PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Bourne is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bourne
vs
Rivera

175 cm
29
220 lbs
5 - 11 - 0

169 cm
27
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bourne is working for takedown but Rivera is calmly controlling the position for now.

Rivera has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bourne clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Rivera landing with strikes.

Rivera looking for the RNC.
Bourne trying to control the hands but Rivera breaks the grip.
Rivera is riding his opponent, not letting Bourne buck him off.
A lull in the action here.
Rivera has Bourne flattened out and is raining down punches.
Rivera trying to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera is not going to allow Bourne to sit and survive in this position.
Rivera controlling well, preventing Bourne from escaping the position.
Bourne is trying to stand back up.
Rivera misses with a punch to the head.
Bourne is trying to break free.
Bourne covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Bourne looking very determined here, making life difficult for Rivera.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Rivera not allowing Bourne to control his hands.
Rivera scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Bourne is covering up but some of the strikes from Rivera are getting through and doing damage.
Bourne looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Bourne breaks Rivera's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Rivera working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bourne.
Bourne throws a strike but Rivera rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bourne lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Rivera tries to strike from the bottom.
Bourne lands a couple of digs.
Bourne landing some decent shots from guard.
Rivera avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bourne working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rivera's head.
Bourne throws a big elbow that misses.
Bourne throwing strikes from guard but Rivera blocks nicely.
Rivera keeping moving, preventing Bourne from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rivera looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bourne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rivera is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bourne postures up in Rivera's guard and throws a big left but Rivera blocks it.
Bourne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rivera wants to sweep here but Bourne controlling him for the moment.
Bourne trying to control but Rivera is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Rivera wants to get back to his feet but Bourne is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bourne with a lazy takedown attempt

and Rivera counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Rivera.

Rivera gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Rivera is looking to take a break and control but Bourne is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Bourne manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bourne 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.
Bourne keeping moving, preventing Rivera from controlling successfully.

Rivera stands up and waves to Bourne to follow him.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Rivera has closed the distance and engaged Bourne in a clinch.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.

Rivera gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivera is looking to pass into half guard but Bourne pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Bourne is in guard.

Rivera looking to control.
Bourne chips away with some ground and pound.
Bourne is in close to Rivera's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bourne in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bourne with a nice head shot there.
Bourne throwing strikes but missing.
Bourne scoring with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rivera can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rivera trying to control the position.
Bourne throwing strikes but missing.
Bourne throwing strikes from guard but Rivera blocks nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bourne throws a strike but Rivera rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bourne looking to control.
Rivera working some strikes from top position.
Bourne looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rivera is one step ahead there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rivera pushes down on Bourne's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rivera is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Rivera is working for a kimura but Bourne is defending it quite comfortably.
Rivera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Alex Rivera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivera missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Liam Bourne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bourne is looking to improve his position.
Rivera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bourne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bourne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rivera.
Bourne is trying to maintain the position but Rivera is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Rivera clinches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bourne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivera avoids it.
Rivera managing to block the knees to the body from Bourne.
Rivera prevents the takedown attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Rivera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rivera 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Alex Rivera!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Alex Rivera!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Alex Rivera!

Alex Rivera wins by unanimous decision!