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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Penagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Penagos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Somebody Gonna Get Their Ass Whooped!. Rivers comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Superbeast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 lbs
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190 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Penagos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rick Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers lands with a nice body punch.
Penagos misses with a wild combination.
Penagos scores with a decent looking hook.
Rivers looks for the body kick but Penagos saw that one coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Penagos.
Rivers looks for the body kick but Penagos saw that one coming.
Penagos slips under a jab.
Penagos swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers throws a jab when Penagos was well out of range.
Penagos throws a lazy right hand but Rivers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rivers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Rivers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rivers throws a leg kick but Penagos checks it.
Rivers walks into a stiff left hand from Penagos.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
Rivers cracks a nice hook into Penagos's ribs.
Penagos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivers lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers throws a jab when Penagos was well out of range.
Rivers throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Penagos wants to clinch up but Rivers keeps it at a distance.
Penagos tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.
Rivers misses the body punch
and Penagos counters with a two punch combo.
Rivers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Penagos rather than just go for the knockout.
Penagos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice shot by Rivers.
Penagos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Penagos is breathing heavily.
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!
Penagos dodges the punch combination from Rivers.
Penagos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Carlos Penagos has been cut.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rivers.
Rivers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Penagos's head backwards.
Penagos moves out of range as Rivers throws a body kick.
Good work by Penagos as he checks the leg kick.
Penagos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penagos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rivers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penagos.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Penagos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rivers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Penagos.
Penagos blocks a jab.
Rivers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Rivers - that landed with a thud.
Rivers manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rivers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Penagos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rivers tries to clinch but Penagos is having none of it.
Rivers connects with a looping right hand.
Penagos moves out of range of the leg kick from Rivers.
Rivers throws a low kick but it's checked well by Penagos.
Penagos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Penagos is able to avoid easily.
Rivers lands a right hook to the body.
Penagos checks a leg kick.
Rivers avoids the head kick by Penagos.
Penagos wants to clinch up but Rivers keeps it at a distance.
Penagos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivers throws a head kick that misses.
Rivers darts in and clinches Penagos up against the cage.
Rivers breaks from the clinch.
Penagos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rivers blocks a jab.
Rivers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Penagos counters with a stiff right hand.
Rivers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Penagos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Penagos misses with an elbow strike.
Rivers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Penagos has him pressed against the cage.
Rivers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Penagos trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Rivers avoids the damage to the body.
Penagos is working Rivers over against the cage.
Rivers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rivers lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivers tries a body shot but Penagos blocks it.
Rivers lands a shoulder strike.
Penagos tries to throw a body punch but Rivers avoids it by throwing Penagos back against the cage.
Rivers lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Penagos.
Penagos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
Rivers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penagos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rivers is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Rivers scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivers tries to work over Penagos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers is working Penagos over against the cage.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers is leaning against Penagos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rivers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivers.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivers.
Rivers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Rivers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Penagos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rivers will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rivers throws a good cross that connects.
Penagos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Penagos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Penagos throws a shot from downtown. Rivers moves away and avoids it.
Rivers misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Penagos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Penagos swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivers.
Rivers throws and low kick but Penagos moves out of range easily.
Rivers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Penagos slips a jab from Rivers.
Rivers thows a body shot but no joy.
Penagos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rivers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rivers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Penagos walks into a straight right hand from Rivers.
Penagos lands a nice hook to Rivers's body. Rivers takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Penagos.
Penagos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rivers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penagos moves away.
Penagos checks the leg kick.
Penagos avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Penagos wants to clinch up but Rivers keeps it at a distance.
A low kick from Rivers misses
and Penagos counters with a right hand to the body.
Penagos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rivers misses with a body punch.
Penagos digs a right hand into Rivers's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivers's gas tank.
Penagos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rivers.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rivers.
Rivers managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Rivers avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Penagos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rivers prevents a body shot from Penagos.
Good body shot from Penagos.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivers.
A short left from Rivers.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivers.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rivers scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penagos lands a nice shot to the body.
Penagos throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivers.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivers.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivers.
Rivers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Penagos.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penagos trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Rivers.
Rivers avoids the elbow strike from Penagos, against the cage.
Rivers scores with a shoulder strike.
Rivers lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Rivers.
Rivers pushes Penagos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rivers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Penagos.
A right hook to the body lands for Rivers.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Rivers.
Rivers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivers.
