PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Luis (ranked 5642 p4p, 502 weight class) and Cal Riven (ranked 5486 p4p, 488 weight class). Luis comes to the cage accompanied by Hue Hue Hue . Riven is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Man In The Box. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Luis
vs
Riven

188 cm
19
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
21
184 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Luis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cal Riven!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riven throws a looping overhand right but Luis ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Luis on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Riven moves out of range as Luis strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Riven.
Luis tries to work over Riven's front leg with a kick but Riven checks it.
We've been hearing reports that Luis has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Riven looks to land a body kick but Luis moved away.
Riven scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Riven has Luis up against the cage in a clinch.
Riven scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luis misses with a punch to the body.
Luis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Luis.
We've been informed that Riven 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.

Riven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riven scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Riven.
Riven throws a leg kick which misses Luis's front leg but catches the back leg as Luis tries to avoid it.

Riven instigates a clinch.
Luis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Riven to keep the fight standing.
A short left from Riven.
Luis trying to land knees to the body.
Luis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Riven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Riven. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Riven.

Riven lands a big head kick that sends Luis tumbling to the mat! Riven takes a step backwards and waves Luis back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Luis is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Riven has Luis up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Luis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luis tries to pull guard but Riven forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Riven.
Luis seems to have got his legs back now.
Riven lands a left hand.
Riven working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luis tries to pull guard but Riven forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Luis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riven lands a left hand.
Riven has Luis pushed against the cage.
Luis wants to break free but Riven has control.
Riven makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Riven lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Luis.
Luis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A short left from Riven.
Riven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riven lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Luis backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riven lands a right hand.

Riven pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Riven counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Luis! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cal Riven!
A very excited looking Cal Riven made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.