PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juancho Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thai comes to the cage accompanied by Deadly Muay Thai Skills. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thai
vs
Rivera

225 cm
41
300 lbs
18 - 28 - 0

189 cm
39
216 lbs
27 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 18 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Muay Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juancho Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thai tries to clinch up but Rivera circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivera throws out a loose jab but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rivera misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming.

Thai closes the distance and clinches.
Thai landing knees to the head.

It looks like Juancho Rivera has been cut.
A short left from Rivera.
Rivera lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivera.
Thai trying to control the position but instead, Rivera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Thai into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivera.
Thai landing knees to the head.
Rivera swings wildly with an uppercut but Thai uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Rivera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thai's elbow.
Thai lands a knee to the head.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rivera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai scores with a knee to the head.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Rivera is blocking nicely.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Rivera is blocking nicely.
Thai tries to break free but Rivera pushes him back against the cage.
Thai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Thai breaks the clinch.
Rivera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thai tries to clinch but Rivera moves out of range.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rivera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rivera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Thai throws a nice looking combination but Rivera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thai tries to clinch up.
Rivera lands a nice shot to the body.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivera circles away.
Rivera swings for the body but Thai moves out of range.
Rivera connects with a body shot.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thai is looking to clinch.
Rivera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thai was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivera.
Rivera missing with a left hand there. Thai was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai wants to clinch up but Rivera keeps it at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Thai rushes Rivera and presses him up against the cage.
Rivera tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thai's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Rivera.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rivera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rivera tries a body shot but Thai blocks it.

Thai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thai has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rivera finds it's way round the side to connect with Thai's head.
Thai staying out of range there.
Thai throws a nice looking combination but Rivera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivera fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thai looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rivera scores with a jab to the body.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rivera shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thai tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivera keeps the fight on the outside.
Thai has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Muay Thai has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rivera lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thai backwards.
Rivera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thai.
Thai is breathing heavily.
Rivera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rivera lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thai prevents a body shot from Rivera.
Rivera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivera works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rivera lands a left hand.
Rivera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thai.
A right hook to the body lands for Rivera.
Thai being controlled against the cage.
Rivera misses with a punch to the body.
Rivera lands a body shot.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rivera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rivera lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thai or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries to throw a body punch but Thai avoids it by throwing Rivera back against the cage.
Thai's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rivera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Rivera.
Rivera digs a right hand into Thai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thai's gas tank.
Rivera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Rivera on the inside.
Rivera digs a right hand into Thai's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thai's gas tank.
Rivera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rivera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rivera misses with a body punch.
Rivera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Thai.
Rivera lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivera can't find room to land a body shot as Thai controls the action.
Rivera is working Thai over against the cage.
Rivera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rivera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thai up against the cage.
Rivera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juancho Rivera dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rivera scores with a jab to the jaw.

Thai is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Rivera wobbles Thai with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Rivera dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Thai to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Juancho Rivera!