PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bernard Divish (ranked 4757 p4p, 5582 weight class) and Ricardo Navarro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernard Divish has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Divish
vs
Navarro

168 cm
22
145
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
152
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Pit Bull Development

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bernard Divish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Navarro!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Divish stuns Navarro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Navarro slips a straight right by Divish.
Navarro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Divish throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Navarro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Divish misses.
Divish misses with a hook.
Navarro now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Navarro ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Divish throws a right hand that Navarro ducks under and follows up with a left that Navarro also avoids with ease.
Divish throws a predictable looking body shot
and Navarro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Divish has closed the distance and engaged Navarro in a clinch.
Divish is pushing Navarro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Divish misses with a punch on the inside.
Divish misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Divish misses with some punches.
Divish holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Navarro working aggressively here.
Divish working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Divish misses with a body punch.
Divish is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Divish swings wildly with an uppercut but Navarro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Divish fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Divish lands a left hand that snaps the head of Navarro backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Divish creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Divish swings wildly with an uppercut but Navarro uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Divish fails to land.
A short uppercut from Divish.
Divish pressing his opponent against the cage.
Navarro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Divish.
Navarro is looking to control Divish's arms but Divish gets an underhook and turns him. Now Navarro has his back to the cage.
Divish tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Divish.
Divish stalls.
Divish working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Divish lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Divish throws a head punch that misses.
Divish lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Divish swings wildly with an uppercut but Navarro uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Divish fails to land.
Navarro blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Divish.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Divish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divish misses with some punches.
Divish swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Navarro misses with the head strike.
Divish misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Divish.
Divish swings wildly with an uppercut but Navarro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Divish lands a body shot in the clinch.
Divish content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Divish misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Divish.
Divish misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bernard Divish dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A jab from Divish misses.
Navarro let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Divish looks to throw the jab but Navarro is out of range.
Divish throws a sloppy body shot
and Navarro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Divish throws a looping overhand right but Navarro ducks down to avoid it.
Divish throws an overhand right that lands on Navarro's shoulder, as Navarro tries to avoid the shot.
A nice side step and Navarro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Divish lands the left hand.
Divish throws an off balance right hand
and Navarro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Divish misses.
Divish throws a poor cross that misses
and Navarro counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Divish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Navarro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Divish avoids the body shot from Navarro.
Divish is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Navarro can do to turn this around?
Navarro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Divish.

It looks like Ricardo Navarro has been cut.
Divish throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Navarro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Divish throws the left hand but Navarro avoids the punch easily.
Divish throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Navarro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Divish rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Navarro counters with a nice body shot.
Divish misses with a hook
and Navarro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Navarro misses with a straight right.
Navarro staying out of range there.
Navarro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Divish misses with a right hand
and Navarro counters with a nice body shot.
Divish misses with a body shot
and Navarro counters with a straight right hand.
Divish misses with an uppercut
enabling Navarro to counter with a crisp jab.
Navarro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Divish.
A shot to the body from Divish misses
and Navarro counters with a nice uppercut.

Divish has taken the fight to the clinch.
Navarro has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Divish lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Divish throws a punch but it's blocked by Navarro.
Divish works on Navarro's body with a couple of short punches.
Divish lands with a short shot to the head.
Divish lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Divish.

Navarro is rocked!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Divish.
Navarro is still on wobbly legs! Can Divish finish him?
Divish fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Divish creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Navarro with a big uppercut! Navarro tries to clinch up but Divish pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Navarro to the mat! Navarro covers up and Divish unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bernard Divish!
Bernard Divish thanked the fans post fight for their support.