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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joanderson Ribeiro (ranked 1953 p4p, 4174 weight class) and Miguel Baez (ranked 216 p4p, 377 weight class). Ribeiro comes into the arena with Tropkillaz-Gorilla blaring out of the sound system. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joanderson Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miguel Baez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Baez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ribeiro uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Baez throws a hook but Ribeiro blocks it.
Joanderson Ribeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Baez as Ribeiro shoots in.
We've been hearing reports that Ribeiro has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ribeiro misses with a two punch combination.
Baez is looking for the big counter here.
No joy there for Ribeiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ribeiro goes for a double leg but Baez avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Baez continues to drive forward.
Baez working aggressively here.
Ribeiro has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Baez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joanderson Ribeiro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ribeiro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Baez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ribeiro trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Baez.
Baez just leaning against Ribeiro, taking a breather.
Ribeiro jumps guard.
Ribeiro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baez trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribeiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ribeiro is keeping the position for now.
Ribeiro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Baez defends it easily.
Ribeiro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Baez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Baez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Baez looking to sit in guard and control but Ribeiro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ribeiro preventing the sweep.
Ribeiro slips nicely into half guard.
Baez wants to improve his position but Ribeiro is controlling well.
Ribeiro frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ribeiro is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Baez can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Baez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ribeiro looking to isolate an arm here. Baez doesn't see it coming and as Ribeiro extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Ribeiro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joanderson Ribeiro!
Joanderson Ribeiro decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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