PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ugga Bugga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rios
vs
Bugga

182 cm
27
205 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

195 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ugga Bugga!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bugga takes one to the chin there.
A head kick misses from Rios.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bugga. That's going to slow Rios down.
Bugga blocks a head kick by Rios.
Some bone on bone action there as Rios checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rios fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rios takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bugga throws out a loose jab but Rios uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Bugga, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rios takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bugga misses with a low kick as Rios jumps back.
Good work by Rios as he checks the leg kick.
Bugga throws a jab but it's blocked by Rios.
Rios misses the shot to the body.
Bugga throws a leg kick
and Rios counters with an outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bugga.
Bugga throws a right and a left that both miss.

Rios clinches.
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!
Nice body punch from Rios - that landed with a thud.
Rios misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bugga escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bugga dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rios. That did some damage!
Rios moves in looking to clinch but Bugga pushes him off.
Bugga misses with a body shot
and Rios counters with a low kick, right behind Bugga 's knee.
Bugga misses with a few strikes there.
Rios tries to clinch up.
Bugga throws a nice head kick!
Rios throws a head kick that misses
and Bugga counters with a low kick, right behind Rios 's knee.
Rios connects with a high kick.

Rios darts in and clinches Bugga up against the ropes.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rios struggles to land a body shot inside as Bugga controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Rios.
Bugga looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rios swings wildly with an uppercut but Bugga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bugga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rios misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bugga is trying to force a seperation but Rios has the dominant position.
Bugga is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Bugga.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bugga just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rios's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios has a couple of punches blocked by Bugga.
Rios goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bugga blocks a body shot from Rios.

Bugga breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bugga moves out of range of the body kick.
Bugga lands a nice looking body kick.
Rios misses with a low kick as Bugga jumps back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bugga. Rios does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bugga turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Rios checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Rios moves into the clinch successfully.
A short body shot lands from Rios as the two fighters clinch.
Bugga throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rios lands with a left to the head.
Rios trying to stall but Bugga improves his position.
Bugga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rios is struggling to control the position.
Rios on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bugga lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rios throws a head punch that misses.

Bugga breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rios tries to clinch there but Bugga circles away.
Bugga scores with a sloppy right hand. Rios should have avoided that one.
Bugga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rios.
Rios throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bugga on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bugga falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rios makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rios scores with a jab to the body.
Rios tries to clinch up but Bugga circles away and keeps his distance.

Rios closes the distance and pushes Bugga back into the ropes.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rios stalling.
Rios seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Rios fails to land.
Rios is looking to control Bugga's arms but Bugga gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rios has his back to the ropes.
Rios tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bugga's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Bugga.
Rios lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Rios.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A hook to the body from Rios.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A hook to the body from Rios.
Bugga tries to break free but Rios pushes him back against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Rios - that landed with a thud.
Rios scores with a hook to the body.
Rios working aggressively here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rios.
Rios is leaning against Bugga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rios lands with a short shot to the head.
Rios digs a right hand underneath Bugga's ribcage. Bugga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bugga as Rios tries to tie him up.
Rios is leaning against Bugga and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Rios.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rios misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
A right hook to the body lands for Rios.
Rios throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Rios dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Rios fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rios instigates a clinch.
Rios has a couple of punches blocked by Bugga.
Rios blocks the elbow strike.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Bugga.
A short body shot lands from Rios as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rios fails to land.
Bugga tries to circle away but Rios has him pinned against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Rios scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bugga is trying to force a seperation but Rios has the dominant position.
Bugga tries to circle away but Rios has him pinned against the ropes.
Rios swings wildly with an uppercut but Bugga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rios cracks Bugga with a nice body shot.
Rios throws a punch but it's blocked by Bugga.
Bugga creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rios takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bugga creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rios scores with a hook to the body.
Rios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bugga.
Bugga is breathing heavily.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of Bugga's head.
A hook to the body from Rios.
Rios lands a hook that snaps the head of Bugga backwards.
Rios taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Rios.
Rios lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bugga backwards.
Rios lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bugga as Rios tries to tie him up.
Jesus Rios has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Rios.
A short left from Rios.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
A short right from Rios on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rios fails to land.
Rios is working Bugga over against the ropes.
Rios lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rios lands with a light punch inside.
Rios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of Bugga's head.
Rios lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rios prevents Bugga from breaking the clinch.
Rios misses with a punch on the inside.
Rios is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A left hand lands to the body for Rios.
Rios has a couple of punches blocked by Bugga.
Rios lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios blocks the elbow strike.
Rios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short right from Rios.
Rios dodges an elbow strike from Bugga.
Rios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rios lands with a light punch inside.
Bugga's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rios tries to stall but Bugga uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rios lands a shoulder strike.
Bugga has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rios lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bugga backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Bugga's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rios lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Rios on the inside.
Rios scores with a shoulder strike.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rios managing to block the knees to the body from Bugga.
Rios lands a left hand.
Rios working aggressively here.
Rios works on Bugga's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Rios.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rios.
Rios misses with the head strike.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of Bugga's head.
Rios tries to stall but Bugga uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bugga looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Bugga throws an elbow but misses.
Rios is trying to stall.
Bugga creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rios's defenses.
Rios misses with some punches.
Bugga blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rios lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rios scores with a shot to the side of Bugga's head.
Rios fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bugga creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rios looking to slow down the pace here.
Bugga lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bugga creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rios's defenses.
Rios scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bugga is looking to break free of the clinch but Rios has double underhooks.
A short left from Rios.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rios lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Rios tries a body shot but Bugga blocks it.
Rios tries to work over Bugga's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rios misses with the head strike.
Bugga throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rios works on Bugga's body with a couple of short punches.
Rios avoids a wild elbow strike from Bugga.
A head punch on the inside from Rios fails to land.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rios misses with a punch on the inside.
Bugga lands a nice elbow.
Rios works on Bugga's body with a couple of short punches.
Rios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rios scores with a hook to the body.
Rios digs a right hand into Bugga's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bugga's gas tank.
Rios digs a right hand underneath Bugga's ribcage. Bugga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rios lands a nice shot to the body.
Rios is looking to control Bugga's arms but Bugga gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rios has his back to the ropes.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rios blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rios.
Rios is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Rios dominated that second round.
That's time! Rios's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bugga has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rios finds it's way round the side to connect with Bugga's head.
Rios tries to clinch but Bugga moves out of range.
Bugga 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.
Rios takes a swing at Bugga's ribcage but misses.
Rios throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bugga.
Bugga tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bugga will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jesus Rios is winning the standup battle so far.
Bugga throws a leg kick
and Rios counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rios looks for the body kick but Bugga saw that one coming.

