PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Balls will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ribeiro
vs
Balls

178 cm
27
155 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
148 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Balls!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ribeiro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ribeiro misses with a double jab
and Balls counters with a right hand to the body.
Ribeiro looks to land a combination but Balls avoids it well.
Ribeiro connects with a crisp jab.
Ribeiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Balls digs a good body shot into Ribeiro's ribs.
Balls jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ribeiro ducks under a wild hook from Balls.
Balls feints a jab promting Ribeiro to slip. Balls then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ribeiro slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balls throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ribeiro on the side of the head.
Balls thows a body shot but no joy.
Balls moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ribeiro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ribeiro moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Balls misses the jab.
Balls misses with a wild combination.
Balls misses with a double jab.
Ribeiro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balls looks to land a combination but Ribeiro avoids it well.
Balls pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ribeiro lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ribeiro.
Some wild striking there from Ribeiro.
Balls throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balls connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ribeiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balls jabs Ribeiro to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ribeiro works the jab nicely.
Balls throws the left hand but Ribeiro avoids the punch easily.
Balls ducks right into an uppercut from Ribeiro.
Balls connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ribeiro momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balls misses with a few strikes there.
Ribeiro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Balls.
Ribeiro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro is breathing heavily.
Ribeiro lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Balls blocks a low kick nicely.
Balls loads up on a big right hand but Ribeiro slips the punch.
Balls fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ribeiro blocks a jab.
Balls throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balls lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Balls looks to score with a jab to the body but Ribeiro is just out of range.
Balls throws a hook but Ribeiro blocks it.
Nice body punch from Balls.
A combination from Balls does no damage.
Ribeiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ribeiro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Balls moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Balls lands with a straight right. Ribeiro didn't see that one coming.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Balls dodges the punch combination from Ribeiro.
Balls misses with the combination.
Balls misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balls.
Balls misses with a hook.
Sloppy strikes from Balls. Those never looked like landing.
Balls lands a nice looking body shot.
Balls lands a right hook to the body.
Ribeiro takes one to the side of the head.
Balls lands a nice shot that snaps Ribeiro's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribeiro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Balls.
Ribeiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good standup being displayed there by Ribeiro as he connects with a hook.
Ribeiro misses with a few strikes there.
Balls swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Balls dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Balls lands a glancing blow to the side of Ribeiro's head.
Jab by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro throws a series of punches but Balls moves out of range.
A jab from Balls does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Balls. Ribeiro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Balls stalks Ribeiro and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ribeiro's face. Ribeiro staggers backwards, shaken.
Balls lands a jab to Ribeiro's midsection.
Ribeiro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balls to score with a decent uppercut.
A nice combination there by Ribeiro.
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!
Balls throws a body punch but Ribeiro moves out of range.
Balls finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Ribeiro's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Balls falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Ribeiro!
Our winner, Rafael Ribeiro, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Billy Balls had this to say: 'My girlfriend left me blue balled last night..'.