PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mountain Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seem Less (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Less has chosen Song 2 - Blur as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Rivera
vs
Less

197 cm
24
274 lbs
5 - 22 - 0

200 cm
25
230 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mountain Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seem Less!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Less shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Less wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rivera keeps working.
Less tries to stand but can't do so whilst Rivera controls his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivera is controlling Less's trapped leg to prevent Less from advancing to side control.
Less wants to get back to his feet.
Rivera makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rivera.
Rivera pulls Less in close to prevent any damage.
Less trying to control but Rivera is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera is adopting a defensive guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Rivera shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Rivera is in close to Less's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Rivera avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rivera throws a big right hand that misses.
Less is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rivera is controlling him.
Rivera postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rivera controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rivera trying to control but Less is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Less looking for a guillotine here but Rivera defends easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rivera controlling from the top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Less is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rivera with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rivera looking to sit in guard and control but Less gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Rivera had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Less defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Less is looking to stand up but Rivera won't let him.
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.

Rivera has his foot on Less's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Less works his way back into a safe position though.
Rivera bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Less's guard.

Less is looking for a triangle but Rivera pushes his legs off easily.
Less can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rivera controls the pace.
Less keeping moving, preventing Rivera from controlling successfully.
Rivera throws a big right hand that misses.
Rivera loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less being controlled here, momentarily.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Less keeps moving.
Less is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rivera trying to control the position from guard on top but Less is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

We're going to have a standup here because Mountain Rivera wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Horrible takedown by Rivera or perhaps it was just good defense by Less which made him look bad.
Rivera looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Less shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rivera sprawls well. Rivera wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Less gets slowly back to his feet.
Rivera fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mountain Rivera dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rivera is trying hard to land a takedown here. Less sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Less scores with a jab to the head.

Less closes the distance and clinches.
Less misses with some punches.
Less working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Less misses with a body punch.
Rivera tries for a takedown. No joy.

Rivera breaks the clinch.
Less looks to land a combination but Rivera avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from Rivera. No joy for Less on that attempt.
Less looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown but Less shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mountain Rivera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Less as he jumps to the side.
Rivera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Less defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera slips a jab and a cross from Less.
Sloppy strikes from Rivera. Those never looked like landing.
Less throws a right and a left that both miss.

Less gets tackled into the cage by Rivera. Rivera maintains the clinch.

Less's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rivera fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rivera fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Less looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rivera tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Less swivels and escapes.

Rivera gets tackled into the cage by Less. Less maintains the clinch.
Less lands a left hand.

Rivera jumps guard.

Less decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera shoots and misses

and Less counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Less is thwarting Rivera's attempts to control the position.
Less looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Less wants to work for an arm triangle but Rivera is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Rivera tries to roll over but Less keeps him under control.
Mountain Rivera overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Less wants to stand up but Rivera is controlling the position.
Rivera trying to control but Less postures up.
Rivera is staying active underneath Less, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera keeping control of the position.
Rivera moves into full guard.

Rivera is looking for a triangle but Less pushes his legs off easily.
Less trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rivera's guard.
Less won't allow Rivera to sweep him here.
Less distracts Rivera with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rivera has a closed guard, preventing Less from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less trying to control but Rivera is working from the bottom.
Rivera manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rivera controlling the position easily from mount.
Less is squirming around, avoiding Rivera's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera breaks from Less's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rivera controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Seem Less will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rivera closes the distance and clinches up with Less, looking for a takedown. Rivera pushes Less against the cage but Less circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Less pushes him off.
Less wants to clinch.
Rivera takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A jab lands there for Less.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Less has a takedown stuffed.

Less manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Rivera on his heels. He'll look to pass Rivera's guard now, I'm sure.
Less connects with a couple of short punches.

Rivera has his feet on Less's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivera shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Less sprawls well. Less wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rivera gets slowly back to his feet.

Rivera shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rivera showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rivera prevents Less from standing back up.
Rivera tries to pass to full mount but Less defends it.
Less has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rivera is working away from the top position though.
Less blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rivera.
Rivera thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Less's head.

Less looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rivera looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rivera throwing shots but Less is blocking nicely.
Rivera trying to control from half guard but Less is working away.
Rivera takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Less is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rivera pulls his head out easily.

Rivera is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rivera wants to control but Less is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera slows the pace down in half guard.
Less looks like he's trying to stand up.
Less is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rivera is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Less looking for submissions off his back.
Rivera working Less over with strikes.
Less pushes Rivera off looking to stand but Rivera dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Less regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rivera.
Rivera working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Less keeping moving, preventing Rivera from controlling successfully.
Rivera lands a couple of elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rivera won't allow Less to get back to his feet.
Rivera throws a big elbow that misses.
Rivera trying to control but Less is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mountain Rivera showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rivera has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

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