PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Souwer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Ribera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Souwer
vs
Ribera

177 cm
24
177 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

180 cm
27
165 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « AJFC↑ TRIPLE 160Q ®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Souwer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Ribera!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribera tests Souwer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ribera tries to bum rush Souwer with a series of wild strikes but Souwer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Souwer missing with a left hand there. Ribera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manny Ribera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribera misses with a right hand
and Souwer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Souwer misses the shot to the body.
Ribera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souwer manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Souwer.
Ribera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ribera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souwer counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribera misses with a body punch
and Souwer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribera shoots for a takedown but Souwer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Ribera there.
The fighters circling - Souwer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Souwer throws a right hand that misses
and Ribera counters with a two punch combo.
Ribera slips a straight right by Souwer.
Ribera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good standup being displayed there by Ribera as he connects with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribera thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ribera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ribera lands a head shot.
Souwer moves away from the strike by Ribera.
Ribera tests Souwer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souwer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribera looks to land a right hand but Souwer moved out of range.
No joy there for Ribera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ribera looks to land a combination but Souwer avoids it well.
Ribera shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Souwer eats them both and turns towards Ribera to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ribera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Souwer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ribera connects with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribera scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ribera dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Souwer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ribera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souwer moves away.
Souwer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ribera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribera misses with a hook.
Ribera fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Souwer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Souwer takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Souwer moves out of range of the strikes.
Souwer misses with a hook
and Ribera counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Ribera misses.
Ribera stuns Souwer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Souwer is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Souwer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ribera.
Ribera misses with a combination
and Souwer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Souwer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribera.
Ribera is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Souwer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Souwer throws out a powerful jab.
Ribera shoots in for a takedown but Souwer shows good takedown defense.
Ribera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souwer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribera tries to score a power double leg takedown but Souwer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ribera somewhat.
Tony Souwer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Ribera.
Souwer misses with a wild body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ribera looks to land a combination but Souwer avoids it well.
Ribera misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Souwer throws out a powerful jab.
Souwer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ribera throws out the jab.
Ribera looks to throw the jab but Souwer is out of range.
Souwer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ribera.
Ribera fails to land with a series of punches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ribera pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Souwer back to the cage. Ribera follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ribera has a takedown stuffed.
Ribera throws a poor cross that misses
and Souwer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribera lands a jab to Souwer's midsection.
Ribera misses the shot to the body.
Souwer scores with a jab. Ribera acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Souwer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ribera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Souwer.
Ribera shoots for a takedown but Souwer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ribera swinging wildly here.
Ribera lands with a shot to the body.
Souwer staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribera blocks a jab.
Ribera throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Ribera dominated that 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. This is the final round!

Ribera lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souwer circles away quickly and effectively.
Manny Ribera is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souwer digs a good body shot into Ribera's ribs.
Ribera misses with a body shot.
Ribera misses with a straight right.
Souwer just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribera takes a swing at Souwer's ribcage but misses.
Souwer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ribera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ribera scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A swing and a miss from Souwer.
Ribera misses with a hook
letting Souwer counter with a right hand.
Ribera misses with a double jab.
Tony Souwer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ribera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Souwer misses its intended target.
Ribera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ribera swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Souwer manages to avoid it.
Ribera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ribera with a nice cross.
Ribera moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ribera looks to land a right hand but Souwer moved out of range.
Ribera scores with a sloppy right hand. Souwer should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souwer misses with an uppercut.
Souwer throws a hook but Ribera blocks it.
Ribera dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Ribera. Those never looked like landing.
Souwer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ribera.
Souwer's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ribera under the eye.
Ribera throws a body punch but Souwer moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribera swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Souwer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ribera misses with a hook to the body
letting Souwer counter with a right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ribera.
Ribera misses with an uppercut.
Souwer throws the left hand but Ribera avoids the punch easily.
Ribera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ribera misses with a few strikes there.
Souwer misses with a hook. Ribera ducked under it nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ribera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Souwer lands a nice shot to the body.
Ribera lands with an uppercut that bounces Souwer off the cage and back into range.
Ribera misses with a double jab.
Souwer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ribera.
Ribera lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Souwer circles away quickly and effectively.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Souwer lands a jab to Ribera's midsection.
Ribera's jab looks to have found its range, popping Souwer under the eye.
Ribera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ribera looks to land a combination but Souwer avoids it well.
A swing and a miss from Ribera.
Manny Ribera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Souwer cracks Ribera with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Ribera shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Souwer pinned against the cage. Souwer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ribera smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ribera tries to score a power double leg takedown but Souwer sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ribera somewhat.
Tony Souwer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Ribera.
Souwer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Souwer ducks under a wild hook from Ribera.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Souwer just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribera dives in and grabs Souwer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Souwer pushes down on Ribera's head and hops out.
The fighters circle momentarily. Souwer darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Souwer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ribera stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Souwer takes one to the chin there.
Souwer lands with a shot to the body.
Ribera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ribera misses with a body shot
and Souwer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Souwer looks to throw the jab but Ribera is out of range.
Souwer throws a poor cross that misses
and Ribera counters with a three punch combo that has Souwer backing up. Souwer nods at Ribera to acknowledge the strikes.
Ribera throws a left and a right that both miss
and Souwer counters with a stiff right hand.
A punch combination from Ribera misses.
Ribera misses with a body shot.
Souwer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ribera.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Ribera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ribera 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 18:20
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 18:20
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 18:20

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Ribera!
Manny Ribera very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « AJFC↑ TRIPLE 160Q ® amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.