Rios rushes Bugga and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Rios blocks an elbow strike from Bugga.
Bugga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rios.
Bugga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bugga missing with knees to the body.
Bugga is trying to break the clinch but Rios is controlling him.
Rios lands a shoulder strike.
Rios is trying to maintain a safe position but Bugga gets an underhook and turns Rios into the ropes.
Bugga trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios presses Bugga against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rios prevents Bugga from breaking the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rios.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rios lands a right hand.
Rios lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Bugga is rocked!
Rios works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bugga is still on wobbly legs! Can Rios finish him?
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Rios creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rios cracks Bugga with a nice body shot.
Rios lands a shoulder strike.
Rios cracks Bugga with a nice body shot.
Rios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rios misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Rios.
Bugga seems to have recovered his senses.
Rios is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bugga can do to turn this around?
Bugga tries to circle away but Rios has him pinned against the ropes.
Bugga blocks a body shot from Rios.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bugga.
Rios lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Rios as the two fighters clinch.
Bugga tries to break free but Rios pushes him back against the ropes.
Rios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Rios lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rios doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rios taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios lands a body punch.
Bugga prevents a body shot from Rios.
Rios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Rios.
Rios lands a nice shot to the body.
Rios swings wildly with an uppercut but Bugga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rios stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rios lands an uppercut.
Rios trying to control the position but instead, Bugga has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rios into the ropes.
Bugga tries to break the clinch but Rios is controlling the position.
Ugga Bugga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rios lands with a light punch inside.
Rios avoids the elbow strike from Bugga, against the ropes.
Rios lands with a left to the head.
Rios lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rios digs a right hand underneath Bugga's ribcage. Bugga let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rios lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bugga.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rios taking a breather.
Rios can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A shot in the inside from Rios.
A hook to the body from Rios.
Rios lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Rios.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Rios.
Rios lands an uppercut.
A short right from Rios on the inside.
Rios lands with a left to the head.
Rios lands with a light punch inside.
Rios misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Rios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bugga throws an elbow but it misses.

Bugga breaks the clinch.
Rios walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bugga.
Rios throws a head kick that misses
and Bugga counters with a left to the body.
Bugga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rios.
Rios moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bugga is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rios rather than just go for the knockout.
Rios fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rios fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bugga, pushing him back against the ropes.
Rios wants to stall.
Rios blocks an elbow strike from Bugga.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bugga.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bugga blocking some punches.

Bugga breaks the clinch.
Rios is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bugga throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rios counters with a stiff right hand.
Bugga avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rios dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rios fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rios ducks right into an uppercut from Bugga.
Rios tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bugga swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rios tries to clinch up.
Bugga throws a body kick the misses
and Rios counters with a head kick.
Rios tries to clinch up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rios fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rios darts in trying to clinch
and Bugga counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rios thinking.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Rios showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rios has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesus Rios!