PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juancho Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Charyak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rivera
vs
Charyak

189 cm
24
216 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
215 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juancho Rivera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Charyak!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charyak lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rivera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Charyak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivera.

Charyak drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Charyak misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Charyak looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Rivera is avoiding damage well.
Charyak landing a few strikes.
Charyak tries to score with some ground and pound. Rivera controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Charyak working the body and head with strikes.
Rivera is trying to control Charyak's posture but Charyak avoids it.
Rivera tries to buck Charyak off but Charyak is having none of it.
Rivera can't do much from the bottom here.
Charyak has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Charyak in side control, throwing shots but Rivera defends.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charyak tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Charyak throws a strike aimed at the side of Rivera's head but Rivera avoids it well.
Charyak lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Charyak creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Charyak scores with a couple of short elbows.
Charyak is looking to take a break and control but Rivera is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rivera is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Charyak in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Charyak in side control lands a decent elbow.
Charyak has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Rivera!
Rivera on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rivera tries to get out of the position.
Charyak lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Juancho Rivera has been cut.

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!
Charyak working the ground and pound effectively.
Charyak throwing strikes here but Rivera is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Rivera knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Charyak on the ground.
Charyak fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Charyak putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Charyak lands a big shot there that rocks Rivera but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Juancho Rivera's cut is getting worse.
Rivera is breathing heavily.
Charyak putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Jeez, Juancho Rivera's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Juancho Rivera's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brad Charyak! Brad Charyak retains his light heavyweight title!