PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ireneo Requina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cris Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorh has chosen Heaven & Hell as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Requina
vs
Dorh

182 cm
25
194 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

183 cm
27
195 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ireneo Requina!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cris Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorh shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Requina holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dorh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dorh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dorh scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dorh.
Requina using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dorh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Requina missing with knees to the body.

Dorh is fighting off a takedown attempt but Requina is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dorh to the mat. Dorh regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Dorh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Requina is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dorh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Requina stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dorh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Requina preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Requina postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Requina pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dorh is keeping the position for now.
Requina 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.
Requina sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dorh's guard.
Requina controlling the action here.
Dorh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dorh is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Requina's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Requina's back!
Requina turns into Dorh and is now in his guard.
Dorh keeping moving, preventing Requina from controlling successfully.
Requina in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Requina wants to control from the top but Dorh keeps moving.
Dorh controls Requina momentarily but Requina frees himself.
Requina working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Requina avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Requina trying to control but Dorh is working from the bottom.
Dorh is trying to hold Requina in close to prevent damage but Requina has managed to pass into half guard.
Requina controlling the pace.
Requina landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorh is looking to improve his position.
Requina passes to full mount!
Requina lands a big elbow.
Requina working the ground and pound effectively.
Dorh is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dorh is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Requina controlling from the full mount.
Requina has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Dorh working to try and regain half guard.
Dorh wants to hold on but Requina pushes him away.
Dorh is trying desperately to improve position.
Requina controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Dorh that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Requina prevents Dorh from getting the reversal.
Requina fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dorh closes the distance and clinches up with Requina, looking for a takedown. Dorh pushes Requina against the cage but Requina circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Requina closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Requina lands in his opponent's guard.
Requina stands and throws Dorh's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Requina wants to control but Dorh is keeping him busy.
Dorh on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dorh being controlled for a moment.
Dorh is looking to regain half guard here but Requina keeps moving and retains side control.
Dorh is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Requina is one step ahead and moves to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Requina controlling the pace for now.
Requina prevents Dorh from getting the reversal.
Requina landing strikes from the mount and Dorh is in trouble!

Dorh is rocked!
Requina lands a heavy elbow.
Dorh is still in real trouble! Can Requina finish him?
Requina loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Dorh scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Requina land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Requina stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ireneo Requina!
Ireneo Requina retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Ireneo Requina, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.