PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fredrick Felino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivera has chosen Push it to the Limit - Rick Ross as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Felino
vs
Rivera

174 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

183 cm
28
179 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fredrick Felino!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felino walks into a jab.
Felino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rivera counters with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Felino, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Felino throws the kick towards the body but Rivera avoids it.
Rivera connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Felino misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rivera counters with a solid body kick.
Rivera feints and then cracks Felino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Felino down.
Rivera throws a body kick the misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rivera scores with a leg kick.
Felino throws a push kick but Rivera slaps the foot to one side.
Felino throws a sloppy body shot
and Rivera counters with a straight right hand.
Rivera connects with a solid leg kick.
Felino has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivera.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Felino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rivera wants to clinch
and Felino makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera throws a head kick but Felino moves out of range.
Felino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rivera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Felino pushes him off.
Rivera tries to land a front kick but Felino steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Felino thows a leg kick but Rivera checks it
and Rivera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Felino's knee momentarily.
Rivera misses with a head kick.
Felino misses with an uppercut
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rivera is looking to score with low kicks.
Felino misses with a hook
and Rivera counters with a thumping low kick.
Rivera tries to land a front kick but Felino steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Rivera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Felino scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera misses with a leg kick.
Rivera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rivera connects with a solid leg kick.
Felino throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rivera.
Rivera misses with a leg kick
and Felino counters with a nice body shot.
Rivera tries to work over Felino's front leg with a kick but Felino checks it.
Felino blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Felino. Rivera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fredrick Felino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivera throws a leg kick
and Felino counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rivera thinking.
Rivera attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rivera checks a leg kick.
Rivera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Felino manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Felino takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera thumps Felino with a low kick.
Felino is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Felino avoids the head kick by Rivera.
Felino throws a head kick but Rivera moves out of range.
Felino throws an off balance right hand

and Rivera counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rivera.
Felino avoids the elbow strike from Rivera, against the cage.
Felino is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Felino just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rivera's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Felino.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Felino is trying to push Rivera away but Rivera has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rivera avoids the elbow strike from Felino, against the cage.
Rivera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Felino has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rivera trying to land knees to the body.
Rivera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rivera throws an elbow but it misses.
Rivera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Felino blocks it with crossed arms.
Rivera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera lands an elbow just above Felino 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Felino wants to get back to striking at distance but Rivera won't allow it.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but Felino blocks with his arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Felino.
Rivera misses with an elbow strike.
Felino throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.
Rivera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Felino wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivera looking to throw knees to the head but Felino is blocking nicely.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Rivera blocks the elbow strike.
Felino has had enough of the clinch but Rivera keeps him there for the moment.
Rivera missing with knees to the body.
Rivera landing knees to the head.
Felino wants to break free but Rivera has control.
Rivera avoids the elbow strike from Felino, against the cage.
Felino lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rivera.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivera looking to throw knees to the head but Felino is blocking nicely.
Felino can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Fredrick Felino will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rivera throws a leg kick
and Felino counters with a nice body kick.
Felino misses with a combination
and Felino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Felino throws a lazy body kick

and Rivera counters by clinching up.
Felino tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rivera's elbow.
Felino throws an elbow but it misses.

Felino breaks the clinch.
Felino thows a leg kick but Rivera checks it
and Rivera counters with a head kick.
Felino throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rivera gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Felino counters with a left to the body.
Felino throws a hook to the side of Rivera's head but Rivera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Felino throws a lazy head kick
and Rivera counters with an inside leg kick.
Rivera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Felino.
Felino scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felino throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Rivera counter with a right hand.
Rivera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Felino. That did some damage!
Rivera pivots, looking for a leg kick but Felino is out of range and Rivera settles back down.
Felino fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rivera checks it well.
Rivera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Felino goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Felino misses with a hook to the body
and Rivera counters with a stiff right hand.
Felino misses with a body shot.
Rivera tries to clinch but Felino is having none of it.
Felino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Felino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rivera throws a leg kick that is checked
and Felino counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rivera throws a leg kick
and Felino counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Junior Rivera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivera.
Rivera connects with a high kick.
Felino is looking to wear down Rivera with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Felino misses with a takedown attempt
and Rivera counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rivera is looking to clinch but Felino is avoiding it.
Felino is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rivera's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Rivera throws a front kick aimed at Felino's knee but Felino avoids it well.
Rivera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Felino throws a lazy head kick
and Rivera counters with a thumping low kick.
Felino throws a series of strikes that have Rivera backpedaling.
Rivera throws a head kick but Felino moves out of range.
Rivera lands a head kick. Felino smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rivera throws a leg kick
and Felino counters with a head kick. That will keep Rivera thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Felino swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rivera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Felino's knee momentarily.
Felino tries to land a front kick but Rivera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rivera.
Felino misses the body punch
and Rivera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rivera scores with a kick to the body.
Rivera lands a jab to the nose.
Felino throws a lazy head kick
and Rivera counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rivera lands a head kick. Felino smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rivera throws a leg kick but Felino checks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Rivera blocks the leg kick.
Felino throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rivera counters with a good low kick that Felino was not able to check.
Felino buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felino slips a straight right by Rivera.
Rivera takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rivera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Felino scores with a kick to the body.
Rivera looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Felino misses
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rivera doesn't manage to clinch there - Felino circles away.
Felino looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Felino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felino throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rivera shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rivera misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrick Felino dominated that second round.
That's time! Felino's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A nice leg kick lands there from Felino.
Felino throws a sloppy head kick and Rivera moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Felino is predictable there
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rivera misses with an uppercut.
Felino looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivera is just out of range.
Rivera tries to clinch up
and Felino counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rivera misses with a head kick.
Rivera moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fredrick Felino is winning the standup battle so far.
Felino misses with the body kick
and Rivera counters with an inside leg kick.
Felino dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rivera. That did some damage!
Rivera defending well as Felino loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felino tries for a takedown but Rivera sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Felino fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rivera looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Felino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Felino with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rivera counters with a good, hard body kick but Felino shrugs it off.
Rivera has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rivera scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rivera misses with a low kick.
Rivera lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
An inside leg kick lands from Rivera.
Felino swings for the body but Rivera moves out of range.
Rivera misses with a head kick.

