PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geralt Of Rivia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landry's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, country boy. This should be a great matchup!

Landry
vs
Of Rivia

171 cm
36
136 lbs
27 - 13 - 2

171 cm
27
145 lbs
22 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Shinobi

Arcticus University: London
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Cletus Landry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Geralt Of Rivia!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landry tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Of Rivia misses.
Landry seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Of Rivia misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the body from Of Rivia misses
and Landry counters with a nice low kick that buckles Of Rivia's knee momentarily.
Of Rivia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Of Rivia misses with a hook. Landry ducked under it nicely.
Of Rivia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Landry.
Landry misses with the combination.
The fighters circling - Landry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Of Rivia throws a wild body kick that Landry sees coming a mile off.
Of Rivia throws a front kick aimed at Landry's knee but Landry avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bone on bone clash there as Landry blocks the leg kick.
Landry throwing a counter right hand but Of Rivia manages to avoid it.
Landry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Landry throws a lazy right hand but Of Rivia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Of Rivia looks to land a body kick but Landry moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Landry. Of Rivia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cletus Landry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Landry ducks under a wild hook from Of Rivia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry misses with a few strikes there.
Landry on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Of Rivia throws a solid leg kick but Landry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Of Rivia.
Landry lands with a nice combination. Of Rivia backs away looking to recover.
Of Rivia drops his hands momentarily and Landry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Of Rivia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Landry missing with a left hand there. Of Rivia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Landry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Of Rivia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Landry tries to clinch but Of Rivia is having none of it.
Of Rivia throws a body shot but no joy.
Landry seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Landry is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Of Rivia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Of Rivia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Landry's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Of Rivia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Landry scrambles back to his feet.
Of Rivia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Landry scores with a jab to the body.
Landry staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry scores with a one two! Of Rivia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Landry throws out a loose jab but Of Rivia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Of Rivia just misses with a punch to the body.
Landry scores with a jab. Of Rivia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Landry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Landry explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Of Rivia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Landry.
Of Rivia connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Landry's hands.
Of Rivia misses with a looping left.
Landry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Landry staying out of range there.
Landry is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Of Rivia checks the leg kick.
Of Rivia jabs at Landry's body.
Of Rivia ducks under a wild hook from Landry.
Landry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Of Rivia throws a looping overhand right but Landry ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia misses with a hook.
Of Rivia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Landry will feel that in the morning.
Of Rivia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Of Rivia misses with a looping left.
Landry looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Of Rivia throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Of Rivia staying out of range there.
Of Rivia misses with a head kick.
Landry was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Landry misses with an uppercut
and Of Rivia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Of Rivia ducks under a wild hook from Landry.
Landry scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Of Rivia connects with the punch.
Landry misses with a right hand
and Of Rivia counters with a thumping low kick.
Landry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Of Rivia there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Of Rivia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Of Rivia lands a nice looking kick to the body. Landry takes a step back to recover.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Rivia misses with a straight right.
Of Rivia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Landry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landry swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Landry blocks the body kick.
Donk. Of Rivia catches Landry right on the button with a cross.
Of Rivia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Landry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Of Rivia was well out of range. Poor timing from Landry.
Of Rivia lands with a nice body kick.

