PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samir Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi comes to the cage accompanied by Joker's Wild. Reyes has chosen Celia Cruz - Guantanamera as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rivaldi
vs
Reyes

180 cm
26
178 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

172 cm
24
176 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Shorts a [JMFC] Joint

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samir Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi throws a chopping leg kick but Reyes manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rivaldi looks to throw the jab but Reyes is out of range.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Rivaldi throws a body punch but Reyes moves out of range.
Rivaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reyes manages to avoid it.
Reyes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Reyes scores with a nice right hand.
Reyes swings widly with a right hand
and Rivaldi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reyes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rivaldi's head.
Reyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Rivaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Reyes misses.
Rivaldi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reyes missing with a left hand there. Rivaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reyes thows a body shot but no joy.
Reyes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rivaldi 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Rivaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
Samir Reyes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivaldi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reyes.
Rivaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Reyes moved away.
Rivaldi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rivaldi staying out of range there.
Reyes misses with an uppercut
and Rivaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reyes.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reyes.
Reyes slips a jab from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reyes.
Rivaldi throws a lazy head kick
and Reyes counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Reyes misses.
Reyes misses with a two punch combination.
Rivaldi slips a straight right by Reyes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes misses with an uppercut.
Reyes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi with a nice cross.
Reyes lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reyes throws a hook but Rivaldi avoids it easily.
Rivaldi tries a low kick but Reyes avoids it.
Rivaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Reyes throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Rivaldi to counter with a crisp jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivaldi.
Rivaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reyes.
Reyes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rivaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reyes manages to avoid it.
Reyes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivaldi.
Jab, jab by Reyes - just one landing.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
Reyes misses with a shot to the body
and Rivaldi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Reyes thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes sizes up Rivaldi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Reyes misses with an uppercut
and Rivaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fighters circling - Reyes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reyes misses with a looping left.
Rivaldi throws a nice looking combination but Reyes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivaldi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reyes tries to bum rush Rivaldi with a series of wild strikes but Rivaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reyes cracks Rivaldi with a good jab.
Reyes on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice shot by Rivaldi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivaldi connects with a high kick.
Decent striking displayed by Reyes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Reyes takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Reyes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot.
Rivaldi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rivaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reyes cracks a nice hook into Rivaldi's ribs.
Reyes connects with a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Reyes misses the target.
Reyes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Reyes misses with a looping left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reyes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rivaldi's corner calls for a 1-2. Rivaldi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Reyes connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dominick Rivaldi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reyes misses with a right hand
and Rivaldi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Reyes misses with an uppercut. Rivaldi saw that one coming.
Reyes scores with a nice right hand.
Rivaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Reyes moved away.
Reyes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reyes throws a body punch but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Reyes.
Rivaldi moves out of range as Reyes strikes.
Rivaldi throws a head kick that misses.
Reyes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reyes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rivaldi. Rivaldi obviously looking to wear him down.
Rivaldi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reyes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rivaldi moves away from the strike by Reyes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivaldi. Reyes does a little dance to reset his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivaldi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reyes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rivaldi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rivaldi ducks under a wild hook from Reyes.
Reyes lunges at Rivaldi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rivaldi's hand.
Reyes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rivaldi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rivaldi looks to land a combination but Reyes avoids it well.
Reyes misses with a series of wild punches.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rivaldi lands a head shot.
Reyes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rivaldi throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Rivaldi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivaldi uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Reyes misses the shot to the body.
Reyes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reyes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivaldi counters with an outside leg kick.
Rivaldi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rivaldi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reyes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reyes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rivaldi misses with a looping right.
Reyes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rivaldi misses the shot to the body.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivaldi feints and then cracks Reyes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Reyes down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivaldi.
Dominick Rivaldi is winning the standup battle so far.
Reyes is breathing heavily.
Reyes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reyes throws a jab when Rivaldi was well out of range.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reyes swings widly with a right hand
and Rivaldi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rivaldi connects with an inside leg kick.
Rivaldi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Reyes is out of range and Rivaldi settles back down.
Reyes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Rivaldi.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi thows a body shot but no joy.
Rivaldi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Reyes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Reyes misses with an uppercut. Rivaldi saw that one coming.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldi lands a head kick!
Rivaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A cross from Rivaldi lands.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Rivaldi.
Reyes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Reyes throws the left hand but Rivaldi avoids the punch easily.
Reyes misses with a hook. Rivaldi ducked under it nicely.
Reyes misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivaldi.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rivaldi lands the left hand.
Reyes swings widly with a right hand
and Rivaldi counters with a thumping low kick.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dominick Rivaldi dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Reyes misses with a wild combination.
Rivaldi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Reyes's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Reyes misses with a hook. Rivaldi ducked under it nicely.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Reyes throws a big shot that misses.
Reyes throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Reyes misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Reyes misses the target.
Reyes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivaldi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reyes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reyes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Rivaldi. Beautiful body shot.
Nice defenses there by Rivaldi.
Reyes throws a lazy uppercut
letting Rivaldi counter with a right hand.
Reyes throws a hook but Rivaldi blocks it.
Rivaldi lands the left hand.
Reyes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivaldi counters with a good low kick that Reyes was not able to check.
Reyes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivaldi can pounce on him.
Rivaldi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Reyes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rivaldi to score with a decent uppercut.
Rivaldi lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reyes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivaldi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reyes.
Rivaldi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rivaldi lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi cracks a nice hook into Reyes's ribs.
Rivaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Reyes misses with a right hand
and Rivaldi counters with a straight right hand.
Rivaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Reyes walks into a stiff left hand from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. Reyes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Reyes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rivaldi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Reyes takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A lazy left from Rivaldi finds it's target.
Reyes avoids the body shot from Rivaldi.
Reyes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivaldi counters with a thumping low kick.

Rivaldi darts in and clinches Reyes up against the cage.
Rivaldi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reyess head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rivaldi - that landed with a thud.
Dominick Rivaldi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivaldi controlling the action here for a moment.
Nice body punch from Reyes.
Samir Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Reyes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Reyes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reyes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivaldi's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Reyes tries to break the clinch but Rivaldi is controlling the position.
Rivaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Reyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rivaldi is trying to break the clinch but Reyes is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Rivaldi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Reyes misses its intended target.
Rivaldi moves out of range as Reyes strikes.
Reyes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Reyes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Rivaldi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rivaldi 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Dominick Rivaldi!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Dominick Rivaldi!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Dominick Rivaldi!

Dominick Rivaldi wins by unanimous decision!