Rivera clinches up with Felino and pushes him back against the cage.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rivera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Felino.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Felino can't break the clinch.
Felino lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rivera tries a knee to the head but Felino blocks it.
Rivera is trying to force a seperation but Felino has the dominant position.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Rivera misses with a knee strike.
Felino struggles to land a body shot inside as Rivera controls his hands.
Rivera lands an elbow that stopped Felino in his tracks for a moment.
Felino wants to break the clinch but can't.
Felino looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Felino's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Felino lands a shot to the body.
Felino misses with an elbow over the top.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Felino can't break the clinch.
Rivera prevents Felino from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rivera trying to land knees to the body.
Rivera misses with a knee to the head.
Rivera throws an elbow that misses.
Rivera lands an elbow that stopped Felino in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Fredrick Felino has been cut.
Rivera tries to land a knee to the head but Felino blocks with his arms.
Felino has had enough of the clinch but Rivera keeps him there for the moment.
Felino wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Felino's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rivera throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rivera lands a high kick!
Felino blocks a head kick by Rivera.
Felino misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rivera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Felino counters with a big head kick but Rivera shrugs it off.
Rivera fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felino throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rivera counters with a nice leg kick.
Rivera blocks the body kick.
Felino fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rivera avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fredrick Felino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivera throws a low kick but Felino avoids it.
Felino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivera manages to avoid it.
Felino throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivera. That's going to slow Felino down.

Rivera gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Felino breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Felino takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rivera throws a jab but it's blocked by Felino.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Junior Rivera just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Fredrick Felino's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rivera thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Felino if he has to take too many more of those.
Rivera lands a nice looking body kick.
Rivera misses with a head kick.
Felino stuns Rivera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rivera throws a good cross that connects.
Rivera lands a nice shot that snaps Felino's head back.
Felino lands with a nice body kick.
Rivera lands with a kick to the temple. Felino shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Felino blocks a leg kick.
Felino will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rivera misses with a low kick.
A leg kick checked by Felino.
Rivera misses with a body kick.
Felino tries to bum rush Rivera with a series of wild strikes but Rivera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rivera - that will leave a mark!
Felino avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Felino takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rivera is looking to clinch but Felino is avoiding it.
Felino throws a hook to the side of Rivera's head but Rivera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rivera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Felino's head.
Rivera throws a leg kick that is checked
and Felino counters with an inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Felino misses
and Rivera counters with an outside leg kick.
Rivera throws out a leg kick but Felino moves out of range and Rivera only half commits.
Rivera moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera ducks right into an uppercut from Felino.
A slapping body kick lands there for Felino.
Felino moves out of range of the body kick.

Felino scores with a takedown into Rivera's guard.
Rivera looking for a sweep. Not yet Rivera, not yet.
Rivera is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Felino working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rivera wants to sweep here but Felino controlling him for the moment.
Felino trying to control but Rivera is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felino stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rivera swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Felino wants to control from the top but Rivera keeps moving.
Rivera preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Felino postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rivera avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Felino looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Felino throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rivera works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rivera utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Felino tries to free his leg and advance position but Rivera is retaining full guard.
Rivera really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Felino. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rivera is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Felino passes Rivera's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Felino missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Felino looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rivera with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Felino maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Rivera could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Felino has cracked it and Rivera is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Felino!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Fredrick Felino!
Fredrick Felino retains his welterweight title!