PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peligroso Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Riviera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riviera has chosen Dirty hous' - Rohff as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sanchez
vs
Riviera

195 cm
20
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Peligroso Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cain Riviera!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riviera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sanchez fails with the takedown

and Riviera counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sanchez won't be happy with that.
Sanchez is looking for a sweep.
Riviera is putting a hurting on Sanchez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sanchez is looking to reverse the position.
Riviera remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Sanchez wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez is looking to reverse the position.
Sanchez manages to get back to half guard.
Riviera trying to control the pace.
Riviera is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riviera is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Sanchez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Riviera is looking for a kimura but Sanchez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Riviera to get the leverage.
Riviera is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sanchez is looking to improve his position.
Sanchez regains full guard. Nicely done.
Riviera sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sanchez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sanchez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sanchez is trying to control the position but Riviera postures up.
Sanchez is looking to stand up but Riviera isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sanchez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Riviera must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Riviera slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sanchez keeping moving, preventing Riviera from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Riviera counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanchez is trying to stand.
Sanchez is looking to control Riviera's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sanchez avoid being mounted?
Sanchez is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to roll over but Riviera keeps him under control.

Riviera stands up from half guard.
Sanchez closes the distance but Riviera moves to the side

and Riviera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Riviera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sanchez defending well though.
Riviera wants to stand up but Sanchez is controlling the position.

Sanchez looking for submissions off his back.
Riviera tries to pass the half guard into mount. Sanchez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
Sanchez wants to sweep here but Riviera controlling him for the moment.
Sanchez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Riviera defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Sanchez.
Riviera is squirming around, avoiding Sanchez's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cain Riviera dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A big right from Riviera misses.
Sanchez with a poor takedown

and Riviera counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanchez gets back to full guard.
Riviera content to stall in guard here.
Sanchez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Riviera stands and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riviera working away.
Riviera is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez sneaks back into half guard.
Sanchez tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Riviera has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Sanchez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sanchez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Sanchez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Riviera preventing the sweep.
Cain Riviera has got the better of the ground game so far.
Riviera content to stall in guard here.
Sanchez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Riviera!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Riviera has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Riviera!
Sanchez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Sanchez working for submissions but it's allowed Riviera to get to half guard.
Riviera controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to roll over but Riviera keeps him under control.
Sanchez manages to get to full guard.
Sanchez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Riviera's guard.
Sanchez trying to control but Riviera is working from the bottom.

Riviera throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Riviera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Sanchez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Riviera is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Riviera thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cain Riviera will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Sanchez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Riviera counters with a straight right hand.
Riviera blocks the body kick.
Peligroso Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riviera throws a right hand that Sanchez ducks under and follows up with a left that Sanchez also avoids with ease.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Riviera is looking to chop away at Sanchez's legs.
Sanchez closes the distance but Riviera moves to the side

and Riviera counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a knee to the body.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Cain Riviera has been cut.
Riviera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sanchez lands a damaging elbow.
Sanchez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Sanchez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sanchez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sanchez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Riviera gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sanchez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Sanchez is looking to sinch up a triangle. Riviera throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Sanchez's body to avoid the submission. Sanchez has instead reached around Riviera's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Sanchez arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Peligroso Sanchez!