PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Tiernan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juancho Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiernan comes to the cage accompanied by DESERT STORM by Tartanic. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Tiernan
vs
Rivera

180 cm
41
168 lbs
31 - 13 - 0

189 cm
38
216 lbs
27 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Tiernan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juancho Rivera!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiernan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivera.
Good exchange - Rivera coming out on top.
Rivera's corner calls for a 1-2. Rivera obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Tiernan moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tiernan.
Rivera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Rivera.
A body shot lands from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands an uppercut.
Tiernan can't find room to land a body shot as Rivera controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiernan misses with some punches.
A short right from Tiernan.
Rivera tries to throw a body punch but Tiernan avoids it by throwing Rivera back against the cage.
Tiernan misses with the head strike.
Tiernan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rivera misses with a punch to the body.
Tiernan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivera wants to stall.
Tiernan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rivera tries a body shot but Tiernan blocks it.
Tiernan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera can't find room to land a body shot as Tiernan controls the action.
Rivera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tiernan tries to throw a body punch but Rivera avoids it by throwing Tiernan back against the cage.
Tiernan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tiernan throws a head punch that misses.
Tiernan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Tiernan.
Tiernan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tiernan is working Rivera over against the cage.
Rivera looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiernan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rivera misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Tiernan as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Tiernan - that landed with a thud.
Tiernan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Riveras head.
A body shot lands from Tiernan.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands a left hand.
Tiernan lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tiernan.
Tiernan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tiernan lands a right hand.
Tiernan is working Rivera over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera misses with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Tiernan.
Tiernan digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tiernan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tiernan.
Tiernan digs a right hand into Rivera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivera's gas tank.
Tiernan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tiernan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tiernan works on Rivera's body with a couple of short punches.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiernan digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiernan lands with a short shot to the head.
Tiernan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tiernan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tiernan lands a hook that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tiernan.
Tiernan cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Tiernan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan pushes Rivera back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tiernan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tiernan lands a nice shot to the body.
Tiernan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Tiernan.
Tiernan presses Rivera against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tiernan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Tiernan.
A right hook to the body lands for Tiernan.
Tiernan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tiernan lands an uppercut.
Tiernan lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tiernan.
Rivera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Tiernan - that landed with a thud.
Rivera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tiernan is leaning against Rivera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tiernan.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan is working Rivera over against the cage.
Tiernan lands with a light punch inside.
Tiernan cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Tiernan is leaning against Rivera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Tiernan on the inside.
A short right from Tiernan.
Tiernan blocks a body shot from Rivera.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tiernan scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tiernan.
A hook to the body from Tiernan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tiernan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tiernan.
Tiernan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tiernan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A hook to the body from Tiernan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tiernan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rivera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tiernan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rivera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tiernan throws a leg kick which misses Rivera's front leg but catches the back leg as Rivera tries to avoid it.
Tiernan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tiernan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rivera misses with a left hand
enabling Tiernan to counter with a crisp jab.

Tiernan pushes Rivera up against the cage in a clinch.
Rivera swings wildly with an uppercut but Tiernan uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tiernan lands a left hand.
Tiernan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rivera blocks a body shot from Tiernan.
A right hook to the body lands for Tiernan.
Rivera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rivera is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiernan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tiernan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tiernan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Riveras head.
Tiernan lands a right hand.
Tiernan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiernan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Tiernan as the two fighters clinch.
Tiernan lands a hook that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right hand to the body from Tiernan.
Tiernan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tiernan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Rivera tries to break the clinch but Tiernan is controlling the position.
Tiernan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tiernan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Tiernan.
Tiernan gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tiernan lands a shoulder strike.
Tiernan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Tiernan as the two fighters clinch.
Tiernan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
A shot in the inside from Tiernan.
Tiernan cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Tiernan cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tiernan.
Tiernan scores with a hook to the body.
Tiernan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tiernan works on Rivera's body with a couple of short punches.
Tiernan lands with a right to the head.
Tiernan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tiernan is working Rivera over against the cage.
Tiernan digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan lands a body punch.
Tiernan cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Tiernan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tiernan presses Rivera against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tiernan pushes Rivera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tiernan scores with a hook to the body.
Tiernan scores with a hook to the body.
Patrick Tiernan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tiernan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tiernan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
A short right from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tiernan scores with a shot to the side of Rivera's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tiernan cracks Rivera with a nice body shot.
Tiernan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tiernan scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Tiernan.
Tiernan pushes Rivera back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tiernan lands a body punch.
Tiernan lands with a short shot to the head.
Tiernan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tiernan lands with a short shot to the head.

Rivera is rocked!
Tiernan gets through Rivera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rivera is still on wobbly legs! Can Tiernan finish him?
Nice body punch from Tiernan.
Rivera seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiernan scores with a hook to the body.
Tiernan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Tiernan.
Tiernan lands a body shot.
Tiernan is leaning against Rivera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tiernan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tiernan lands with a left to the head.
Tiernan presses Rivera against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tiernan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tiernan tries a body shot but Rivera blocks it.
Tiernan lands a hook that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Tiernan on the inside.
Tiernan digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tiernan pushes Rivera back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tiernan digs a right hand into Rivera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivera's gas tank.
Tiernan digs a right hand into Rivera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rivera's gas tank.
Tiernan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tiernan lands a shoulder strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Tiernan dominated that second round.
That's time! Tiernan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Tiernan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rivera stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Juancho Rivera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tiernan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tiernan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rivera can do to turn this around?

Tiernan lands a big head kick that sends Rivera tumbling to the mat! Tiernan takes a step backwards and waves Rivera back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Juancho Rivera has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiernan pushes Rivera away with a front kick.
Rivera takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tiernan wants to clinch up but Rivera keeps it at a distance.
Rivera doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tiernan. That's going to slow Rivera down.
Tiernan lands with a shot to the body.

Tiernan moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tiernan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivera takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tiernan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan tries a body shot but Rivera blocks it.
Tiernan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Tiernan.
Tiernan misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiernan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan digs a right hand underneath Rivera's ribcage. Rivera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rivera misses with some punches.
Tiernan lands a body shot.
Tiernan presses Rivera against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tiernan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiernan lands a nice uppercut.
Tiernan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tiernan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tiernan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tiernan is leaning against Rivera and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rivera misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Tiernan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tiernan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan lands with a right to the head.
Rivera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tiernan lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera takes a shot to the head.
Rivera tries to break free but Tiernan pushes him back against the cage.
Tiernan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tiernan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tiernan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tiernan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Tiernan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tiernan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tiernan unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Rivera! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Tiernan is unloading with more strikes now! Rivera drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Tiernan!
A very excited looking Patrick Tiernan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.