PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cesar Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Faoa Sunia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro comes to the cage accompanied by Lo Boy-This Is How I Bang . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ribeiro
vs
Sunia

171 cm
19
150 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
158 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Faoa Sunia!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Sunia looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ribeiro!
Sunia lands a heavy elbow.
Sunia thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Sunia prevents Ribeiro from getting the reversal.
Sunia lands a nice shot to the head.
Ribeiro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sunia on the ground.
Sunia unloads with some shots from mount but Ribeiro bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Sunia there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sunia is landing with some decent strikes but Ribeiro is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ribeiro tries to hold on but Sunia pushes him away.
Sunia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunia punching from mount but Ribeiro doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ribeiro in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sunia has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sunia with the ground and pound from mount.
Ribeiro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sunia has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ribeiro's face.
Sunia misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Ribeiro on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ribeiro tries to get out of the position.
Sunia with the ground and pound from mount.
Sunia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ribeiro can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ribeiro is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ribeiro can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sunia controlling the pace for now.
Sunia postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ribeiro looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Sunia connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sunia wants to control the pace but Ribeiro is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunia looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ribeiro tries to hold on but Sunia pushes him away.
Sunia thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sunia raining down shots from the mount!
Sunia looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ribeiro takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunia dominating with strikes here.
Sunia landing shots from mount.
Sunia controlling his opponent.
Sunia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sunia with the ground and pound from mount.
Sunia is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Sunia looking to control but Ribeiro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faoa Sunia dominated that round.
That's time! Ribeiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ribeiro cracks Sunia with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ribeiro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Faoa Sunia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ribeiro.

Sunia is rocked!
Ribeiro throws a body punch but Sunia moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Sunia misses the target.
Sunia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ribeiro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sunia slips a straight right by Ribeiro.
A swing and a miss from Sunia.

Sunia shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ribeiro napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sunia works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Sunia working the head and body with strikes.
Sunia misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sunia creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ribeiro sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro parries the strikes from Sunia easily there. Sunia is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ribeiro to escape.
Ribeiro wants to control but Sunia postures up.
Sunia trying to control the position but Ribeiro is working away.
Sunia creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ribeiro sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Sunia with the ground and pound but Ribeiro regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Sunia wants to take a breather but Ribeiro is having none of it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ribeiro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice cross by Ribeiro.
Sunia throws a combination that misses
enabling Ribeiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Sunia throws a shot from downtown. Ribeiro moves away and avoids it.

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.
Ribeiro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ribeiro avoids the body shot from Sunia.
Ribeiro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sunia.
Sunia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ribeiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sunia misses with a body kick.
Ribeiro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sunia at a distance.
Sunia is breathing heavily.
Ribeiro lands a nice shot that snaps Sunia's head back.
Nice body punch from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ribeiro lands with a right hand.
Sunia is still on wobbly legs! Can Ribeiro finish him?
Sunia misses with a shot to the body
and Ribeiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribeiro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Sunia.
Sunia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ribeiro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sunia thinking.
Sunia seems to have recovered his senses.
Ribeiro lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Ribeiro finds it's way through Sunia's defenses.
Sunia ducks right into an uppercut from Ribeiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sunia shoots and misses
and Ribeiro counters with a straight right hand.
Sunia misses with a double jab.
Ribeiro throws an overhand right that drops Sunia like a sack of potatoes! Ribeiro dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesar Ribeiro!