PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomislav Bardic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is MICHEL TELÓ - BARÁ BERÊ. Bardic has chosen Down With The Sickness as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ribeiro
vs
Bardic

180 cm
20
186 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomislav Bardic!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bardic closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Ribeiro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bardic pulls his head out easily.

Ribeiro actively working from the bottom here.

Ribeiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ribeiro taking some punishment here, with Bardic in his half guard.
Bardic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ribeiro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bardic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Ribeiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Bardic.
Bardic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bardic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bardic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Ribeiro is rocked!

Ribeiro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bardic pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bardic lands a nice short elbow.
Oh Ribeiro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bardic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ribeiro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ground and pound from Bardic.

Ribeiro actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bardic drops an elbow to the side of Ribeiro's head.
Bardic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Ribeiro actively working from the bottom here.

Bardic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ribeiro defends it well.
Ribeiro seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ribeiro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Ribeiro looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bardic lands with a punch from half guard.
Bardic lands strikes from half guard.

Ribeiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Ribeiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Bardic there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Ribeiro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bardic pulls his head out easily.
Bardic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Ribeiro actively working from the bottom here.
Ribeiro is breathing heavily.
Bardic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Bardic is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ribeiro is just riding it out for now. Bardic eventually gives up the hold.
Bardic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ribeiro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Bardic is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Ribeiro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ribeiro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bardic scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ribeiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bardic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ribeiro taking some punishment here, with Bardic in his half guard.
Bardic looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ribeiro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Bardic.

Ribeiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Ribeiro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bardic pulls his head out easily.
Bardic slips a nice elbow through Ribeiro's hands, connecting with Ribeiro's forehead.
Bardic lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bardic tries to pass to full mount but Ribeiro defends it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ribeiro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Bardic is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Ribeiro is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Bardic rolls with it to try and escape but Ribeiro cranks on the arm and Bardic is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Ribeiro!
Carlos Ribeiro made sure to mention his sponsor, CEC Nutrition Q160 in his post fight interview.