PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Skritskrat Songsiskrat (ranked 4650 p4p, 4615 weight class) and Clint Rivers (ranked 531 p4p, 528 weight class). Songsiskrat comes to the cage accompanied by Reunion - Life Is A Rock. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Songsiskrat
vs
Rivers

181 cm
25
167
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
170
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Battle Hecs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Skritskrat Songsiskrat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Clint Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Songsiskrat lands with a nice body punch.
Songsiskrat connects with a leg kick.
Songsiskrat lands with an overhand left.
Rivers takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Songsiskrat scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rivers on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A left lands for Songsiskrat.
Rivers with a poor takedown
and Songsiskrat connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Songsiskrat thuds a left hand into Rivers's body.
Songsiskrat is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers shoots in but no luck this time.
Songsiskrat connects with a body shot that sends Rivers's belly button to the back.
Songsiskrat punishes Rivers's body with a nice straight punch.
Songsiskrat displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rivers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Songsiskrat buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Songsiskrat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Songsiskrat lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Songsiskrat. Rivers shrugs it off though.
Songsiskrat throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rivers stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Songsiskrat gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rivers trying to control the position from guard on top but Songsiskrat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rivers is looking to work some ground and pound but Songsiskrat has wrist control.
Rivers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rivers postures up in Songsiskrat's guard and throws a big left but Songsiskrat blocks it.
Rivers throws a big elbow that misses.
Rivers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Songsiskrat's head.
Rivers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rivers with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Songsiskrat is breathing heavily.
Rivers throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Songsiskrat works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Songsiskrat working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rivers.
Rivers working some strikes from top position.
Rivers trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rivers lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rivers with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rivers is working Songsiskrat over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rivers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rivers throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Rivers drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Rivers thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Rivers connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rivers throwing strikes but missing.
Rivers trying to control but Songsiskrat is working from the bottom.
Rivers postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rivers throws a big elbow that misses.
Rivers trying to control the position from guard on top but Songsiskrat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rivers connects with a couple of short punches.
Rivers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Songsiskrat keeping moving, preventing Rivers from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rivers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

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

Rivers shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rivers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Songsiskrat defending well though.
Rivers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rivers is nestled in close to Songsiskrat, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rivers lands a nice short elbow.
Songsiskrat avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rivers.
Rivers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rivers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Songsiskrat defending well though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Skritskrat Songsiskrat dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rivers gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rivers can't find room to land a body shot as Songsiskrat controls the action.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivers throws a punch but it's blocked by Songsiskrat.
Rivers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rivers prevents a body shot from Songsiskrat.
Songsiskrat tries a body shot but Rivers blocks it.
Rivers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivers.
Rivers throws a punch but it's blocked by Songsiskrat.
A short body shot lands from Rivers as the two fighters clinch.
Rivers can't find room to land a body shot as Songsiskrat controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rivers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Songsiskrat backwards.
Rivers working aggressively here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rivers is trying to drag Songsiskrat to the mat but Songsiskrat just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Songsiskrat missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Rivers gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Songsiskrat regains guard.
Rivers throwing strikes from guard but Songsiskrat blocks nicely.
Rivers controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Songsiskrat avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Songsiskrat preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rivers loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rivers is looking to work some ground and pound but Songsiskrat has wrist control.
Rivers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rivers pushes down on Songsiskrat's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nice strikes from Rivers there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rivers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Songsiskrat blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rivers.
Rivers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rivers wants to take a breather but Songsiskrat is having none of it.
Songsiskrat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rivers working the head and body with strikes.
Rivers not doing much here.
Rivers looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rivers slips a nice elbow through Songsiskrat's hands, connecting with Songsiskrat's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers working over Songsiskrat with some ground and pound. Songsiskrat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rivers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Rivers.
Rivers scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Songsiskrat on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rivers sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Songsiskrat defending well though.
Clint Rivers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rivers working Songsiskrat over with strikes.
Rivers lands with a punch from half guard.
Rivers trying to mount his opponent but Songsiskrat defends it.
Rivers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Songsiskrat avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rivers.
Rivers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rivers throwing shots but Songsiskrat is blocking nicely.
Songsiskrat avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rivers.
Rivers works his way into full mount!
Rivers cracks Songsiskrat with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rivers is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Songsiskrat can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rivers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Songsiskrat is rocked!
Rivers lands a heavy elbow.
Oh Songsiskrat is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rivers unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Songsiskrat wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Rivers celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clint Rivers!