Landry clinches with his opponent.
Of Rivia misses with a body punch.
Of Rivia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landry's elbow.
Of Rivia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Of Rivia pushes Landry back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Of Rivia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Of Rivia can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Of Rivia has Landry pressed against the cage.
Of Rivia tries a body shot but Landry blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geralt Of Rivia dominated that round.
That's time! Landry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nice defenses there by Of Rivia.
Of Rivia misses with a low kick.
Of Rivia slips a jab from Landry.
Landry throws a solid leg kick but Of Rivia takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Landry.
Of Rivia thuds his right hand into Landry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Of Rivia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Of Rivia misses with a low kick as Landry jumps back.
Of Rivia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Landry thumps Of Rivia with a low kick.
Of Rivia throws a body shot but no joy.
Of Rivia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Of Rivia misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Rivia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Landry.
A little feinted left hand from Landry on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Landry misses with a straight left.
Of Rivia moves away from the strike by Landry.
Of Rivia misses with a hook
letting Landry counter with a right hand.
Of Rivia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Landry manages to avoid it.
Geralt Of Rivia seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Rivia finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Landry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Rivia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Landry misses with a right hand
and Of Rivia counters with a right hand to the body.
Landry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Landry throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Landry misses with a hook. Of Rivia ducked under it nicely.
A clash of legs there as Of Rivia blocks the low kick.
Of Rivia misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia connects with a solid leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Landry.
Of Rivia throws a push kick but Landry slaps the foot to one side.
Nice uppercut there from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia misses with a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Landry misses the target.
Landry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Of Rivia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Landry checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Of Rivia backs up against the cage.
Of Rivia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Landry is looking to clinch.
Of Rivia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Landry misses with a head kick.
Landry throws a nice outside leg kick.
Landry scores with a one two! Of Rivia had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Landry slips under a jab from Of Rivia.
Landry throws a jab when Of Rivia was well out of range.
Landry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Landry keeps the fight on the outside.
Landry slips a straight right by Of Rivia.
Landry slips under a jab from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia thows a body kick. Landry tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Of Rivia dodges the punch combination from Landry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Of Rivia closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Landry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Landry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Of Rivia, pushing him back against the cage.
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Of Rivia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Landry prevents a body shot from Of Rivia.
A short left from Landry.
Landry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Of Rivia avoids it.
Of Rivia can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Landry blocks an elbow strike.
Landry misses with a punch to the body.
Landry unloads a knee to the mid-section. Of Rivia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Of Rivia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Of Rivia has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Landry seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Of Rivia can turn it around.
Landry landing knees to the body.
Of Rivia is breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from Of Rivia as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Of Rivia breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Landry. Those never looked like landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Landry as he connects with a hook.
Of Rivia blocks a jab.
Landry looks to land a right hand but Of Rivia moved out of range.
Of Rivia throws a front kick aimed at Landry's knee but Landry avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Landry. Those never looked like landing.
Of Rivia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Landry misses with a lunging right hand
and Of Rivia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Landry misses with a looping right.
Landry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Of Rivia.
Landry misses with a low kick.
Good shot there by Of Rivia.
Landry lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Of Rivia scores with a punch to the head.
Landry avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus Landry dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice cross by Landry.
Of Rivia misses with a combination
and Of Rivia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Of Rivia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Landry looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Landry lands a lovely overhand right.
Of Rivia throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Landry to counter with a crisp jab.
Landry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Landry avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Landry forces Of Rivia back against the cage and clinches.
Of Rivia throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Of Rivia - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Landry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Of Rivia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Of Rivia blocks an uppercut.
Of Rivia lands an uppercut.
Landry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Of Rivia backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Rivia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Of Rivia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landry's elbow.
Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Of Rivia.
Landry digs a right hand into Of Rivia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Of Rivia's gas tank.
Of Rivia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Of Rivia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Landry misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Of Rivia.
Landry digs a right hand into Of Rivia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Of Rivia's gas tank.
Landry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Of Rivia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Of Rivia manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Landry.
A slapping leg kick lands for Landry.
Of Rivia looks to land a right hand but Landry moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry throws a jab but it's blocked by Of Rivia.
Landry looks to land a body kick but Of Rivia moved away.
Of Rivia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Of Rivia's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Landry fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Of Rivia manages to avoid it.
Landry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
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!
Landry takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Of Rivia tries a low kick but Landry avoids it.
Landry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Of Rivia checks a leg kick nicely.
Of Rivia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Of Rivia wants to slow Landry down by chopping away at his legs.
Landry throws an off balance right hand
letting Of Rivia counter with a right hand.
Of Rivia throws a solid leg kick but Landry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Of Rivia.
Landry lands with a right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Of Rivia. That's going to slow Landry down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry moves out of range of the body kick from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Landry connects with a jab.
Landry defending well as Of Rivia loads up on a big left hand.
Of Rivia walks into a left hand.
Landry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Of Rivia sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Landry drives through and clinches with Of Rivia against the cage.
Of Rivia scores with a shoulder strike.
Cletus Landry has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Landry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Of Rivia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Of Rivia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Of Rivia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A short right from Of Rivia on the inside.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Landry scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Of Rivia throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Landrys head.
Landry throws an elbow that misses.
Landry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry blocks a body shot from Of Rivia.
Landry working Of Rivia over with knees to the body.
Of Rivia tries to throw a body punch but Landry avoids it by throwing Of Rivia back against the cage.
Landry can't find room to land a body shot as Of Rivia controls the action.
Landry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Of Rivia is defending well for now.
Landry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Landry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Landry lands a knee to the body.
Of Rivia avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
Landry swings wildly with an uppercut but Of Rivia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Of Rivia takes a shot to the head.
Landry lands with a light punch inside.
Of Rivia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Of Rivia works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short body shot lands from Landry as the two fighters clinch.
Of Rivia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Landry or not.
A short right from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Of Rivia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cletus Landry clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Landry throws a low kick, looking for Of Rivia's leg but Of Rivia calmly moves out of range.
Landry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Of Rivia misses with a looping right.
Landry looks to throw the jab but Of Rivia is out of range.
Landry cracks Of Rivia with a good jab.
Of Rivia attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Landry checks a leg kick.
It looked like Landry wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Landry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Landry, as that shot connected.
Of Rivia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Landry has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Of Rivia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Of Rivia misses with a body kick.
Landry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Of Rivia manages to circle out of the way.
Of Rivia lands a jab.
Of Rivia throws a body kick that misses.
Landry is looking to counter punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Landry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia takes one to the side of the head.
Landry misses with a double jab.
Good leg kick by Landry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Of Rivia looks to throw the jab but Landry is out of range.
Landry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Of Rivia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Landry moves into the clinch.
Landry misses with a hook to the ribs.
Of Rivia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Of Rivia avoids the damage to the body.
Of Rivia prevents a body shot from Landry.
Of Rivia can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
Of Rivia looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Of Rivia.
Of Rivia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Of Rivia breaks from the clinch.
Landry tries to clinch up
and Of Rivia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Of Rivia tried to score with a low kick but Landry checks it.

