PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stan Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Berserk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivers comes into the arena with Cyco Vision blaring out of the sound system. Stan Rivers is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Rivers
vs
Berserk

182 cm
35
135 lbs
27 - 14 - 2

170 cm
35
140 lbs
30 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Héritage!

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Stan Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thor Berserk!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berserk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Berserk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rivers finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Berserk doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rivers really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rivers moves forwards but Berserk connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Berserk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivers checks the leg kick.
Rivers lands a nice hook to Berserk's body. Berserk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rivers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Berserk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rivers misses the jab.
We've been told by Rivers's head coaches at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Berserk tries a head kick but it misses.
Berserk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Berserk misses the shot to the body.
Rivers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berserk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Rivers.
Rivers misses with a combination
letting Berserk counter with a right hand.
Berserk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Berserk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rivers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers swings for the body but Berserk moves out of range.
Rivers throws a combination that misses
and Berserk counters with a thumping low kick.
A punch combination from Rivers misses.
Berserk tries to counter by closing the distance.
Berserk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Berserk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Berserk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
Rivers lands a head kick!
Rivers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berserk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berserk throws a wild body kick that Rivers sees coming a mile off.
Berserk throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rivers wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Stan Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers misses with a hook.
Rivers throws a looping overhand right but Berserk ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Berserk takes one to the chin there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Berserk. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice side step and Berserk releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A cross from Berserk lands.
Berserk slips under a jab.
Rivers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rivers there as he acknowledges the shot.
Berserk scores with a kick to the body.
Berserk misses with a few strikes there.
Nice shot by Rivers.
Berserk digs a good body shot into Rivers's ribs.
Berserk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Rivers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Berserk.
Rivers misses with a hook
and Berserk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Berserk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Berserk feints a counter leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rivers clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Berserk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rivers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berserk.
Berserk stalls.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Berserk.
Rivers struggles to land a body shot inside as Berserk controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Berserk leaning against his opponent.
Berserk blocks a body shot from Rivers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk blocking some punches.
Berserk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Berserk has Rivers pressed against the cage.
Rivers taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rivers lands with a light punch inside.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Berserk tries a body shot but Rivers blocks it.

Berserk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rivers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Berserk drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Rivers defends it well.
Berserk's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rivers connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Berserk scrambles back to his feet.
Rivers wants to land a leg kick but Berserk is out of range.
Rivers has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Berserk.
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!
Rivers throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Stan Rivers will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rivers moves in looking to clinch but Berserk pushes him off.
Rivers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Berserk.
It seemed like Berserk was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rivers checks a leg kick.
Berserk throws a body shot but no joy.
Berserk lands a slapping body shot.
Rivers tries to clinch but Berserk moves away
and Berserk counters with an inside leg kick.
Rivers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berserk sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berserk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Berserk scores with a jab. Rivers acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Berserk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rivers.
Berserk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rivers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers throws a combination that misses
and Berserk counters with an inside leg kick.
Rivers tries to land a body kick
and Berserk counters with a good low kick that Rivers was not able to check.
Berserk misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Rivers wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rivers steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Berserk. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Rivers gets a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Berserk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Berserk works on Rivers's body with a couple of short punches.
Berserk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Berserk lands a nice uppercut.
Berserk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Berserk lands a shoulder strike.
Rivers lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Berserk fails to land.
Rivers throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Berserks head.
Berserk tries to throw a body punch but Rivers avoids it by throwing Berserk back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Berserk.
Berserk misses with a punch on the inside.
Berserk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivers backwards.
Rivers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Berserk.
Berserk is struggling to control the position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Berserk - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting on Berserk's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Berserk tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivers's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berserk avoids it.

Berserk gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Rivers regains guard.

Rivers has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Berserk is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Rivers scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Berserk takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Berserk has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rivers regains guard immediately.
Berserk trying to control but Rivers is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berserk controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Berserk trying to control the position from guard on top but Rivers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Berserk is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Berserk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch but Berserk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Berserk wants to counter the offense by Rivers and move into the clinch position.
Berserk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Berserk fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Berserk tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.

Berserk closes the distance and pushes Rivers back into the cage.
Rivers throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice body punch from Berserk - that landed with a thud.
Berserk is trying to push Rivers away but Rivers has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rivers blocks an uppercut.
Berserk lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivers letting Berserk take a breather here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Berserk takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berserk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rivers.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Berserk cracks Rivers with a nice body shot.
Rivers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Berserk is stalling here.
Berserk is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rivers misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berserk blocks an uppercut.
Berserk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Berserk.
Berserk stalling against the cage.
Berserk blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Rivers leaning his opponent against the cage.
Berserk misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Berserk as Rivers tries to tie him up.
Berserk trying to stall but Rivers improves his position.
A left hand lands to the body for Rivers.
Berserk stalling the fight.
Berserk stalling in the clinch but Rivers improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thor Berserk.
Rivers throws out a powerful jab.
Berserk is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rivers rather than just go for the knockout.
Berserk connects with an inside leg kick.
Berserk misses with a body kick.
Rivers scores with a one two! Berserk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Thor Berserk has been cut.
Rivers throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Berserk has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivers swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Berserk throws a body kick that misses
and Rivers makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Berserk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivers was well out of range. Poor timing from Berserk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Berserk steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rivers.
Rivers checks a leg kick nicely.
It looked like Rivers wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rivers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rivers's corner calls for a 1-2. Rivers obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rivers throws a series of punches but Berserk avoids them all with ease.
Berserk slips a straight right by Rivers.
Rivers finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rivers.
Good standup being displayed there by Rivers as he connects with a hook.
Berserk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivers doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stan Rivers.
Well Rivers 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Stan Rivers!
Post fight, Stan Rivers took to the microphone: 'I want to thank all you fans for coming out tonight,Héritage! for helping me be strong,KAISER for making me look so good, the gang at Montreal Fighter's Gym,all of my loved ones back home,and Mike Thomas for letting me fight here in the Team Thomas Fight Club! Thank you!!'.
Thor Berserk was interviewed post fight and said 'I am better then this.'.