PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Ryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manos de Piedra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Piedra comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hecho en Mexico kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Ryan
vs
de Piedra

178 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
165 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Acton Nutritional Company

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aaron Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manos de Piedra!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan fails with an attempt to clinch.
de Piedra looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Ryan drives through and clinches with de Piedra against the cage.
Ryan looking to throw knees to the head but de Piedra is blocking nicely.
Ryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ryan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Piedra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ryan avoiding damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ryan.
de Piedra wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
de Piedra drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
de Piedra tries to pull guard but Ryan holds him up against the cage and eventually de Piedra drops back down to his feet.
Ryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ryan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ryan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Ryan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Piedra can't break the clinch.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from de Piedra.
Ryan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Piedra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ryan.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Piedra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ryan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but de Piedra has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ryan.
Ryan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
de Piedra trying to stall but Ryan improves his position.
de Piedra lands a nice uppercut.
de Piedra fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Aaron Ryan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manos de Piedra.
Ryan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from de Piedra.
Ryan stalling the fight.
Ryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ryan tries to land knees in the clinch but de Piedra avoids the damage to the body.
Ryan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ryan with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Ryan.
Ryan keeps control of de Piedra as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
de Piedra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
de Piedra tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ryan is working de Piedra over against the cage.
Ryan looking to throw knees to the head but de Piedra is blocking nicely.
Ryan scores a nice knee to the body.
de Piedra takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ryan with a knee to the head.
de Piedra wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ryan throws an elbow but it misses.
Ryan tries to land a knee to the head but de Piedra blocks with his arms.
de Piedra tries to stall but Ryan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ryan scores with a knee to the head.
de Piedra is trying to maintain a safe position but Ryan gets an underhook and turns de Piedra into the cage.
Ryan tries a knee to the head but de Piedra blocks it.
Ryan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but de Piedra blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ryan landing knees to the head.
Ryan scores a nice knee to the body.
de Piedra trying to stall but Ryan improves his position.
Ryan lands an elbow that stopped de Piedra in his tracks for a moment.
Ryan has de Piedra pushed against the cage.
Ryan crunches a lovely knee into de Piedra's ribcage.
Ryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to de Piedra's face.
Ryan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ryan lands an elbow inside that de Piedra shrugs off.
Ryan tries a knee to the head but de Piedra blocks it.
Ryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Ryan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Piedra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ryan stalling.
Ryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ryan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ryan just leaning against de Piedra, taking a breather.
Ryan unloads a knee to the mid-section. de Piedra lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Ryan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ryan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ryan looking to throw knees to the head but de Piedra is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
de Piedra has Ryan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ryan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ryan lands a nice knee to the body.
de Piedra fails to pull the fight into his guard.
de Piedra is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
de Piedra wants to get back to striking at distance but Ryan won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
de Piedra is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ryan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ryan is stalling here.
Ryan scores a nice knee to the body.
de Piedra blocks the elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Ryan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

de Piedra jumps into guard, dragging Ryan to the mat.
Ryan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Ryan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Ryan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ryan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Ryan moves into the clinch successfully.
Ryan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
de Piedra managing to block the knees to the body from Ryan.
Ryan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ryan landing knees to the head.
de Piedra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ryan is keeping busy.
Ryan with a knee to the head.

de Piedra decides to pull guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ryan won't allow de Piedra to sweep him here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now de Piedra is on top in guard.
de Piedra has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ryan is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Piedra stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ryan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ryan is on top in guard.
Ryan tries to free his leg and advance position but de Piedra is retaining full guard.

That's two 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.
de Piedra has momentary wrist control but Ryan slips an elbow through the middle.
Ryan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ryan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for de Piedra on the ground.
Ryan is looking to advance position but de Piedra has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

de Piedra moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Ryan has worked his arm free - good work by Ryan!
Ryan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but de Piedra is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryan wants to control but de Piedra postures up.
Ryan is trying to work for a sweep but de Piedra has mounted him!
Ryan squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Ryan swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ryan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
de Piedra prevents Ryan from getting the reversal.

de Piedra swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Ryan is now in de Piedra's guard. A big mistake from de Piedra there, giving up the dominant position!
Ryan sitting in guard, not really doing much.

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.

Ryan stands up from de Piedra's guard - Ryan perhaps looking for a knockout.
Ryan looks for the body kick but de Piedra saw that one coming.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Ryan takes the fight into the clinch.
de Piedra avoiding damage as Ryan throws knees to the body.
Ryan connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Ryan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Ryan doesn't manage to clinch there - de Piedra circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ryan wants to clinch up but de Piedra keeps it at a distance.
Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch but de Piedra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ryan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
de Piedra is staying active underneath Ryan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

de Piedra is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Ryan pulls his head out easily.
de Piedra won't allow Ryan to pass to mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan is working hard here to advance position.
Ryan moves nicely into side control.
Ryan scores with punches from side control.
Ryan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
de Piedra takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
de Piedra is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ryan connects with a decent elbow.
de Piedra tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ryan grinds an elbow into de Piedra's temple.
de Piedra gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
de Piedra is looking for a sweep. Ryan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ryan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
de Piedra is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Ryan jumps into side control!
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Piedra is looking for a sweep.
Ryan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ryan trying to control the action but de Piedra is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on de Piedra's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Ryan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ryan tries to land a front kick but de Piedra steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
de Piedra keeps the fight on the outside.
Ryan tries to clinch up but de Piedra circles away and keeps his distance.

Ryan moves into the clinch successfully.
Ryan misses with a knee to the head.
Ryan lands a nice knee to the body.
Good body shot from de Piedra.
Ryan prevents the takedown attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ryan avoiding damage.
Ryan looking to throw knees to the head but de Piedra is blocking nicely.
Manos de Piedra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ryan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ryan connects with a nasty looking knee right to de Piedra's face.
de Piedra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryan's elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Ryan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ryan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Aaron Ryan!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Aaron Ryan!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Aaron Ryan!

Aaron Ryan wins by unanimous decision!