PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Teixeira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronny Bruvik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teixeira comes to the cage accompanied by Lil Terror. Bruvik comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rånny Bruvik kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ronny Bruvik has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Teixeira
vs
Bruvik

165 cm
31
145 lbs
30 - 12 - 0

160 cm
30
140 lbs
21 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Teixeira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ronny Bruvik!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bruvik moves away.
Teixeira moves out of range as Bruvik throws a body kick.
Teixeira swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bruvik makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bruvik throws a right hand that Teixeira ducks under and follows up with a left that Teixeira also avoids with ease.
Teixeira gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teixeira. Bruvik does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Bruvik.
Bruvik lands with a nice body kick.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.
Bruvik scoring well with a low kick there.
Teixeira throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bruvik scores with a jab to the body.
Teixeira throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Teixeira jabs at Bruvik's body.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Teixeira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bruvik makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Teixeira misses the jab.
Teixeira is looking to wear down Bruvik with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruvik buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bruvik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Bruvik has a takedown stuffed.
Teixeira takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Richard Teixeira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruvik throws a jab when Teixeira was well out of range.
Bruvik looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Teixeira stuns Bruvik with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Teixeira walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bruvik checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Teixeira swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bruvik connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Teixeira lands with a good body shot.
Teixeira takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bruvik lands with a cross.
Bruvik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teixeira.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.
Teixeira throws a right hand that misses

and Bruvik counters with a shoot takedown. Teixeira fights it but they end up in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Teixeira is looking to stand up but Bruvik isn't so interested in that idea.
Teixeira controls Bruvik momentarily but Bruvik frees himself.
Teixeira has momentary wrist control but Bruvik slips an elbow through the middle.
Bruvik wants to pass the guard but Teixeira is keeping the position.
Teixeira looking to control.

We're going to have a standup here because Richard Teixeira wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bruvik tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bruvik misses with a wild combination.
Bruvik moves out of range as Teixeira strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bruvik.
A jab from Teixeira misses.
Teixeira lands a nice hook to Bruvik's body. Bruvik takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Teixeira tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Teixeira wants to slow Bruvik down by chopping away at his legs.
Teixeira misses with an uppercut.
Teixeira slips under a jab from Bruvik.
Bruvik throws a push kick but Teixeira slaps the foot to one side.

Bruvik closes the distance and clinches.
Teixeira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruvik has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Teixeira after a bit of a struggle.
Teixeira's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bruvik is looking to control Teixeira's arms but Teixeira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bruvik has his back to the cage.
Teixeira misses with a short punch on the inside.

Bruvik pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bruvik lands a head kick. Teixeira smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Teixeira misses with a body shot.
Teixeira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bruvik.
Teixeira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bruvik moves away.
Bruvik lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Teixeira is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teixeira checks a low kick from Bruvik.
Teixeira swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bruvik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Teixeira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bruvik cracks the inside of Teixeira's front leg.
Teixeira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Richard Teixeira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teixeira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruvik.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Teixeira connects with a nice looking jab.
Teixeira scores with a shot to the body.
Teixeira throws a big shot that misses.
A lazy body kick from Bruvik
and Teixeira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronny Bruvik dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bruvik takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bruvik throws a jab but it's blocked by Teixeira.
Bruvik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teixeira.
Nice defenses there by Bruvik.
Teixeira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bruvik was well out of range. Poor timing from Teixeira.
Teixeira misses with a straight right.
Teixeira throws a leg kick which misses Bruvik's front leg but catches the back leg as Bruvik tries to avoid it.
Teixeira paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Teixeira with a hook.
Teixeira throws out a loose jab but Bruvik uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teixeira tried to score with a low kick but Bruvik checks it.
Bruvik throws a head kick but Teixeira moves out of range.
Teixeira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bruvik.
Teixeira takes a swing at Bruvik's ribcage but misses.
Teixeira scoring well with a low kick there.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Teixeira misses.
Teixeira thuds a left hand into Bruvik's body.
Teixeira takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Teixeira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Teixeira jabs Bruvik to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Teixeira is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Teixeira takes a swing at Bruvik's ribcage but misses.
Teixeira looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruvik is just out of range.
Teixeira throws a right hand that misses
and Bruvik counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bruvik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
Bruvik misses with a head kick.
Bruvik thumps Teixeira with a low kick.
Bruvik throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Teixeira.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruvik.
Teixeira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bruvik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik fakes the leg kick and cracks Teixeira in the body.
Teixeira displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bruvik.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teixeira has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bruvik finds it's way round the side to connect with Teixeira's head.
Richard Teixeira is winning the standup battle so far.
Teixeira moves into range and connects with a jab.
Teixeira scores with a jab to the body.
A leg kick checked by Teixeira.
Teixeira takes a swing at Bruvik's ribcage but misses.
Teixeira misses with a looping left.
Teixeira jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Teixeira throws a leg kick
and Bruvik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Teixeira thows a body shot but no joy.
Teixeira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruvik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruvik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Teixeira.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruvik.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teixeira.
Bruvik looks to land a right hand but Teixeira moved out of range.
Teixeira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Teixeira misses
and Bruvik counters with a leg kick.
Teixeira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bruvik manages to avoid it.
Teixeira looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruvik is just out of range.
Teixeira lands a nice looking body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bruvik.

