PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chicken Beef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi comes to the cage accompanied by Joker's Wild. Chicken Beef has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rivaldi
vs
Beef

180 cm
35
191 lbs
24 - 11 - 3

182 cm
33
200 lbs
27 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

TWGC Champion
Excellent MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

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 24 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicken Beef!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beef turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Beef finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Beef dodges the punch combination from Rivaldi.
Beef throws the kick towards the body but Rivaldi avoids it.
Beef lands with a good body shot.
Rivaldi lands with a straight right. Beef didn't see that one coming.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
Beef connects with a body shot that sends Rivaldi's belly button to the back.
Beef avoids the body shot from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi tries to land a leg kick but Beef saw it coming and moves away.
Beef tries to bum rush Rivaldi with a series of wild strikes but Rivaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beef throws an overhand right that lands on Rivaldi's shoulder, as Rivaldi tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi tries to clinch but Beef is having none of it.
Beef pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rivaldi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rivaldi misses with a two punch combination.
Rivaldi is looking to clinch.
Rivaldi misses with a low kick.
Beef connects with a body shot that sends Rivaldi's belly button to the back.
Rivaldi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beef moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Beef looks to land a left hand but Rivaldi moved out of range nicely.

Beef moves into range and clinches up with Rivaldi.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivaldi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beef cracks the inside of Rivaldi's front leg.
Nice defenses there by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi thows a body kick. Beef tries to catch it but that hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Rivaldi. That snapped Beef's head back.
Rivaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rivaldi.

Beef tries to keep at a distance but Rivaldi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beef misses with a knee strike.
A short body shot lands from Rivaldi as the two fighters clinch.
Rivaldi swings wildly with an uppercut but Beef uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Beef.
Rivaldi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beef or not.
Rivaldi lands with a short shot to the head.
Rivaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Beef controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivaldi.

Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
Rivaldi misses with a low kick.
Rivaldi moves forwards but Beef connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A left lands for Rivaldi.

It looks like Chicken Beef has been cut.
Beef jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Rivaldi moves into range and clinches up with Beef.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beef blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beef throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beef lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Beef tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rivaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rivaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivaldi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Beef backwards.
Beef being controlled against the cage.
Rivaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Beef controls the action.
Rivaldi misses with a punch on the inside.

Rivaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi misses with a combination
and Beef counters with a good low kick that Rivaldi was not able to check.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Rivaldi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chicken Beef's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Beef moves into the clinch successfully.
Rivaldi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivaldi is struggling to control the position.
A short left from Beef.
A short right from Beef.
Rivaldi is trying to push Beef away but Beef has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Rivaldi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beef swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Rivaldi.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rivaldi struggles to land a body shot inside as Beef controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rivaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dominick Rivaldi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rivaldi blocks an uppercut.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beef misses with the head strike.
Beef scores with a shoulder strike.
Rivaldi taking a breather.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Beef fails to land.
Rivaldi blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Rivaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rivaldi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beef dips to his left and cracks Rivaldi with an uppercut!
Beef throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beef rushes Rivaldi and presses him up against the cage.
Beef digs a right hand into Rivaldi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivaldi's gas tank.
I was talking to Rivaldi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivaldi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beef lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Rivaldi looking to slow down the pace here.

Beef drops Rivaldi with a big knee straight up the middle! Rivaldi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

It looks like Dominick Rivaldi has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rivaldi throws a nice head kick!
Rivaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rivaldi takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beef throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chicken Beef seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beef is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rivaldi lands a really nice looking cross but Beef seems unphased.
Rivaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beef was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivaldi.

Beef has managed to clinch.
Beef prevents Rivaldi from breaking the clinch.
Beef scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in the clinch, Beef scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rivaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beef misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivaldi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Beef.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rivaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivaldi lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beef.
A right hook to the body lands for Rivaldi.
Beef fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivaldi can't break the clinch.
Beef blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch.
Rivaldi throws a low kick but Beef avoids it.
Beef checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi swinging wildly here.
Beef fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chicken Beef showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Rivaldi connects with a looping right hand.
Rivaldi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Beef takes a swing at Rivaldi's ribcage but misses.
Rivaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivaldi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Beef throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Beef has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beef is looking to land body kicks.
Rivaldi scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beef in his tracks.
Beef shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beef cracks a nice hook into Rivaldi's ribs.
Rivaldi digs a good body shot into Beef's ribs.
Beef takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Beef uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi scores with a leg kick.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Beef checks it.
A combination from Beef does no damage.
Beef slips a jab from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses the body punch

and Beef counters by clinching up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Beef blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beef throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rivaldis head.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivaldi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beef softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beef prevents a body shot from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi lands a hook that snaps the head of Beef backwards.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beef gets through Rivaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi can't find room to land a body shot as Beef controls the action.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivaldi lands a shot to the body.
Beef tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beef working aggressively here.
Rivaldi is looking to control Beef's arms but Beef gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rivaldi has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivaldi.
Beef throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivaldi.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rivaldi lands a body punch.
Beef misses with a hook from the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Beef in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rivaldi lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beef keeps control of Rivaldi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rivaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beef throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi has a couple of punches blocked by Beef.
Rivaldi avoids the elbow strike from Beef, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Rivaldi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivaldi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beef.
Beef has a couple of punches blocked by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Beef plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A lazy left from Rivaldi finds it's target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Rivaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivaldi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick Rivaldi!
Dominick Rivaldi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.