PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tiesahn Colombo (ranked 5292 p4p, 4561 weight class) and Paul Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiesahn Colombo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Colombo
vs
Rivers

172 cm
22
160
1 - 1 - 0

159 cm
25
155
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiesahn Colombo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Colombo gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Tiesahn Colombo has been cut.
Rivers lands with a right hand.
Colombo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Rivers clinches up with Colombo and pushes him back against the cage.
Colombo misses with some punches.
Rivers tries a body shot but Colombo blocks it.
Colombo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
Rivers lands a shoulder strike.
Rivers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivers tries to work over Colombo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers struggles to land a body shot inside as Colombo controls his hands.
Colombo tries a body shot but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers tries to work over Colombo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers tries to work over Colombo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Colombo backwards.
Rivers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Colombos head.
Colombo blocks a body shot from Rivers.
Rivers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Colombo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivers digs a right hand underneath Colombo's ribcage. Colombo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rivers struggles to land a body shot inside as Colombo controls his hands.
Rivers can't find room to land a body shot as Colombo controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colombo prevents a body shot from Rivers.
Colombo blocks an uppercut.
Rivers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Colombo prevents a body shot from Rivers.
Rivers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Colombo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
A shot in the inside from Rivers.
Rivers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rivers tries to throw a body punch but Colombo avoids it by throwing Rivers back against the cage.
Rivers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers can't find room to land a body shot as Colombo controls the action.
Colombo prevents a body shot from Rivers.
Colombo blocks a body shot from Rivers.
Colombo tries to work over Rivers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colombo pushes Rivers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Colombo misses with a body punch.
Rivers lands an uppercut.

Colombo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Colombo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rivers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Colombo winds up and cracks Rivers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Colombo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Colombo lands with a punch from half guard.

Colombo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rivers looks winded!
Colombo is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers has hold of Colombo's hands but Colombo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Colombo trying to control the pace.
Rivers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Colombo.
Colombo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Colombo connects with a nice short shot to Rivers's temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Colombo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Colombo drops an elbow to the side of Rivers's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiesahn Colombo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rivers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Colombo.
Rivers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Colombo looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivers is just out of range.
Colombo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tiesahn Colombo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Colombo tries for a takedown but Rivers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Colombo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Rivers gets caught napping as Colombo dives in and scores a takedown. Rivers manages to retain guard.
Colombo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Colombo throwing strikes from guard but Rivers blocks nicely.
Colombo chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colombo scoring with some ground and pound.
Tiesahn Colombo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Colombo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Colombo wants to control from the top but Rivers keeps moving.
Colombo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rivers is breathing heavily.
Colombo postures up in Rivers's guard and throws a big left but Rivers blocks it.
Colombo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Colombo sitting in guard here, content to control.
Colombo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Colombo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Colombo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Colombo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Colombo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Colombo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Colombo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Colombo passes Rivers's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colombo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Colombo not doing much here.
Colombo winds up and cracks Rivers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Still in half guard, Colombo seems content to control.

Colombo is working for a kimura but Rivers is defending it quite comfortably.
Colombo trying to mount his opponent but Rivers defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Colombo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rivers taking some punishment here, with Colombo in his half guard.
Colombo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Colombo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Colombo slows the pace down in half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tiesahn Colombo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tiesahn Colombo's cut.
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.

Colombo throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Rivers tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Colombo is in Rivers's guard.
Colombo is stalling in the full guard.
Colombo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rivers's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Colombo engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Colombo throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colombo distracts Rivers with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Colombo content to stall in guard here.
Rivers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rivers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Colombo landing with the ground and pound.
Rivers can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Colombo controls the pace.
Colombo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rivers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Colombo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Colombo throws an elbow that misses. Rivers uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Colombo's guard. Nice move by Rivers!

Colombo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Colombo keeping moving, preventing Rivers from controlling successfully.
Colombo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Colombo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Colombo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Colombo is controlling Rivers's posture.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Colombo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colombo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Colombo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rivers has hold of Colombo's hands but Colombo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Colombo controlling the action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Colombo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiesahn Colombo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Colombo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiesahn Colombo!