PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Bivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Busta Rhymes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bivar comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC Back In Black. The crowd seem to be enjoying Rhymes's choice of entrance music: Winter Warz. Luciano Bivar could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Busta Rhymes's chin.

Bivar
vs
Rhymes

196 cm
30
214 lbs
16 - 11 - 0

185 cm
37
217 lbs
33 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luciano Bivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Busta Rhymes!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhymes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rhymes circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rhymes counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Luciano Bivar has been cut.
Bivar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rhymes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bivar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rhymes.
Bivar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bivar tries to clinch up.
Rhymes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Bivar rushes Rhymes and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bivar.
Rhymes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bivar up against the cage.

Rhymes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bivar misses the shot to the body.
Bivar slips a jab from Rhymes.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rhymes has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bivar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Rhymes to counter with a crisp jab.
Rhymes blocks a head kick by Bivar.
Rhymes throws out a loose jab but Bivar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luciano Bivar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bivar tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rhymes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rhymes blocks a head kick by Bivar.

Bivar forces Rhymes back against the cage and clinches.
Rhymes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rhymes misses with the head strike.
Rhymes throws a head punch that misses.
Rhymes is trying to break free.
Rhymes tries to break the clinch but Bivar is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bivar misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bivar tries to land a knee to the head but Rhymes blocks with his arms.

Rhymes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Busta Rhymes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rhymes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bivar.
Bivar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rhymes counters with an inside leg kick.
Rhymes throws a one two combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bivar wants to clinch.
Bivar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bivar ducks under a wild hook from Rhymes.
Bivar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rhymes avoids the head kick by Bivar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bivar.
Rhymes throws a sloppy head kick and Bivar moves out of range easily.
Bivar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rhymes.
Rhymes fails to land with a series of punches.
Bivar lands with an overhand left.
Rhymes scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bivar in his tracks.

Bivar has closed the distance and engaged Rhymes in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Bivar has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Rhymes wants to stall.
Bivar lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Bivar fails to land.
Bivar looking to stall.

Rhymes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bivar is looking to clinch but Rhymes is avoiding it.

Bivar moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rhymes lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Rhymes breaks the clinch.
Rhymes misses with a hook
and Bivar counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Bivar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rhymes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Rhymes does no damage.
Rhymes jabs Bivar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bivar is looking to clinch but Rhymes is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Bivar.
Bivar throws a sloppy head kick

and Rhymes counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Bivar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bivar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rhymes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bivar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rhymes is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Busta Rhymes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luciano Bivar's cut.
That's time! Bivar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rhymes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bivars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bivar looks to clinch
and Rhymes counters with a crisp right that sends Bivar to the canvas! Rhymes follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Busta Rhymes!
An out of breath and clearly excited Busta Rhymes thanked TFP Graphics - Pit Inc for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).