PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joliver Genetia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cesar Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genetia comes to the cage accompanied by Remain Nameless. Ribeiro is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lo Boy-This Is How I Bang . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Genetia
vs
Ribeiro

172 cm
24
159 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

171 cm
21
150 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joliver Genetia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cesar Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ribeiro lands with an uppercut that bounces Genetia off the cage and back into rage.
Cesar Ribeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Genetia blocks it.
Ribeiro scores with a jab to the head.
Ribeiro throws a shot from downtown. Genetia moves away and avoids it.
Ribeiro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ribeiro misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Ribeiro misses.
Genetia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Genetia uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Genetia throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ribeiro was covering up waiting for the punch and Genetia finishes the takedown easily into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ribeiro holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genetia trying to control but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
Genetia stays in close to Ribeiro's body and controls the position.
Ribeiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Ribeiro, not yet.
Genetia postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Genetia trying to control but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Joliver Genetia wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Genetia moves away from the strike by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro walks forward, straight into a front kick from Genetia.
Ribeiro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Genetia circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Genetia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribeiro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ribeiro throws the left hand but Genetia avoids the punch easily.
Ribeiro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Genetia scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ribeiro managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Genetia.
Ribeiro is looking to regain half guard here but Genetia keeps moving and retains side control.
Genetia scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ribeiro to see if he's OK.
Ribeiro gets back to half guard.
Genetia has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ribeiro is looking to improve his position but Genetia isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genetia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ribeiro can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ribeiro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Genetia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Genetia scoring with strikes but Ribeiro is staying in there.
Genetia wants to control the pace but Ribeiro is squirming around nicely.
Genetia avoids the attempt from Ribeiro to control.

Genetia goes for an armbar but Ribeiro turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Genetia swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Genetia keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Genetia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ribeiro is one step ahead there.
Genetia trying to keep a closed guard but Ribeiro is proving a slippery customer.
Ribeiro wants to control from the top but Genetia keeps moving.
Ribeiro must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Genetia bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ribeiro's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joliver Genetia dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ribeiro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ribeiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Genetia slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro lands a jab to the nose.
Decent striking displayed by Ribeiro there.
Ribeiro might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ribeiro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ribeiro throws a jab but it's blocked by Genetia.
Ribeiro throws a hook to the side of Genetia's head but Genetia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Genetia tries to land a leg kick but Ribeiro saw it coming and moves away.
Joliver Genetia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Genetia ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Genetia throws a front kick that sends Ribeiro stumbling back into the cage.
Ribeiro missing with a left hand there. Genetia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Genetia moves out of range as Ribeiro strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genetia slips a jab from Ribeiro.
Genetia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cesar Ribeiro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Genetia throws the kick towards the body but Ribeiro avoids it.
Genetia slips under a jab.
Genetia staying out of range there.
Ribeiro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Genetias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ribeiro misses with a hook.
Ribeiro lands with an uppercut that bounces Genetia off the cage and back into rage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ribeiro!
Genetia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Genetia needs to keep his hands up - Ribeiro had a free shot at his head there.
Ribeiro digs a good body shot into Genetia's ribs.
Ribeiro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ribeiro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Genetia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a jab when Genetia was well out of range.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that Genetia avoids nicely.
Genetia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ribeiro on the side of the head.
Ribeiro misses with a combination
and Genetia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribeiro misses the jab.
Ribeiro jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ribeiro misses with a hook. Genetia ducked under it nicely.
Ribeiro misses with a wild body shot.
Ribeiro missing with a left hand there. Genetia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sloppy strikes from Ribeiro. Those never looked like landing.
Genetia swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro scores with a three punch combo!
A big left from Ribeiro misses.
Genetia blocks a jab.
Genetia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Genetia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ribeiro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A big left from Ribeiro misses.
Genetia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ribeiro thuds a left hand into Genetia's body.
Ribeiro cracks a nice hook into Genetia's ribs.
Cesar Ribeiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ribeiro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ribeiro misses with a double jab.
Genetia takes one on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Genetia counter with a right hand.
Genetia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Genetia throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ribeiro.
Genetia slips a jab from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Ribeiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Genetia moves out of range as Ribeiro strikes.
Genetia tries a head kick but it misses.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Genetia avoids it easily.
Genetia shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ribeiro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ribeiro scores with a shot to the body.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribeiro connects with a single shot there.
Ribeiro cracks a nice hook into Genetia's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cesar Ribeiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ribeiro lands a jab to the nose.
Genetia staying out of range there.
Genetia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ribeiro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Genetia looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ribeiro misses with a straight right.
Ribeiro misses with a double jab.
Ribeiro misses with a jab to the body
and Genetia counters with a series of strikes. Ribeiro will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ribeiro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Genetia counters with an outside leg kick.
Ribeiro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ribeiro throws a looping overhand right but Genetia ducks down to avoid it.
Ribeiro digs a good hook to Genetia's body.
Ribeiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Genetia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ribeiro misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Genetia avoids it easily.
Genetia just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribeiro misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Ribeiro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ribeiro 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.
Genetia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ribeiro circles away.
Ribeiro throws out a loose jab but Genetia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Genetia slips a jab and a cross from Ribeiro.
Genetia is looking to chop away at Ribeiro's legs.
Ribeiro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big right from Ribeiro misses.
Ribeiro misses the body punch
and Genetia counters with a thumping low kick.
Ribeiro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Genetia counters with a stiff right hand.
Genetia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ribeiro misses with a series of wild punches.
Ribeiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Genetia moves away.
Genetia slips under a jab from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with an uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Ribeiro.
Ribeiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Genetia manages to avoid it.
Genetia throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ribeiro swings for the body but Genetia moves out of range.
Genetia works the jab nicely.
Ribeiro stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Genetia on the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Ribeiro.
Genetia misses with a low kick as Ribeiro jumps back.
Ribeiro throws a big shot that misses.
Ribeiro scores with a body shot.
Ribeiro connects with a jab.
Ribeiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ribeiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Genetia avoids it easily.
A jab from Ribeiro misses.
Genetia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Genetia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ribeiro is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ribeiro throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro misses the shot to the body.
Genetia slips a straight right by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro connects with a right hand. Genetia shakes it off.
Genetia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Ribeiro misses.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Genetia avoids it easily.
Genetia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Genetia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ribeiro lands a right hook to the body.
Ribeiro looks to throw the jab but Genetia is out of range.
Ribeiro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Genetia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ribeiro moves away.
Ribeiro lands with a straight right. Genetia didn't see that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cesar Ribeiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ribeiro has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cesar Ribeiro!