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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Rivera (ranked 4469 p4p, 204 weight class) and George Smith (ranked 20030 p4p, 347 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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145 lbs
3 - 2 - 1 |
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruben Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Smith!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a push kick but Rivera slaps the foot to one side.
Rivera rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
I was talking to Rivera's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Rivera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Rivera has him pressed against the cage.
Rivera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Smith up against the cage.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith looks winded!
Rivera stalling in the clinch.
We've been informed that Smith has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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 landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rivera takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rivera slowing the pace effectively.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Rivera to work.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivera lands an elbow inside.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Come on Rivera - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rivera takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rivera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Nice elbow from Rivera.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruben Rivera dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Rivera moves into the clinch.
Rivera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Smith up against the cage.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Rivera avoids the damage to the body.
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rivera is struggling to control the position.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Rivera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rivera is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Ruben Rivera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rivera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith letting Rivera take a breather here.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rivera.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rivera connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Rivera.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rivera landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rivera lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rivera prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Rivera comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruben Rivera dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Rivera clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivera landing knees to the body.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rivera landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivera connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rivera takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rivera.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rivera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivera putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.
Rivera comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rivera keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Rivera has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The referee calls for Rivera to work.
Rivera working Smith over with knees to the body.
Rivera is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Rivera utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rivera obliges.
Rivera is struggling to control the position.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Rivera is controlling the position.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rivera.
Rivera scores a nice knee to the body.
Rivera is stalling here.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees to the body from Rivera.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rivera - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ruben Rivera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rivera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Ruben Rivera!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Ruben Rivera!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Ruben Rivera!
Ruben Rivera wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Ruben Rivera thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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RATING
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