Landry darts in and clinches Of Rivia up against the cage.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Of Rivia.
Of Rivia on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Landry scores with a shoulder strike.
Of Rivia blocks an uppercut.
Of Rivia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Landry.
Of Rivia blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Landry.
Landry trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Landry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Of Rivia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Landry throws a head punch that misses.

Of Rivia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Landry scores with a head kick.
Landry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Landry motions for Of Rivia to come forward. Landry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Of Rivia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Landry.
Landry slips under a jab.
Of Rivia misses the body punch
and Landry counters with a nice uppercut.
Landry lands a head kick. Of Rivia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Of Rivia walks into a left hand.
Of Rivia throws a sloppy head kick and Landry moves out of range easily.
Landry swings for the body but Of Rivia moves out of range.
Landry tries to close the distance and clinch but Of Rivia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Landry lands a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Of Rivia throws the left hand but Landry avoids the punch easily.
Landry tried to score with a low kick but Of Rivia checks it.
Of Rivia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A good leg kick by Of Rivia.
Of Rivia stalks Landry and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Landry's face. Landry staggers backwards, shaken.

Landry is rocked!
A slapping body kick lands there for Of Rivia.
Oh Landry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Of Rivia scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Of Rivia closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Landry! Of Rivia dives in looking to finish! Landry is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geralt Of Rivia! Geralt Of Rivia retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Geralt Of Rivia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.