Rivers lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Rivers.
Rivers is leaning against Penagos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rivers lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rivers.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivers.
Rivers is working Penagos over against the cage.
Rivers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers drives through and clinches with Penagos against the cage.
Penagos trying to land knees to the body.
Rivers lands a left hand.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Rivers.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivers creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rivers lands a right hand.
Rivers is leaning against Penagos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rivers works on Penagos's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Rivers - that landed with a thud.
Rivers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Rivers - that landed with a thud.
Rivers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Rivers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers is leaning against Penagos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rivers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A hook to the body from Rivers.
Rivers lands with a short shot to the head.
Rivers lands a hook that snaps the head of Penagos backwards.
Rick Rivers seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rivers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rivers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Penagos.
Rivers scores with a hook to the body.
A right hand to the body from Rivers.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rivers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Rivers.
Rivers presses Penagos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rivers lands a body punch.
Rivers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rivers breaks the clinch.
Good shot there by Rivers.
Rivers lands a body shot.
Rivers bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rivers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penagos's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Penagos on the side of the head.
Rivers scores with a nice body kick.
Rivers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Penagos checks it well.
Rivers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Penagos doesn't seem bothered though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Rivers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Carlos Penagos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rivers misses with a straight left.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Penagos.
A jab from Rivers finds it's way through Penagos's defenses.
Rick Rivers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Penagos avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Penagos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Penagos moves away and avoids it.
Penagos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Penagos tries to clinch there but Rivers circles away.
Rivers moves out of range of the strikes.
Rivers lands with an uppercut that bounces Penagos off the cage and back into rage.
Rivers tries to clinch up.
Rivers tries to clinch
and Penagos counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivers misses with a body shot
and Penagos counters by clinching up.
Rivers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivers is defending well for now.
Penagos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Penagos looking to throw knees to the head but Rivers is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers tries a body shot but Penagos blocks it.
Penagos cracks Rivers with a nice body shot.
Penagos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A body shot lands from Rivers.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Penagos missing with knees to the body.
Penagos lands a damaging elbow.
Penagos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Penagos throws an elbow but misses.
Rivers scores with a hook to the body.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rivers digs a right hand into Penagos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Penagos's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Rivers.
Rivers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rivers lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rivers cracks Penagos with a nice body shot.
Rivers cracks Penagos with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivers.
Rivers scores with a shoulder strike.
Rivers digs a right hand underneath Penagos's ribcage. Penagos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Rivers.
Rivers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rivers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers thows a leg kick but Penagos checks it
and Penagos counters with a nice body shot.
Penagos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penagos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Penagos defending well as Rivers loads up on a big left hand.
Rivers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rivers tries to clinch there but Penagos circles away.
Rivers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rivers swinging wildly here.
Rivers loads up on a big right hand but Penagos slips the punch.
Penagos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivers.
Penagos checks the leg kick.
Penagos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Penagos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Penagos.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivers. That's going to slow Penagos down.
Penagos throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Penagos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Penagos misses the shot to the body.
Penagos avoids a kick to the body.
Rivers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Penagos lands a jab to Rivers's midsection.
Rivers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penagos's calf.
Rivers misses with a hook. Penagos ducked under it nicely.
Penagos avoids a kick to the body.
Rivers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A good leg kick by Rivers.
Penagos throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.
Rick Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a body kick.
Penagos moves out of range as Rivers throws a body kick.
Rivers is looking to land body kicks.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penagos was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
Rivers throws a low kick, looking for Penagos's leg but Penagos calmly moves out of range.
Penagos misses with a head kick.
Penagos throws a big shot that misses.
Rivers fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Penagos on the side of the head.
A punch combination from Rivers misses.
Penagos wants to clinch but Rivers slips to the side
and Rivers counters with a right hand to the body.
A shot to the body from Penagos misses
and Rivers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivers misses with a body shot
and Penagos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Penagos looking to slow down the pace here.
Rivers pushes Penagos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rivers lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Rivers really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Penagos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rivers uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Penagos has time to react.
Rivers tries to clinch up.
Rivers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rivers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rivers looks to land a combination. Penagos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A telegraphed right hand from Penagos misses the target.
Penagos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good leg kick by Rivers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rivers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rivers tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Penagos is able to avoid easily.
Penagos missing with a left hand there. Rivers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivers throws a hook but Penagos blocks it.
Penagos checks a leg kick.
