PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vic Tori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tori's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Walk by Pantera. Rivera has chosen Push it to the Limit - Rick Ross as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Junior Rivera enters the cage!

Tori
vs
Rivera

180 cm
26
179 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

183 cm
27
179 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vic Tori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Junior Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tori throws a head kick that Rivera semi-blocks.
Tori throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivera.
Tori swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tori throws a sloppy head kick
and Rivera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tori checks a leg kick nicely.
Tori fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tori throws a leg kick that is checked

and Rivera moves into the clinch.
Tori managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
Tori is trying to drag Rivera to the mat but Rivera just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rivera lands a knee to the body.
Rivera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rivera crunches a lovely knee into Tori's ribcage.
Tori avoiding damage as Rivera throws knees to the body.
Rivera lands a good knee to the midsection. Tori won't want to take too many of those.
Tori blocks an elbow strike.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Tori tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rivera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tori backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rivera.
Rivera landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tori is breathing heavily.
Rivera lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Vic Tori has been cut.
A knee to the head by Rivera.
Rivera throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rivera scores with a knee to the head.

Rivera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tori throws a poor cross that misses
and Rivera counters with a nice uppercut.
Vic Tori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tori lands a head kick!
Tori looks to land a combination. Rivera sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tori throws a head kick that misses
and Rivera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tori's knee momentarily.

Tori gets tackled into the cage by Rivera. Rivera maintains the clinch.
Rivera trying to land knees to the body.
Rivera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tori is defending well for now.
Rivera looking to throw knees to the head but Tori is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tori is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Tori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Tori avoids the damage to the body.
Tori is trying to break free.
Nice body punch from Tori.
Nice body punch from Tori - that landed with a thud.
Tori tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
Tori throws a head kick that misses
and Rivera counters with a nice uppercut.

Rivera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tori, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivera keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tori's efforts to push away.

Tori decides to pull guard.
Rivera missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tori knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rivera on the ground.
Tori utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tori being controlled here, momentarily.
Rivera postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rivera trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tori avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tori on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tori tries to get out of the position.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Tori keeps moving.
Rivera is looking to work some ground and pound but Tori has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rivera with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rivera is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rivera trying to control but Tori is working from the bottom.
Rivera tries to free his leg and advance position but Tori is retaining full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rivera working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Rivera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vic Tori's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rivera closes the distance and clinches.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Tori avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tori.
Tori avoids a wild elbow strike from Rivera.
Tori drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rivera gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but Tori blocks it.
Tori dodges an elbow strike from Rivera.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but Tori blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tori tries to break free but Rivera pushes him back against the cage.
Rivera tries to land knees in the clinch but Tori avoids the damage to the body.
Rivera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tori has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Tori is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rivera gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tori.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rivera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rivera lands an elbow just above Tori 's eye.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Tori jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rivera walks away with a smile on his face. Tori gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Tori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tori tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tori tries to work over Rivera's front leg with a kick but Rivera checks it.
Tori throws a combination that misses
and Rivera counters with a straight right hand.
Tori tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tori throws a sloppy head kick
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rivera counters with an outside leg kick.
Tori throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rivera.
Rivera lands a lovely overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tori throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rivera drops his hands momentarily and Tori takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tori misses with a leg kick

and Rivera moves into the clinch.
Tori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tori lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tori avoids a wild elbow strike from Rivera.
Rivera looking to throw knees to the head but Tori is blocking nicely.
Tori wants a takedown.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tori tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rivera smiles and moves away.
Tori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Rivera counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tori preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tori controlling Rivera's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tori swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tori avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rivera wants to pass the guard but Tori is keeping the position.
Tori is trying to keep Rivera in close.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rivera stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tori swivels though and keeps the full guard.

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.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Tori keeps moving.
Tori is wriggling around but Rivera manages to pass to half guard.
Rivera passes the guard and advances to mount!
BOOM! Rivera connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Rivera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vic Tori's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

A head kick by Tori misses
and Rivera counters with an outside leg kick.
Rivera takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rivera 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 Tori has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tori and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rivera checks a leg kick nicely.
Tori throws a head kick that misses

and Rivera holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rivera lands an elbow inside.

Tori breaks the clinch.
Rivera slips a jab and a cross from Tori.
Tori swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivera counters with a nice uppercut.
Rivera scores with a head kick. Tori tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tori fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivera manages to avoid it.
Tori throws a combination that misses
enabling Rivera to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick by Tori misses

and Rivera holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rivera blocks an uppercut.
Junior Rivera seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tori tries to pull guard but Rivera holds him up against the cage and eventually Tori drops back down to his feet.
Tori managing to block the knees to the body from Rivera.
Tori is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rivera is keeping busy.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but Tori blocks it.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tori.
Rivera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rivera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tori blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tori.
Tori dodges an elbow strike from Rivera.
Tori has had enough of the clinch but Rivera keeps him there for the moment.
Tori tries to score a body lock takedown but Rivera shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rivera.
Nice elbow from Rivera.
Tori has Rivera pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rivera manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vic Tori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivera trying to land knees to the body.

That's two 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.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but Tori blocks with his arms.
Rivera lands a damaging elbow.
Rivera comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tori can't get the takedown.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Vic Tori's cut is getting worse.

Rivera manages to break the clinch.
Tori throws a lazy head kick
and Rivera counters with an outside leg kick.
Rivera takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rivera tries a head kick but it misses.
Tori throws a lazy head kick
and Rivera counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tori avoids the head kick by Rivera.
Tori misses with a double jab
and Rivera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tori.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tori throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rivera.
Tori throws a head kick that misses
and Rivera counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tori throws a head kick but Rivera moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rivera scores with a nice strike.
Tori avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tori throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivera misses with a low kick.
Tori swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rivera counters with a straight right hand.
Tori scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tori misses with a series of wild punches.
Tori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vic Tori has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Tori misses

and Rivera counters with a shoot takedown. Tori fights it but they end up in guard.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Tori keeps moving.

Rivera is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tori preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rivera with a flurry of punches that miss.

Tori looking for a guillotine here but Rivera defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Rivera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rivera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Rivera!