PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Eugene Hickock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexandre Riberio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandre Riberio has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Richard Eugene Hickock's chin.

Eugene Hickock
vs
Riberio

180 cm
21
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
30
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Eugene Hickock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandre Riberio!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hickock 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 Riberio has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Riberio and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Hickock drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Riberio wants to sweep but no luck.
Hickock trying to control but Riberio is working from the bottom.
Hickock won't allow Riberio to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Riberio working for a triangle but Hickock defends it easily.
Hickock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Riberio is keeping the position for now.

Riberio working for a triangle but Hickock defends it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Riberio throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hickock wants to stand but Riberio is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hickock is stalling in the full guard.

Riberio looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Hickock has picked Riberio up and slammed him! Riberio can't keep hold of the triangle and Hickock manages to pass to side control!
Riberio manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Riberio is working for a kimura but Hickock is defending it quite comfortably.
Riberio thows a huge punch but Hickock dodges it nicely.
Hickock is looking to control Riberio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hickock avoid being mounted?
Hickock gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riberio works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hickock wants to improve his position but Riberio is controlling well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Riberio is pressing down on Hickock's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hickock is holding on for now.

Riberio looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Hickock is defending against the submission attempts here by Riberio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Riberio is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hickock doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Riberio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riberio is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hickock doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Riberio.
Hickock tries to kick Riberio off but Riberio keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Riberio seems to be looking for submissions.

Riberio seems to be working for a kimura but Hickock defends the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riberio sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hickock defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riberio uses his free foot to push down on Hickock's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hickock.
Riberio dominating with strikes here.

Riberio is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hickock has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Riberio has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Hickock is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alexandre Riberio!
Alexandre Riberio was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.