PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tupac Common (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Common's choice of entrance music: Ghost by Tupac. This should be fireworks!

Ribeiro
vs
Common

188 cm
20
208 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Attliction Inc. - badass sold out last night....

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Ribeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tupac Common!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

It looks like Tupac Common has been cut.

Ribeiro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ribeiro showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ribeiro decides to return to a standing position.

Ribeiro has taken the fight to the clinch.

Ribeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Common fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Ribeiro drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ribeiro wants to control from the top but Common keeps moving.
Common is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Ribeiro gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Common tries to keep at a distance but Ribeiro has taken the fight into the clinch.

Ribeiro pulls Common into guard.

Ribeiro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ribeiro wants to sweep here but Common controlling him for the moment.
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet but Common is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ribeiro is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ribeiro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ribeiro keeping full guard, as Common tries to pass.

Ribeiro uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Common tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Common cracks Ribeiro with a good jab.
Common shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ribeiro as he jumps to the side.
Ribeiro keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mike Ribeiro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tupac Common.

Ribeiro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Common!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Common bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Common working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Common trying to control the position from guard on top but Ribeiro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Common with a flurry of punches that miss.
Common scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Common working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ribeiro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Common advances to half guard.
Common wants to get back to his feet.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ribeiro pushes Common off and gets back to his feet.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Common throws a sloppy head kick and Ribeiro moves out of range easily.

Ribeiro drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribeiro advances position into side control!

Ribeiro decides to stand back up.

Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ribeiro is landing with some decent strikes but Common is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Common swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Common tries to improve his position but instead Ribeiro has taken his back!
Common is trying to get back to his feet but Ribeiro has full control of the position and if anything, Common has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Ribeiro wants to control but Common is keeping busy.
Common trying to control but not successfully.
You can see the frustration on Common's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Common finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Common tries to lock up and control but Ribeiro gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Common has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ribeiro lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ribeiro with shots to the head and body - Common looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ribeiro postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Common looks a forlorn figure.
Common wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ribeiro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ribeiro thowing shots but they're missing.
Ribeiro thowing shots but they're missing.
Common keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ribeiro controlling his opponent.
Ribeiro cracks Common with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Common is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribeiro controlling his opponent.

Ribeiro jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Common manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Ribeiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tupac Common's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Common throws a head kick that misses.
Common looks to clinch

and Ribeiro counters by clinching up.

Ribeiro breaks from the clinch.

Ribeiro drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Ribeiro gets to his feet. Common looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Ribeiro closes the distance and clinches.

Ribeiro jumps guard and drags Common to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Ribeiro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ribeiro is on top in guard.
Ribeiro pushes down on Common's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Ribeiro stands up out of the half guard.
Common is breathing heavily.

Ribeiro fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Common sprawls well initially but Ribeiro persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ribeiro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Common does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Common is looking to escape.
Ribeiro tries to pass to full mount but Common defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ribeiro is looking for a kimura but Common is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ribeiro to get the leverage.
Ribeiro prevents Common from standing back up.

Ribeiro is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Common gets back to full guard.
Ribeiro stands and throws Common's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mike Ribeiro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ribeiro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

Ribeiro working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ribeiro controls the position.

Ribeiro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ribeiro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ribeiro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ribeiro trying to control the position but Common is working away.
Common is trying to buck Ribeiro off.
Common gets back to half guard.
Ribeiro uses his free foot to push down on Common's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Common.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Common is squirming around, avoiding Ribeiro's attempts to control the action.

Ribeiro is working to isolate an arm here. It's a choreographed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Ribeiro extends the arm and Common is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mike Ribeiro!