PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Deputado Tiririca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raul Karhim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karhim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Three Days Grace - The Good Life. Raul Karhim looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Tiririca
vs
Karhim

190 cm
21
187 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Deputado Tiririca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raul Karhim!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiririca lands a high kick!
Tiririca shoots in and drives through. Karhim sprawls well.
Tiririca plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Karhim throws a series of punches but Tiririca moves out of range.
Karhim throws a nice looking combination but Tiririca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karhim is looking to clinch but Tiririca is avoiding it.
Tiririca throws a head kick that Karhim semi-blocks.
Tiririca lands with a kick to the temple. Karhim shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Deputado Tiririca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karhim misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiririca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tiririca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiririca throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Karhim's head.
Tiririca lands with a slapping head kick.

Tiririca forces Karhim back against the cage and clinches.

Tiririca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tiririca tries to clinch there but Karhim circles away.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch but Karhim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tiririca tries to clinch up but Karhim circles away and keeps his distance.
Karhim has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tiririca.
Tiririca lands a head kick. Karhim smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Tiririca clinches with his opponent.

Karhim manages to break the clinch.
A head kick from Tiririca lands but Karhim takes it in his stride.

Karhim forces Tiririca back against the cage and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiririca putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Karhim in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Karhim managing to block the knees to the body from Tiririca.
Tiririca has Karhim pressed against the cage, preventing Karhim from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karhim looks gassed!

Karhim breaks the clinch.
Tiririca lands with a slapping head kick.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch but Karhim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karhim fails to land with a series of punches.

Tiririca drives through and clinches with Karhim against the cage.

Karhim breaks from the clinch.

Tiririca shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Karhim manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tiririca postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Karhim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tiririca working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Karhim throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Karhim looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tiririca is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tiririca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tiririca postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tiririca will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiririca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tiririca tries to clinch but Karhim moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karhim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karhim fails to land the takedown.

Tiririca closes the distance and pushes Karhim back into the cage.

Tiririca breaks from the clinch.

Tiririca forces Karhim back against the cage and clinches.
Tiririca wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Karhim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karhim walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tiririca.
Tiririca lands with a kick to the temple. Karhim shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tiririca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Karhim keeps the fight on the outside.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karhim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tiririca throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Karhim's head.
Karhim throws a sloppy head kick and Tiririca moves out of range easily.
Tiririca throws a head kick that Karhim semi-blocks.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karhim swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiririca tries to clinch there but Karhim circles away.
Tiririca lands a high kick!

Karhim drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Karhim is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Karhim lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhim cracks Tiririca with a big elbow.
Karhim advances to mount.
Tiririca is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deputado Tiririca dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Karhim misses with an uppercut. Tiririca saw that one coming.
Tiririca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karhim looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tiririca lands with a nice body kick.
Tiririca connects with a high kick.
Tiririca avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tiririca lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Karhim keeps the fight on the outside.

Karhim gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tiririca looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Karhim breaks the clinch.
Karhim throws a right hand that Tiririca ducks under and follows up with a left that Tiririca also avoids with ease.
Karhim tries to clinch up.
Tiririca throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Tiririca throws a head kick that half lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tiririca tries to clinch up.
Tiririca is looking to clinch.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karhim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick from Tiririca lands but Karhim takes it in his stride.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karhim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Karhim clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiririca stalling in the clinch but Karhim improves position.
Karhim prevents Tiririca from breaking the clinch.
Karhim misses with a punch to the body.
Tiririca tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karhim avoids it.

Karhim pulls guard successfully.

Karhim is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tiririca is aware though and is defending well.
Karhim is trying to control the position but Tiririca postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Karhim escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tiririca gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tiririca throwing strikes but missing.
Tiririca throwing strikes but missing.
Tiririca throws a big right hand that misses.
Karhim avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karhim avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tiririca has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tiririca is looking to work some ground and pound but Karhim has wrist control.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karhim misses with a wild combination.
Tiririca wants to clinch up but Karhim keeps it at a distance.
Tiririca moves in looking to clinch but Karhim pushes him off.
Tiririca wants to clinch.
Tiririca throws a head kick that misses.
Deputado Tiririca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karhim shoots for a takedown but Tiririca saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Karhim takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tiririca lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tiririca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tiririca wants to clinch.
Tiririca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tiririca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhim misses with a two punch combination.
Karhim lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Tiririca ducks under a wild hook from Karhim.
Tiririca throws a head kick that Karhim semi-blocks.
Karhim looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tiririca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karhim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karhim misses with a double jab.
Tiririca scores with a head kick.

Karhim decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Karhim moves into full mount! Tiririca won't be happy about that!
Tiririca is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhim trying to control but Tiririca is having none of it.
Karhim landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raul Karhim showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Tiririca lands a high kick!
Karhim takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tiririca throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Karhim.
Tiririca throws a head kick that half lands.
Tiririca slips a jab and a cross from Karhim.
Tiririca lands with a slapping head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiririca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Karhim misses with a double jab.
Tiririca throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Karhim's head.
Tiririca lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tiririca throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Karhim takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Tiririca has a takedown stuffed.
Tiririca fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiririca throws a nice head kick!
Karhim misses with a body kick.
Tiririca lands with a kick to the temple. Karhim shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Karhim clinches up with Tiririca and pushes him back against the cage.

Karhim has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Tiririca uses from the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhim preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Karhim is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tiririca throwing strikes from guard but Karhim blocks nicely.
Tiririca is fighting to break Karhim's control of his arms but Karhim is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Karhim avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tiririca thows a big elbow that misses.

Karhim is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tiririca is aware though and is defending well.

Karhim is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Tiririca has his hands clasped together but Karhim extends an breaks Tiririca's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Karhim.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Raul Karhim!