PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Delson Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shissi Aren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro comes to the cage accompanied by Racionais MC's - Expresso da Meia-Noite. Shissi Aren is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ribeiro
vs
Aren

174 cm
25
212 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

175 cm
21
218 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Delson Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shissi Aren!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro stalks Aren and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Aren's face. Aren staggers backwards, shaken.
Aren keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Ribeiro drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ribeiro sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Aren is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Aren is looking for a sweep.
Aren is not content to let Ribeiro control the position.
Aren is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribeiro moves into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro with the ground and pound from mount.
Ribeiro trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Ribeiro connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ribeiro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aren is looking to escape.

Ribeiro is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Aren can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ribeiro wants to control the pace but Aren is squirming around nicely.
Aren is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ribeiro lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aren hang on?
Ribeiro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aren is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ribeiro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aren is looking to escape.
The referee warns Aren that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ribeiro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ribeiro tries to control but Aren wriggling away.
Ribeiro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Aren can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Aren is desperately trying to improve his position but Ribeiro has a good base and remains in mount.
Ribeiro landing punches.
Aren in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro with the ground and pound from mount.
Ribeiro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ribeiro wants to control but instead Aren manages to regain half guard.
Ribeiro stalling away here and it's allowed Aren to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ribeiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Aren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aren utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Ribeiro avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aren keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Ribeiro is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Aren is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ribeiro wants to pass the guard but Aren is keeping the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Aren tries to strike from the bottom.
Ribeiro controlling from the top position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribeiro landing some decent shots from guard.
Ribeiro chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Delson Ribeiro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ribeiro shoots in for a double leg but Aren sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aren dodges the punch combination from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Aren backs up against the cage.
Jab by Ribeiro.
Aren tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Aren has taken the fight to the clinch.

Aren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Ribeiro does no damage.
Ribeiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Aren avoids it easily.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that Aren avoids nicely.
Aren blocks a jab.
Aren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribeiro has his takedown stuffed

and Aren counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Aren pushes down on Ribeiro's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Aren perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Aren decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ribeiro.
Ribeiro swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Aren counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aren is breathing heavily.
Ribeiro tries to get to full guard but Aren has control of the leg.
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet.

Ribeiro makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Ribeiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ribeiro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aren.
Ribeiro misses with the combination.
Ribeiro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Aren.

Ribeiro shoots in and bounces Aren off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribeiro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ribeiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Aren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Aren is working an open guard so Ribeiro takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Ribeiro fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Aren sprawls well initially but Ribeiro persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ribeiro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Aren won't allow Ribeiro to pass to mount.

Ribeiro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ribeiro lands a nice short elbow.
Ribeiro is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aren wants to control but Ribeiro is keeping busy.
Aren blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro wants to control but Aren is keeping him busy.
Aren is trying to get back to full guard.
Delson Ribeiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ribeiro trying to mount his opponent but Aren defends it.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ribeiro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ribeiro is keen to just control but Aren is a slippery customer.
Ribeiro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ribeiro misses with a head shot. Aren uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ribeiro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Aren manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ribeiro manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aren wants to control from the top but Ribeiro keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Shissi Aren will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - 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.

Ribeiro tries to clinch there but Aren circles away.
Ribeiro misses with an uppercut. Aren saw that one coming.
Ribeiro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Aren counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Aren.
Ribeiro is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Aren not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ribeiro is trying to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Aren manages to mount him!
Ribeiro tries to hold on but Aren postures up.
Ribeiro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Aren lands a big shot there that rocks Ribeiro but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro can't escape the position.
Ribeiro wants to hold on but Aren pushes him away.
Aren lands a nice shot to the head.
Ribeiro gets back to half guard.
Aren prevents Ribeiro from standing back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ribeiro actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Aren there.
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet.
Ribeiro wants to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Ribeiro working to try and regain half guard.
Ribeiro squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aren in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Aren punishing his opponent with strikes.
Aren unloading with bombs!
Ribeiro is wriggling around trying to escape.
Aren cracks Ribeiro with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shissi Aren!