PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Torrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Magalhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Torrence has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Torrence
vs
Magalhaes

186 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

177 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Torrence !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Magalhaes!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torrence throws a sloppy head kick and Magalhaes moves out of range easily.
Magalhaes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torrence .
Torrence throws a body kick that misses.
Ryan Torrence seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torrence doesn't manage to clinch there - Magalhaes circles away.
Torrence fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torrence tries to clinch but Magalhaes is having none of it.
Magalhaes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Torrence as he avoids it easily.
Torrence throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Torrence has managed to clinch.
Magalhaes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Torrence is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Torrence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torrence wants to clinch.
Torrence will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrence tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Torrence looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Torrence postures up in Magalhaes's guard and throws a big left but Magalhaes blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Magalhaes isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Torrence stacks Magalhaes on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Torrence !

Torrence tries for a kimura but Magalhaes is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Magalhaes is looking for a sweep.

Torrence working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Magalhaes sneaks back into half guard.
Torrence is breathing heavily.
Magalhaes wants to control but Torrence is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Magalhaes works his way to full guard. Good work.

Magalhaes looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Magalhaes wants to sweep here but Torrence controlling him for the moment.
Magalhaes wants to improve his position but instead Torrence has moved into half guard.
Magalhaes wants to control but Torrence is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Torrence knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Magalhaes on the ground.
Magalhaes tries to get to full guard but Torrence has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torrence thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Magalhaes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Torrence trying to control the position from guard on top but Magalhaes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Magalhaes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Torrence 's guard.
Torrence keeping moving, preventing Magalhaes from controlling successfully.
Magalhaes tries to free his leg and advance position but Torrence is retaining full guard.
Torrence is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Magalhaes is controlling him.

Torrence has his foot on Magalhaes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Magalhaes works his way back into a safe position though.
Magalhaes trying to control but Torrence is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Torrence is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Torrence has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Magalhaes can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Torrence looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Magalhaes wants to control from the top but Torrence keeps moving.
Magalhaes tries to free his leg and advance position but Torrence is retaining full guard.

Torrence escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Magalhaes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Torrence tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Magalhaes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torrence is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torrence fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torrence fails with an attempt to clinch.
Torrence wants to clinch up but Magalhaes keeps it at a distance.
Torrence misses with a hook.
Torrence scores with a sloppy right hand. Magalhaes should have avoided that one.
Magalhaes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torrence tries to clinch up but Magalhaes circles away and keeps his distance.
Torrence pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magalhaes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Torrence counters with an outside leg kick.
Torrence tries to clinch up.
Torrence throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torrence tries to clinch up.

Torrence takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Torrence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torrence is looking to clinch but Magalhaes is avoiding it.
Ryan Torrence is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Magalhaes has his takedown stuffed

and Torrence counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Magalhaes wants to improve his position but Torrence is controlling well.
Torrence wants to lay and pray for a moment but Magalhaes keeps working.
Torrence lands with a punch from half guard.
Torrence trying to control the action but Magalhaes is working from the bottom.
Magalhaes wants to control but Torrence is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magalhaes is trying to get back to full guard.
Magalhaes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Torrence pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torrence tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magalhaes shoots and misses

and Torrence moves into the clinch.
Ryan Torrence has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Magalhaes.

Torrence breaks the clinch.

Torrence gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Magalhaes managing to block the knees to the body from Torrence .
Magalhaes fails to pull guard.
The referee calls for Torrence to work.
Magalhaes tries to score a body lock takedown but Torrence shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Torrence struggles to land a body shot inside as Magalhaes controls his hands.

Torrence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Magalhaes dodges the punch combination from Torrence .
Torrence looks to land a combination but Magalhaes avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torrence tries to clinch there but Magalhaes circles away.
Torrence wants to clinch up but Magalhaes keeps it at a distance.
Torrence tries to clinch up but Magalhaes circles away and keeps his distance.

Magalhaes gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Magalhaes is pressing down on Torrence 's thigh, looking to free his foot. Torrence is holding on for now.
Magalhaes passes the guard and advances to mount!
Magalhaes tries to control but Torrence wriggling away.
Torrence can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Magalhaes.
Torrence is squirming around, avoiding Magalhaes's attempts to control the action.

Magalhaes has hold of Torrence 's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Torrence manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Ryan Torrence overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Torrence takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Torrence has given up his back here. Will Magalhaes look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Torrence tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Magalhaes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Magalhaes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Torrence can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Magalhaes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Torrence dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Torrence lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Magalhaes has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Magalhaes and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Torrence wants to clinch.
A head kick from Torrence lands but Magalhaes takes it in his stride.
Torrence connects with a high kick.

Magalhaes is rocked!

Magalhaes decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Magalhaes is still in real trouble! Can Torrence finish him?
Magalhaes wants to control but Torrence is keeping him busy.
Magalhaes seems to have recovered his senses.

Torrence looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Magalhaes wants to take a breather but Torrence is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Torrence looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Torrence wants to get back to full guard.
Torrence trying to control but Magalhaes postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Torrence tries to close the distance and clinch but Magalhaes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Torrence rushes Magalhaes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Torrence .

Torrence escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Magalhaes shoots in and drives through. Torrence sprawls well.

Torrence feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Magalhaes keeping moving, preventing Torrence from controlling successfully.
Torrence slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrence trying to control but Magalhaes is working from the bottom.
Torrence connects with a couple of short punches.
Torrence passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Magalhaes sneaks back into half guard.
Magalhaes trying to control but Torrence postures up.

Torrence is working for a kimura but Magalhaes is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magalhaes trying to control but Torrence postures up.
Magalhaes won't allow Torrence to pass to mount.
Torrence trying to control the pace.

Torrence is looking for a kimura here.
Nice strikes from Torrence there.
Roberto Magalhaes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Torrence winds up and cracks Magalhaes with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Magalhaes tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Torrence has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Magalhaes is in a horrible position here. Torrence smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Torrence raining down shots from the mount!

Torrence working for a guillotine from mount but Magalhaes is in no mood to give up.
Magalhaes is looking to improve his position but Torrence isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Torrence showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Torrence 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Torrence !