PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Farofa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Ripgut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Farofa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Farofa
vs
Ripgut

193 cm
33
205 lbs
4 - 12 - 0

190 cm
39
225 lbs
27 - 10 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlos Farofa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Ripgut!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ripgut scores with the left hand. Farofa knows he should have avoided that one.
Danga de danga de dang - Ripgut scores with a four punch combination!

Ripgut gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Ripgut breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ripgut misses with a looping right.
Ripgut bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Farofa's head.
Nice shot lands for Ripgut.

Ripgut forces Farofa back against the cage and clinches.
Ripgut blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Ripgut pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Farofa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ripgut circles away quickly and effectively.
Ripgut scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ripgut cracks Farofa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Farofa misses with a double jab.
Ripgut keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ripgut looks to throw the jab but Farofa is out of range.
Farofa misses with a right hand
and Ripgut counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ripgut thuds his right hand into Farofa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Ripgut pushes Farofa up against the cage in a clinch.

Ripgut's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sean Ripgut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farofa throws a series of punches but Ripgut moves out of range.
Ripgut slips a straight right by Farofa.
Farofa takes one to the chin there.
Ripgut smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ripgut paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ripgut with a jab.
Ripgut lands with a cross.
Farofa misses with a few strikes there.
Farofa moves away from the strike by Ripgut.
Ripgut avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Farofa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Ripgut clinches.
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!

Ripgut manages to break the clinch.
Ripgut fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ripgut smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Farofa misses with a straight right.
Carlos Farofa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut throws a good cross that connects.
Ripgut paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ripgut stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Farofa drops his hands momentarily and Ripgut takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ripgut connects with a jab.
Ripgut throws the left hand but Farofa avoids the punch easily.
Ripgut tries to bum rush Farofa with a series of wild strikes but Farofa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left lands for Ripgut.
Ripgut dodges the punch combination from Farofa.

Ripgut moves into range and clinches up with Farofa.

Ripgut's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ripgut gets a clinch.

Ripgut's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big left from Ripgut misses.
Ripgut throws a right hand that misses
and Farofa counters with a two punch combo.
Farofa takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Farofa gets caught flat footed, as Ripgut shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Ripgut got a little sloppy there for a moment and Farofa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ripgut has managed to get both his arms back between Farofa's legs - danger averted.
Farofa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Farofa is working an open guard so Ripgut takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ripgut lands a jab to the head.
Ripgut slips under a jab.
Ripgut moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ripgut scores with a nice right hand.
A punch combination from Farofa misses.
A combination from Farofa does no damage.
Ripgut lands with an overhand left.
Farofa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farofa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ripgut scores with a nice strike.
Ripgut scores with a hook.
Farofa is looking to clinch.
Farofa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ripgut lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A combination from Farofa does no damage.
Ripgut darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Farofa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ripgut.

Ripgut closes the distance and clinches.
Ripgut avoids a wild elbow strike from Farofa.
Ripgut has Farofa pressed against the cage, preventing Farofa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Ripgut escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ripgut might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ripgut tries for a takedown but Farofa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Farofa misses with a combination
and Ripgut connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Farofa fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farofa slips under a jab.
Farofa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Farofa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ripgut throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Farofa.
Ripgut scores with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ripgut swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Farofa.
Farofa throws a series of punches but Ripgut avoids them all with ease.
Ripgut connects with a single shot there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Farofa.
Farofa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ripgut was well out of range. Poor timing from Farofa.
Ripgut lands with a right hand.
Ripgut stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ripgut moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Farofa is rocked!
Ripgut swings widly with a right hand
and Farofa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oh Farofa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farofa missing with a left hand there. Ripgut was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Farofa seems to have got his legs back now.
Ripgut has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ripgut lands a head shot.
Ripgut showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Farofa.
Farofa tries to close the distance and clinch but Ripgut swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ripgut looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Farofa!
Farofa is looking to reverse the position.
Ripgut working the ground and pound but Farofa is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ripgut works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Ripgut has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Ripgut rushes Farofa with punches - Farofa moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Farofa goes down! Ripgut follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Ripgut!