PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ahmad Talib (ranked 25034 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christiano Ronaldo (ranked 4857 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Ahmad Talib has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Talib
vs
Ronaldo

175 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 4 - 1

186 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ahmad Talib!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christiano Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talib fails to land with a series of punches.
Ronaldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ronaldo slips a jab and a cross from Talib.
Ronaldo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Talib shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ronaldo's guard.
Ronaldo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ronaldo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ronaldo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Talib.
Talib wants to control from the top but Ronaldo keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talib preventing the sweep.
Ronaldo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ronaldo has control of Talib's left arm, preventing Talib from doing any damage.
Ronaldo looking for a sweep. Not yet Ronaldo, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo is controlling Talib's posture.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ronaldo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Talib was well out of range. Poor timing from Ronaldo.
Talib went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Talib will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Talib dips to his left and cracks Ronaldo with an uppercut!
Talib throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ronaldo misses with an uppercut. Talib saw that one coming.
As Ronaldo looks to move away, Talib throws a big counter combo but Ronaldo just gets out of the way.

Ronaldo shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Talib manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ronaldo working some strikes from top position.
Ronaldo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo trying to control but Talib is working from the bottom.
Ronaldo passes Talib's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Talib has hold of Ronaldo's hands but Ronaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Talib is looking to escape.
Ronaldo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ronaldo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Talib is staying active underneath Ronaldo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ronaldo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ronaldo slips a nice elbow through Talib's hands, connecting with Talib's forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ronaldo lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Talib defending well though.
Ronaldo slips a nice elbow through Talib's hands, connecting with Talib's forehead.
Talib is not content to let Ronaldo control the position.
Ronaldo controlling the action here.
Ronaldo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ronaldo is trying to control. Talib wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Talib taking some punishment here, with Ronaldo in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ronaldo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Talib might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ronaldo throwing shots but Talib is blocking nicely.
Ronaldo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Ronaldo closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Talib did well to prevent Ronaldo getting side control.
Ronaldo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Talib is breathing heavily.
Talib has hold of Ronaldo's hands but Ronaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ronaldo drops an elbow to the side of Talib's head.
Ronaldo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Talib is looking for a sweep. Ronaldo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ronaldo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Talib has hold of Ronaldo's hands but Ronaldo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christiano Ronaldo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Talib jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ronaldo throws a hook but Talib blocks it.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Talib moves out of range.
Ronaldo misses the jab.
Talib stuffs the takedown attempt from Ronaldo. Ronaldo gets slowly back to his feet.
Talib misses with a wild combination.
Talib uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ronaldo.
Talib wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ronaldo.
It looked like Talib was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Talib swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Ronaldo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Talib won't be happy with that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Talib down.
Ronaldo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Talib some visible discomfort.
Talib takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ronaldo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Ronaldo working the ground and pound from side control.
Ronaldo scores with punches from side control.
Ronaldo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ronaldo scoring with punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ronaldo working the body and head with strikes.
Ronaldo working the ground and pound.
Ronaldo landing strikes.
Ronaldo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Talib to see if he's OK.
Ronaldo cracks Talib with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo working the body and head with strikes.
Ronaldo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Talib some visible discomfort.

Talib is rocked!
Ronaldo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oh Talib is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Talib is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ronaldo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Talib seems to have got his legs back now.
Talib takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Talib bucks up and tries to throw Ronaldo off but instead Ronaldo has got his back!
Talib grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ronaldo drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Talib is in real trouble here! Ronaldo lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Ronaldo is delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christiano Ronaldo!