PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nalle Puh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucian Rivero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Puh might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Nalle Puhin uudet seikkailut. Rivero has chosen Hustle Hard as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Puh
vs
Rivero

185 cm
23
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

187 cm
26
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nalle Puh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucian Rivero!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivero throws a hook but Puh blocks it.
Puh jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A combination from Puh does no damage.
Rivero throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rivero thumps Puh with a low kick.
A head kick by Puh misses
and Rivero counters with a low kick, right behind Puh 's knee.

Puh closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Puh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Puh controls the position.
Puh working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Rivero tries to escape but Puh is in control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivero is looking to regain half guard here but Puh keeps moving and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee asks Puh politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Puh prefers to stall for the moment though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nalle Puh.
Puh throws a jab when Rivero was well out of range.

Puh closes the distance and clinches.
Puh blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivero being controlled against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Puh pushes Rivero back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivero on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puh with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rivero avoiding damage as Puh throws knees to the body.
Puh lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Puh looking to stall.
Puh seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Rivero is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Puh is breathing heavily.
Puh looking to throw knees to the head but Rivero is blocking nicely.
Puh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Puh creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Puh throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Puh pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Puh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivero is defending well for now.
Puh stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The referee calls for Rivero to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rivero as Puh tries to tie him up.
Puh can't find room to land a body shot as Rivero controls the action.
Rivero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivero blocking some punches.
Rivero avoiding damage as Puh throws knees to the body.
Puh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Puh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Puh tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivero's elbow.
Rivero avoiding damage as Puh throws knees to the body.
Rivero looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Puh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivero is defending well for now.

Rivero breaks from the clinch.
Rivero attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Puh pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rivero feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Puh's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rivero with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Puh to score with a decent uppercut.
Puh tries to land a body kick
and Rivero counters with a head kick.
Rivero defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Puh.
Rivero throws a nice head kick!
Rivero throws a push kick but Puh slaps the foot to one side.
Puh throws a sloppy head kick
and Rivero counters with an outside leg kick.
Rivero pushes Puh away with a front kick.
Puh darts in trying to clinch
and Rivero counters with an outside leg kick.
Puh misses with a kick to the body
and Rivero counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Puh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Puh thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucian Rivero dominated that round.
That's time! Puh's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rivero moves away from the strike by Puh.
Puh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Puh moves to clinch but Rivero breaks away
and Rivero counters with a low kick, right behind Puh 's knee.
Nalle Puh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Puh throws a sloppy head kick
and Rivero counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Puh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rivero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Puh shoots for a double leg takedown but Rivero sprawls well. He's pushed Puh's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Puh thows a leg kick but Rivero checks it
and Rivero counters with a nice leg kick.
Rivero uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Puh.
Puh swinging wildly here.
Puh misses with a lunging right hand
and Rivero counters with a nice low kick that buckles Puh's knee momentarily.
Puh throws a hook but Rivero avoids it easily.
Puh is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big left from Rivero misses.
Puh loads up on a big right hand but Rivero slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivero fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Puh.
Rivero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rivero walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Puh checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rivero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivero tries to work over Puh's front leg with a kick but Puh checks it.
Puh throws a leg kick
and Rivero counters with a low kick, right behind Puh 's knee.
Puh tries to clinch up
and Rivero counters with a nice low kick that buckles Puh's knee momentarily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Puh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rivero's brow.
Puh misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rivero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivero moves away from the strike by Puh.
Puh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rivero circles away quickly and effectively.
Puh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rivero checks a leg kick.
Puh moves to clinch but Rivero breaks away
and Rivero counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Puh misses with a straight left.
Rivero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivero is looking to score with low kicks.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Puh.
Nalle Puh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivero looks to land a body kick but Puh moved away.
Puh wants to clinch but Rivero slips to the side
and Rivero counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivero swats away the attempt to clinch by Puh.
Puh tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Puh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheers as Puh lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rivero doesn't seem phased though.
Puh scores with a hook to the body. Rivero takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
No joy there for Puh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puh tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puh wants to clinch
and Rivero counters with a good low kick that Puh was not able to check.
Puh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivero.
Rivero lands a leg kick that knocks Puh off balance momentarily.
Puh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivero.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puh.
A head kick by Puh misses
and Rivero makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Puh really felt that one!
Rivero thuds his shin into the meat of Puh's side.
Puh shoots for a takedown but Rivero saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nalle Puh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Puh checks a leg kick.
Rivero misses with a body kick.
Puh closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rivero counters with a good low kick that Puh was not able to check.
Rivero is looking to chop away at Puh's legs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Puh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Puh throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rivero's waist but Rivero gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Puh off to one side.
Good leg kick by Rivero there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucian Rivero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rivero pivots, looking for a leg kick but Puh is out of range and Rivero settles back down.
A telegraphed right hand from Puh misses the target.
Puh misses with the body kick
and Rivero makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Puh really felt that one!
Puh tries to clinch up.
Puh tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puh throws a leg kick
and Rivero counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Puh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rivero has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rivero and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rivero feints and then cracks Puh's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puh down.
Rivero avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rivero throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Puh looks to land a combination but Rivero avoids it well.
Puh is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rivero pivots, looking for a leg kick but Puh is out of range and Rivero settles back down.
Lucian Rivero seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivero moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Puh throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rivero counters with a good low kick that Puh was not able to check.
Puh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rivero connects with a solid leg kick.
Rivero throws a hook but Puh avoids it easily.
Rivero swats away the attempt to clinch by Puh.
Puh thows a leg kick but Rivero checks it
and Rivero counters with a thumping low kick.
A lazy body kick from Puh
and Rivero makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rivero throws a head kick but Puh moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivero.
Rivero throws a head kick that half lands.
Rivero circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rivero counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivero throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rivero lands a head kick. Puh smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Puh doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivero circles away.
Puh has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rivero.
Puh throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rivero counters with a good low kick that Puh was not able to check.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rivero.
Puh looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rivero throws a leg kick which misses Puh's front leg but catches the back leg as Puh tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivero lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rivero scoring well with a low kick there.
Puh blocks a head kick by Rivero.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rivero. Puh shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puh avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lucian Rivero is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rivero throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rivero tried to score with a low kick but Puh checks it.
Rivero throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Puh throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rivero counters with an inside leg kick.
Puh throws a leg kick
and Rivero counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivero throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Puh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rivero ducks under a wild hook from Puh.
Rivero is looking to score with low kicks.
Puh will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Puh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Puh moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivero.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Puh throws an elbow that misses.
Puh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rivero's efforts to push away.
Rivero blocks an uppercut.
Puh creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nalle Puh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puh has Rivero pressed against the cage, preventing Rivero from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Puh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rivero has had enough of the clinch but Puh keeps him there for the moment.
Rivero tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Puh avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rivero as Puh tries to tie him up.
With the fighters up against the cage, Puh throws an elbow but misses.
Puh throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Puh fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Rivero's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rivero working hard to break the clinch.
Puh tries to land knees in the clinch but Rivero avoids the damage to the body.
Lucian Rivero is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rivero wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Rivero's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lucian Rivero comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rivero winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucian Rivero!