PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between New Breed One (ranked 793 p4p, 1034 weight class) and Bernhard River (ranked 93 p4p, 124 weight class). River comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica: Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

One
vs
River

177 cm
32
145
22 - 12 - 0

170 cm
30
135
17 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, New Breed One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bernhard River!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from River.

One clinches up with River and pushes him back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that One has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
River lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from River.
One with an attempt at a knee that misses.
One scores a nice knee to the body.
River lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
River misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
River misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from One.
One prevents River from breaking the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on One - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, River creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
River lands a body punch.

River's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
One is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
River misses with a straight right.
One slips under a jab from River.
One is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from River.
One tries to clinch but River is having none of it.
One moves to clinch but River breaks away
and River counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A chopping leg kick lands by River.
One doesn't manage to clinch there - River circles away.
One fails with an attempt to clinch.
River avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
One moves out of range of the strikes.
One moves out of range as River throws a body kick.
One fails with an attempt to clinch.
One closes the distance looking to clinch
and River counters with a leg kick.

One closes the distance and pushes River back into the cage.
One tries to land a knee to the head but River blocks with his arms.
One landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
One missing with knees to the body.
One tries to land a knee to the head but River blocks with his arms.
River goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
River tries to throw a body punch but One avoids it by throwing River back against the cage.
One tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and River avoids it.
One stalling.
River gets through One's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
River is trying to drag One to the mat but One just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
River tries to work over One's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
River tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The referee calls for One to work.
River landing knees to the body.
One misses with a knee strike.
One trying to stall but River improves his position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
River lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

One breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
One takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
River lands a nice hook to One's body. One takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
One tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. River manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
One ducks under a wild hook from River.
New Breed One seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
River avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
River misses with a wild body shot.
River takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
One is looking to clinch.
One takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
One is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
One closes the distance looking to clinch
and River counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps One thinking.
River keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One is looking to clinch but River is avoiding it.
A countering left hand to the body from River misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - One looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
River throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
One moves in looking to clinch but River pushes him off.
River fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
River takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
One swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
River bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps One's head backwards.
River lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as One backs up against the cage.
One tries to close the distance and clinch but River swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
One is looking to clinch but River is avoiding it.
One tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. River manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
One tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
River scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bernhard River dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

One is looking to clinch.
One drops his hands momentarily and River takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
River misses with a low kick.
River drops his hands momentarily and One takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
River showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from One.
River was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
River throws a leg kick which misses One's front leg but catches the back leg as One tries to avoid it.
River with a body punch. A glancing blow.
One tries to clinch there but River circles away.
River throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
One takes one on the button.
One throws a left and a right that both miss
and One takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

One has River up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
One tries to land a knee to the head but River blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
One looking to throw knees to the head but River is blocking nicely.
River is trying to pull guard but One has him pressed against the cage.
River drops down looking for an ankle pick but One pulls his leg out and moves away.
One fails in his attempt to clinch.
One tries to clinch up.

One takes the fight into the clinch.
River lands a shot to the body.

River pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
River misses with a two punch combination.
One takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
River has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
River lands a leg kick that knocks One off balance momentarily.
River lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
One looks to throw the jab but River is out of range.
River now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
One tries to clinch there but River circles away.
River listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
River circles away from the clinch attempt
and River counters with a stiff right hand.
One tries to close the distance and clinch up but River swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bernhard River seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
One tries to close the distance and clinch up but River swats him away and circles back towards the center.
One wants to clinch but River slips to the side
and River counters with a two punch combo.

One takes the fight into the clinch.
Good body shot from River.
One trying to control the position but instead, River has worked for underhooks and has pushed One into the cage.
One misses with a knee to the head.
River blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
River pressing his opponent against the cage.
River softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
River working One over with knees to the body.
River works on One's body with a couple of short punches.

River breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
One tries to clinch up.
One misses with a two punch combination.
River throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck One on the side of the head.

One darts in and clinches River up against the cage.
One lands a knee to the head.
One tries to land knees in the clinch but River avoids the damage to the body.

One pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
One tries to clinch
and River counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
River swats away the attempt to clinch by One.
One tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but River paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
River circles away from the clinch attempt
and River counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One moves in looking to clinch but River pushes him off.
River misses with a body kick.
River swats away the attempt to clinch by One.
River slips under a jab.
River feints a counter leg kick.

One closes the distance and clinches.
River tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. One just stands there and leans against the cage.
New Breed One has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernhard River.
One lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

River manages to break the clinch.
One lands a head shot.
River digs a good body shot into One's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for River.
One tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
One wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bernhard River showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

One tries to clinch up but River circles away and keeps his distance.
One tries to clinch up but River circles away and keeps his distance.
One is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

River tries to keep at a distance but One has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from River.
One throws a knee to the head but misses.
One blocks a punch to the side of the head.
One is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
One wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but River has him pressed against the cage.
One'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.
River landing knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River landing knees to the body.
One working hard to break the clinch.

One pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
River throws a quick inside leg kick.
One tries to close the distance and clinch but River swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
River swats away the attempt to clinch by One.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by River. Beautiful body shot.
River looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
One looks to land a left hand but River moved out of range nicely.
River throws out a counter right but One avoids it with no problem.
River swats away the attempt to clinch by One.
One doesn't manage to clinch there - River circles away.
One closes the distance but River moves to the side
and River counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fight stays on the outside here - One looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as River lands an impressive looking overhand right. One doesn't seem phased though.
River paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
River circles away from the clinch attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from River! But no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
One jabbing away but nothing is landing.
River flicks out a counter leg kick but One steps away.
One doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
One tries to clinch there but River circles away.
One swings and misses with a hook to the body.

One has closed the distance and engaged River in a clinch.
River tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
River looking for a takedown.

River has hold of one of One's legs. One is fighting the takedown attempt but River gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
One wants to get back to his feet but River passes into half guard.
River trying to control the action but One is working from the bottom.
River is looking to advance position but One won't allow it.
One makes his way to full guard. A much better position for One.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
One wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and River is now in half guard.
One trying to control here.
River is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

River seems to be working for a kimura but One defends the submission attempt.

One makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
One takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
New Breed One has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
One tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and River counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
River lands a nice shot that snaps One's head back.
River scores with a shot to the body.
One swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
One tries to close the distance and clinch but River swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
River staying out of range there.
River keeps the fight on the outside.
River jabs One to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
One wants to clinch up but River keeps it at a distance.
One doesn't manage to clinch there - River circles away.
One is looking to clinch.
River avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
River takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bernhard River comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got River winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bernhard River!
Bernhard River seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.