PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killa Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro comes to the cage accompanied by Numéro 1. Mike Ribeiro looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Ribeiro
vs
Man

188 cm
29
208 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Solid 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 12 - 6 - 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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Killa Man!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribeiro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Mike Ribeiro has been cut.
Ribeiro looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Man loads up on a big right hand but Ribeiro slips the punch.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Ribeiro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Man throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Man connects with a single shot there.
Ribeiro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Man.
Man tries to bum rush Ribeiro with a series of wild strikes but Ribeiro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
Man throws a right and a left that Ribeiro avoids nicely.
Man throws a hook but Ribeiro blocks it.
Ribeiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ribeiro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
Man throws a series of punches but Ribeiro avoids them all with ease.
Ribeiro takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Man misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from Man.
Man walks into a left hand.
Ribeiro lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ribeiro.
Man misses with a head kick.
Man throws a series of punches but Ribeiro moves out of range.
A jab lands there for Man.
Ribeiro scores with a jab to the head.
Ribeiro moves away from the strike by Man.
Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ribeiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man tries to bum rush Ribeiro with a series of wild strikes but Ribeiro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with the combination.
Man misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Ribeiro's shoulder, as Ribeiro tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Man darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ribeiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribeiro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Man throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ribeiro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ribeiro throws a nice looking combination but Man bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man misses with a wild combination.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Man rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ribeiro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ribeiro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a series of punches but Ribeiro avoids them all with ease.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Man throws a one two combo.

Ribeiro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ribeiro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Ribeiro breaks from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No joy there for Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Ribeiro is just out of range.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killa Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Ribeiro's cut.
That's time! Ribeiro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Man connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ribeiro momentarily.
Man misses with a double jab
and Ribeiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Man throws the left hand but Ribeiro avoids the punch easily.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Ribeiro moves out of range easily.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Man.
Ribeiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
Man lands with an overhand left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ribeiro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ribeiro counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Ribeiro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man throws a series of punches but Ribeiro moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Man throws a series of punches but Ribeiro avoids them all with ease.
Man throws a combination that misses
and Ribeiro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Man throws a right hand that Ribeiro ducks under and follows up with a left that Ribeiro also avoids with ease.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Ribeiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Man looks to land a combination but Ribeiro avoids it well.
Ribeiro punishes Man's body with a nice straight punch.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Man throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ribeiro tries to clinch but Man moves out of range.
Mike Ribeiro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a combination that misses
enabling Ribeiro to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Man.
Ribeiro misses with the combination.
Man might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Man tries to bum rush Ribeiro with a series of wild strikes but Ribeiro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Man gets tackled into the cage by Ribeiro. Ribeiro maintains the clinch.

Ribeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from Man. Those never looked like landing.
Man throws a hook to the side of Ribeiro's head but Ribeiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Man throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ribeiro counters with a series of strikes. Man will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ribeiro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ribeiro!
A punch combination from Man misses.
Ribeiro tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Man throws a jab when Ribeiro was well out of range.
Ribeiro staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ribeiro moves out of range as Man strikes.
Ribeiro looks to land a right hand but Man moved out of range.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ribeiro tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man throws the left hand but Ribeiro avoids the punch easily.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Ribeiro tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribeiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ribeiro tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man connects with a right hand. Ribeiro shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killa Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Ribeiro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Man fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ribeiro tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Ribeiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Man.
Ribeiro looks to land a combination but Man avoids it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Man.
Man misses with a double jab.
Man walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ribeiro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ribeiro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Man.
A combination from Man does no damage.
Man misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ribeiro circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Man loads up on a big right hand but Ribeiro slips the punch.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Man swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Man waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribeiro.
Man throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Ribeiro clinches up against the cage.
Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Ribeiro has double underhooks.

Ribeiro breaks from the clinch.
Man misses with a left hand
and Ribeiro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ribeiro circles away quickly and effectively.
Man throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Man looks to land a combination but Ribeiro avoids it well.
Ribeiro throws a right and a left that Man avoids nicely.
Man throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ribeiro counters by moving into the clinch.
Man tries to break free but Ribeiro pushes him back against the cage.

Ribeiro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Man throws out a loose jab but Ribeiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribeiro ducks right into an uppercut from Man.
Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Man closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man slips a jab and a cross from Ribeiro.
Man moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mike Ribeiro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ribeiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Ribeiro is just out of range.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ribeiro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Ribeiro scores with a three punch combo!
Man throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ribeiro keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a two punch combo.
Man throws a hook but Ribeiro blocks it.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro tries to clinch there but Man circles away.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ribeiro circles away quickly and effectively.
Ribeiro walks into a straight right hand from Man.
Man throws a combination. Ribeiro tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Killa Man is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Man scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Ribeiro. Those never looked like landing.
Ribeiro slips a jab and a cross from Man.

And that's the end of the fight!
Killa Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Man winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Killa Man!