Penagos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivers was well out of range. Poor timing from Penagos.
Rivers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a looping right.
Penagos takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penagos checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Penagos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Penagos moves away.
Rivers moves in looking to clinch but Penagos pushes him off.
Rivers misses with a leg kick
and Penagos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Penagos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Penagos slips a jab and a cross from Rivers.
Rivers is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Rivers takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Penagos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Penagos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Penagos throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Penagos avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Rivers throws a body kick that misses.
Rivers attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rivers lands the left hand.
Rivers scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rivers does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Penagos lands a head kick!
Rivers slips a jab and a cross from Penagos.
Rivers swings away with a body shot that misses
and Penagos counters with a one-two to the body.
Penagos tries to bum rush Rivers with a series of wild strikes but Rivers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rivers throws a head kick but Penagos moves out of range.
Rivers avoids the head kick by Penagos.
Penagos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivers.
Penagos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A jab from Penagos misses.
Penagos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivers was well out of range. Poor timing from Penagos.
Penagos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers looks to land a body kick but Penagos moved away.
Penagos pushes Rivers up against the cage in a clinch.
Penagos is working Rivers over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Penagos.
Penagos lands a left hand.
Penagos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
A short left from Rivers.
Rivers tries to work over Penagos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Penagos missing with knees to the body.
Rivers throws a punch but it's blocked by Penagos.
A short uppercut from Rivers.
Rivers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Rivers avoids the damage to the body.
Rivers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hand to the body from Penagos.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Penagos is leaning against Rivers and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Penagos - that landed with a thud.
Penagos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rivers or not.
Penagos lands a nice shot to the body.
Penagos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers dodges an elbow strike from Penagos.
Rivers avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Penagos lands a damaging elbow.
Rivers swings wildly with an uppercut but Penagos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Penagos is pushing Rivers up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers managing to block the knees to the body from Penagos.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Penagos obliges.
Penagos wants to stall.
Penagos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Penagos prevents Rivers from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Penagos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Penagos trying to land knees to the body.
Penagos stalls.
Rivers struggles to land a body shot inside as Penagos controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Carlos Penagos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carlos Penagos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nice body kick from Rivers.
Penagos misses with a looping right.
Penagos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
Penagos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rivers misses with a hook. Penagos ducked under it nicely.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penagos was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
Rivers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big left from Rivers misses.
Rivers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Penagos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rivers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Penagos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rivers is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rivers misses with a hook. Penagos ducked under it nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rivers.
Nice uppercut lands for Penagos. That snapped Rivers's head back.
A lazy body kick from Rivers
and Penagos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice shot lands for Penagos.
Rivers slips under a jab from Penagos.
Rivers lands a really nice looking cross but Penagos seems unphased.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penagos was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
Rivers throws a body kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Penagos.
Rivers walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Penagos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rivers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Penagos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rivers throws a sloppy body shot
and Penagos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Penagos stuns Rivers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rivers throws a jab when Penagos was well out of range.
Penagos looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
Rivers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers throws a low kick but Penagos avoids it.
Penagos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivers throws a low kick but Penagos avoids it.
Rivers throws a wild body kick that Penagos sees coming a mile off.
Penagos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rivers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivers.
Rivers gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Penagos counter with a right hand.
Rivers throws a jab but it's blocked by Penagos.
Rivers is looking to chop away at Penagos's legs.
Penagos with a hook.
Rivers throws a leg kick that misses.
Penagos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rivers misses with a body shot.
Penagos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penagos just misses with a punch to the body.
Penagos lands with a cross.
Rivers tries to clinch but Penagos moves out of range.
Rivers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rivers is looking to chop away at Penagos's legs.
Penagos misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Penagos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rick Rivers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Penagos moves out of range of the body kick from Rivers.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Penagos is just out of range.
Rivers swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Penagos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rivers slips a straight right by Penagos.
Rivers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penagos throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Rivers takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penagos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivers misses with a body punch
and Penagos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rivers, right into the meat.
Penagos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Penagos.
Rivers finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Penagos wants to clinch up but Rivers keeps it at a distance.
Penagos with a hook.
Penagos is looking to clinch but Rivers is avoiding it.
Rivers misses with a body kick.
Rivers doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Penagos just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers closes the distance looking to clinch
and Penagos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Carlos Penagos.
Well Rivers has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 47:48
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 47:49
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Rivers! Rick Rivers retains his middleweight title!
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