PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mountain Rivera (ranked 7680 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Tea (ranked 4396 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rivera
vs
Tea

197 cm
58
274 lbs
32 - 107 - 0

194 cm
31
263 lbs
12 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 107 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mountain Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ice Tea!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rivera shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tea's guard.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Tea manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Tea is trying to trip Rivera. He has hold of a leg but Rivera is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Tea persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Tea is standing up over Rivera. Rivera looks to escape but Tea dives into side control.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Tea working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Tea is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Rivera is trying to escape and Tea transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Rivera is forced to tap! Nice work there by Tea! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ice Tea!
A relieved looking Ice Tea thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.