felizberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Teixeira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felizberto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto looks to land a left hand but Teixeira moved out of range nicely.
Felizberto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Teixeira misses with an uppercut. Felizberto saw that one coming.
Felizberto checks a leg kick nicely.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Teixeira slips a straight right by Felizberto.
Teixeira lunges at Felizberto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Felizberto's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Felizberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teixeira.
Teixeira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teixeira connects with a body shot that sends Felizberto's belly button to the back.
Teixeira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Teixeira takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teixeira lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teixeira. Felizberto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Felizberto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Teixeira misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Teixeira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Teixeira goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Teixeira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felizberto.
Teixeira misses with a body shot.
Teixeira takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Teixeira misses the shot to the body.
Teixeira fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Felizberto on the side of the head.
Teixeira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Felizberto slips a jab from Teixeira.
Felizberto thows a body shot but no joy.
Felizberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Felizberto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Teixeira lands with a right hand.
Felizberto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Felizberto with a nice cross.
Felizberto cracks Teixeira with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Felizberto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felizberto working some strikes from top position.
Teixeira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Felizberto is one step ahead there.
Felizberto postures up in Teixeira's guard and throws a big left but Teixeira blocks it.
Teixeira is trying to control the position but Felizberto postures up.
Felizberto wants to pass the guard but Teixeira is keeping the position.
Teixeira wants to sweep here but Felizberto controlling him for the moment.
Teixeira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Felizberto throws a big right hand that misses.
Teixeira trying to keep a closed guard but Felizberto is proving a slippery customer.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Felizberto engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ryan Felizberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Felizberto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Richard Teixeira was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Teixeira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Felizberto misses the shot to the body.
Felizberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Felizberto gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Felizberto trying to control the position but Teixeira is working away.
Teixeira wants to control but Felizberto postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Teixeira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ryan Felizberto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira wants to control but Felizberto postures up.
Felizberto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Felizberto wants to control but Teixeira is keeping him busy.
Felizberto is chipping away with strikes.
Teixeira struggling a bit here.
Teixeira tries to improve position but can't.
Felizberto controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira trying his best to control but Felizberto has mounted him.
Felizberto raining down shots from the mount!

Felizberto working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Teixeira tries to hold on but Felizberto postures up.
Richard Teixeira is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Felizberto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Teixeira is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Felizberto! Teixeira is hurt baaadly! Felizberto is firing away with more strikes - Teixeira 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 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Felizberto!
Ryan Felizberto thanked the fans post fight for their support.