PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Battou BOXE (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rios comes to the cage accompanied by Insane in the Membrane. Battou BOXE will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rios
vs
BOXE

161 cm
23
139 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

160 cm
22
133 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

The Red Eye
Syndicate Drugs

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Battou BOXE!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rios wants to clinch.
Rios throws a head kick that half lands.
Rios is looking to clinch.
Rios misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
BOXE misses with a series of wild punches.
Rios wants to clinch.
BOXE moves in looking to clinch but Rios pushes him off.
BOXE fails with the takedown.
Rios lands a two punch combo.
Rios wants to clinch up but BOXE keeps it at a distance.
BOXE tries to clinch up.
Rodrigo Rios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from BOXE.

Rios pushes BOXE up against the cage in a clinch.
Rios controlling the action here for a moment.
Rios lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rios looking to throw knees to the head but BOXE is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rios.
Rios with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
BOXE wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
BOXE takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rios lands with a right to the head.
BOXE tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rodrigo Rios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Battou BOXE.
BOXE takes a knee right on the jaw!
Come on Rios - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rios gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from BOXE.
A knee to the head by Rios.
BOXE takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short uppercut from Rios.
Rios comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rios has BOXE pushed against the cage.
BOXE tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rios smiles and moves away.
Rios tries to clinch up
and BOXE connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rios tries to clinch up.

Rios closes the distance and clinches.
Rios lands a knee to the head.
BOXE looks gassed!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rios connects with a knee to the head.
BOXE tries to pull guard but Rios holds him up against the cage and eventually BOXE drops back down to his feet.
Rios working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
BOXE fails to pull guard.
BOXE taking a breather.
Rios landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rios.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rios.
Rios scores with a knee to the head.
Rios lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rios stalling in the clinch.
Rios comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning BOXE up against the cage.
A short left from Rios.
Rios lands an elbow that stopped BOXE in his tracks for a moment.
Rios lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rios lands a knee to the body.
Rios lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rios unloads a knee to the mid-section. BOXE lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rios softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rios lands a nice uppercut.
Rios lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Rios.
A knee to the head by Rios.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rios - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rios.
Come on Rios - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rios landing knees to the body.
Rios scores with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Rios.
Rios connects with a nasty looking knee right to BOXE's face.
Rios connects with a knee to the head.
Rios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rios lands a knee to the body.
Rios will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning BOXE up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
BOXE tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Rios dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rios closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rios is taking a breather. BOXE says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Rios frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rios controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rios with shots to the head and body - BOXE looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios content just to control the position here.
Rios's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
BOXE is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rios controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two 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.
Rios with shots to the head and body - BOXE looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rios tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Rodrigo Rios just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
BOXE keeps the fight on the outside.

Rios darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rios passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for BOXE!
Rios sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

BOXE defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rios.
BOXE tries to lock up and control but Rios gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
BOXE tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rios looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOXE is bucking up trying to escape but Rios cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rios breaks from BOXE's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rios controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rios punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rios working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rios lands a brutal head kick. BOXE looks out on his feet and Rios throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Rodrigo Rios!