Teixeira gets tackled into the cage by Bruvik. Bruvik maintains the clinch.
Bruvik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bruvik blocks a body shot from Teixeira.
Bruvik throws a punch but it's blocked by Teixeira.
Teixeira has a couple of punches blocked by Bruvik.
Bruvik looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bruvik lands with a right to the head.
Teixeira is leaning against Bruvik and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teixeira lands with a right to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Bruvik.
A head punch on the inside from Teixeira fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Teixeira tries a body shot but Bruvik blocks it.
Teixeira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teixeira can't find room to land a body shot as Bruvik controls the action.
Bruvik fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Teixeira blocking some punches.
Bruvik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Teixeira pushes Bruvik back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bruvik is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Teixeira misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee calls for Bruvik to work.
Bruvik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bruvik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Teixeira dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Teixeira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bruvik.
Teixeira misses with an uppercut. Bruvik saw that one coming.
Teixeira cracks a nice hook into Bruvik's ribs.
Bruvik tries to land a leg kick but Teixeira saw it coming and moves away.
Bruvik moves out of range of the strikes.
Teixeira does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Teixeira tries to work over Bruvik's front leg with a kick but Bruvik checks it.
Teixeira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Teixeira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Teixeira throws a leg kick but Bruvik moved away.
Teixeira wants to land a leg kick but Bruvik is out of range.
Teixeira with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bruvik to score with a decent uppercut.
Teixeira throws a lazy right hand but Bruvik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruvik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Teixeira.
Teixeira throws a leg kick but Bruvik sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bruvik closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teixeira misses with a body shot
and Bruvik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Teixeira throws a sloppy body shot
and Bruvik makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Teixeira really felt that one!
Bruvik thumps Teixeira with a low kick.
Bruvik takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Bruvik closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bruvik lands in his opponent's guard.
Bruvik sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Teixeira's guard.
Bruvik wants to pass the guard but Teixeira is defending well.
Bruvik wants to control but Teixeira is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bruvik is working away from the top position though.
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!
Teixeira is not content to let Bruvik control the position.
Bruvik missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bruvik wants to lay and pray for a moment but Teixeira keeps working.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bruvik looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bruvik thows a huge punch but Teixeira dodges it nicely.
Teixeira is refusing to be controlled, as Bruvik sits in half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Ronny Bruvik.
Bruvik fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruvik throws a low kick but Teixeira moves out of range easily.
Teixeira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Teixeira misses with a body shot.
Teixeira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bruvik walks into a jab.
Bruvik connects with a leg kick. Teixeira looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bruvik defending well as Teixeira loads up on a big left hand.
Bruvik looks to land a body kick but Teixeira moved away.
A shot to the body from Teixeira misses
and Bruvik counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Teixeira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Teixeira throws a body punch but Bruvik moves out of range.
Teixeira takes a swing at Bruvik's ribcage but misses.
Bruvik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Teixeira throws out the jab.
Teixeira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teixeira digs a good hook to Bruvik's body.
Bruvik throws a wild body kick that Teixeira sees coming a mile off.
Bruvik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Teixeira on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Teixeira lands with a shot to the body.
Teixeira walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bruvik.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bruvik throws a nice outside leg kick.
Teixeira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bruvik.
Teixeira throws a lazy right hand but Bruvik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruvik connects with a crisp jab.
Teixeira fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Teixeira looks to score with a jab to the body but Bruvik is just out of range.
Bruvik moves out of range of the strikes.
Bruvik tries to work over Teixeira's front leg with a kick but Teixeira checks it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ronny Bruvik.
I think Bruvik has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronny Bruvik!
An out of breath Ronny Bruvik thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.