PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yorgrim Karth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juancho Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Karth
vs
Rivera

193 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

189 cm
33
216 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yorgrim Karth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juancho Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karth lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Karth takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rivera connects with a right hand. Karth shakes it off.
Karth thuds a left hand into Rivera's body.
Karth moves out of range as Rivera strikes.
Karth misses with a left hand
and Rivera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karth bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rivera drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karth misses with an uppercut.
Rivera scores with a body shot.
Karth lands with a right hand.
Rivera just misses with a punch to the body.
Karth loads up on a big right hand but Rivera slips the punch.
Karth scores with a jab.
Karth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Some wild striking there from Karth.
Rivera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Karth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Karth lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rivera doesn't seem phased though.
Karth scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivera doesn't seem bothered though.
Karth with a nice cross.
Karth needs to keep his hands up - Rivera had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karth throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rivera misses with a two punch combination.
Rivera takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rivera thows a body shot but no joy.
Karth listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Karth scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rivera looks winded!
Karth moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera ducks under a wild hook from Karth.
Karth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivera was well out of range. Poor timing from Karth.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karth.
Karth lands a really nice looking cross but Rivera seems unphased.
Karth connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Karth misses with an uppercut.
A nice combination there by Karth.
Rivera slips under a jab.
Rivera staying out of range there.
Karth is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Karth scores with a body shot.
Rivera takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Karth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Karth.
Karth blocks the body kick.
Karth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Karth ducks under a wild hook from Rivera.
Karth moves into range and connects with a jab.
Karth misses the shot to the body.
Karth misses with a hook
and Rivera counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivera comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rivera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karth.
Karth tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Karth scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rivera in his tracks.
Karth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivera.
Karth scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karth misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera misses with a series of wild punches.
Rivera lands a nice shot that snaps Karth's head back.
Karth misses with a jab to the body
and Rivera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Karth. Beautiful body shot.
Karth throws a combination. Rivera tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Karth throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivera.
Karth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivera drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Karth throws a looping overhand right but Rivera ducks down to avoid it.
Rivera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rivera there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivera throws out the jab.
Karth lands with a shot to the body.
Karth throws a hook to the side of Rivera's head but Rivera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rivera avoids the body shot from Karth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yorgrim Karth dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Karth tests Rivera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rivera has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karth finds it's way round the side to connect with Rivera's head.
Karth misses with the combination.
Karth misses with a straight left.
Rivera walks into a stiff left hand from Karth.
Karth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karth lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Karth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karth misses with a shot to the body
and Rivera counters with a leg kick.
Rivera misses with a wild body shot.
Karth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karth scores with a decent looking hook.
Rivera lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Karth backs up against the cage.
Yorgrim Karth is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karth throws a jab when Rivera was well out of range.
Rivera takes one to the chin there.
Karth lands a nice hook to Rivera's body. Rivera takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rivera misses the shot to the body.
Rivera misses with a hook. Karth ducked under it nicely.
Karth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivera can do to turn this around?
Karth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Rivera might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Karth has got the better of the exchanges.
Karth connects with a single shot there.
Karth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Karth takes a swing at Rivera's ribcage but misses.
Karth misses with a wild body shot.
Karth with a nice cross.
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!
Karth misses with a looping right.
Karth stuns Rivera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rivera is breathing heavily.
Karth throws a hook but Rivera avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karth changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rivera!
The fighters circling - Karth throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yorgrim Karth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karth.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rivera.
Rivera gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Karth.
Karth throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karth lands a jab to Rivera's midsection.
Karth connects with a nice looking jab.
Karth lands a slapping body shot.
Karth connects with a body shot that sends Rivera's belly button to the back.
Rivera has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rivera slips a jab from Karth.
Karth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivera moves away.
Karth throws the left hand but Rivera avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karth works the jab nicely.
Rivera looks to score with a jab to the body but Karth is just out of range.
Rivera throws an overhand right that lands on Karth's shoulder, as Karth tries to avoid the shot.
Karth scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Karth scores with a punch to the head.
Karth blocks a head kick by Rivera.
Rivera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nice defenses there by Rivera.
Rivera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karth.
Rivera drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Karth throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karth scores with a nice strike.
Rivera staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Karth finds it's target.
Rivera takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Karth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rivera.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rivera takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rivera has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Karth finds it's way round the side to connect with Rivera's head.
Rivera slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karth connects with a body shot.
Karth misses with a lunging right hand
and Rivera finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Karth - just one landing.
Good work by Karth as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karth throws a big shot that misses.
Rivera drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Karth lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yorgrim Karth 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rivera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rivera there as he acknowledges the shot.
Karth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Karth lands a nice looking body shot.
Karth lands with a right hand.
Karth throws out a loose jab but Rivera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karth misses the shot to the body.
Karth throws a hook to the side of Rivera's head but Rivera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karth fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rivera looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rivera gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Karth.
Karth misses with a looping left.
Karth scores with a jab. Rivera acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rivera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Karth lands a glancing blow to the side of Rivera's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karth lands a nice looking body shot.
Karth comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Karth takes a swing at Rivera's ribcage but misses.
Rivera pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Karth swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivera was well out of range. Poor timing from Karth.
Karth takes a swing at Rivera's ribcage but misses.
Karth lunges at Rivera with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rivera's hand.
Rivera swings for the body but Karth moves out of range.
A jab from Karth misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karth. Rivera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karth tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivera was well out of range. Poor timing from Karth.
Karth thows a body shot but no joy.
Karth lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karth throws a right and a left that Rivera avoids nicely.
Rivera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rivera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Karth's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Karth misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Rivera to counter with a crisp jab.
Karth throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Karth scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rivera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karth.
Karth just misses with a punch to the body.
Karth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivera moves away.
Karth thows a body shot but no joy.
Rivera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Karth has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Karth connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karth connects with a nice looking jab.
A swing and a miss from Karth.
Karth connects with a body shot that sends Rivera's belly button to the back.
Karth misses with a jab to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Karth swings widly with a right hand
and Rivera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Juancho Rivera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rivera throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Karth scores with a nice strike.
Rivera drops his hands momentarily and Karth takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Karth scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rivera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karth throws a body punch but Rivera moves out of range.
Karth changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivera moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Karth looks to land a left hand but Rivera moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Rivera misses.
Karth tests Rivera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Karth scores with a hook to the body. Rivera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rivera drops his hands momentarily and Karth takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rivera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karth connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Karth scores with a nice right hand.
Karth thuds his right hand into Rivera's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Karth's corner calls for a 1-2. Karth obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yorgrim Karth showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Karth 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yorgrim Karth!
Yorgrim Karth thanked the fans post fight for their support.