PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roger Klinch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geralt Riv (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Klinch
vs
Riv

190 cm
23
194 lbs
0 - 0 - 2

188 cm
26
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roger Klinch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Geralt Riv!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Klinch moves into the clinch.
Riv blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Klinch content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Riv jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Klinch walks away with a smile on his face. Riv gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Klinch misses with a head kick.
A combination from Riv does no damage.

Klinch clinches up against the cage.
Riv tries to pull guard but Klinch forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Klinch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Klinch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riv is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klinch obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klinch effectively controlling the action here.
Riv avoids the elbow strike from Klinch, against the cage.
Klinch trying to control the position but instead, Riv has worked for underhooks and has pushed Klinch into the cage.
Riv taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinch lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riv utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Klinch lands a damaging elbow.
Riv blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riv on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Riv pulls guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Riv manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Riv landing strikes from the mount.
Riv has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Riv throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Riv landing strikes from the mount.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Riv landing strikes from the mount and Klinch is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riv working the ground and pound effectively.
Riv trying to control but Klinch is having none of it.
Riv has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Klinch's face.
Klinch on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Klinch tries to get out of the position.
Klinch trying desperately to get to his feet.
Klinch avoids a series of strikes thrown by Riv.
Riv has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Klinch's face.
Klinch knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Riv on the ground.
Klinch blocking the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riv lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Riv raining down hammerfists from mount.
Riv pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Klinch is rocked!
Riv with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Klinch is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Riv jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Klinch manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Riv looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Klinch seems to have got his legs back now.
Riv scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Klinch to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klinch is pushing Riv's head away, looking to escape. Riv manages to hold on to the position though.
Riv throwing strikes but Klinch manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Riv regains half guard.

Riv manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Riv misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Left hook, right uppercut from Riv.
Klinch looks for the body kick but Riv saw that one coming.

Riv clinches.
Riv wants a takedown.
Roger Klinch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Geralt Riv.
Riv can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klinch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riv is keeping busy.
Riv blocks an elbow strike from Klinch.
Riv on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geralt Riv dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Riv moves into the clinch successfully.
Klinch throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Klinch throws an elbow but misses.
Riv avoiding damage as Klinch throws knees to the body.
Klinch misses with a knee strike.
Riv tries to pull guard but Klinch won't allow it.

Riv escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Klinch tries to close the distance and clinch but Riv swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Klinch clinches up against the cage.
Klinch pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Riv breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Klinch has closed the distance and engaged Riv in a clinch.

Riv pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riv connects with the punch.
Klinch stuffs the takedown attempt from Riv. Riv gets slowly back to his feet.
Klinch slaps away a takedown attempt from Riv, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roger Klinch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Geralt Riv.
Klinch is looking to clinch but Riv is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Klinch tries to close the distance and clinch but Riv swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Klinch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Klinch wants to clinch
and Riv counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Klinch tries to clinch but Riv is having none of it.

Riv instigates a clinch.

Riv pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riv sizes up Klinch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Klinch takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Klinch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roger Klinch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klinch tries to clinch but Riv moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Klinch closes the distance and clinches.
Riv with a knee to the head.

Riv breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riv steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Klinch.
Riv fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Riv throws a nice looking combination but Klinch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riv fails with the takedown.
Klinch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Riv swats away the attempt to clinch by Klinch.
Klinch defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Riv.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Klinch.
Riv is breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Riv misses.
Geralt Riv is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Klinch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Klinch tries a head kick but it misses.

Riv clinches up with Klinch and pushes him back against the cage.
Klinch trying to stall but Riv improves his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klinch putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Riv in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Riv looking to slow down the pace here.
Klinch throws an elbow but it misses.
Klinch trying to stall but Riv improves his position.
Riv drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Klinch gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Riv is trying to pull guard but Klinch has him pressed against the cage.
Klinch misses with an elbow over the top.
Klinch looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Riv breaks from the clinch.
Riv keeps the fight on the outside.
Klinch tries to clinch but Riv moves out of range.
Klinch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Klinch tries to clinch but Riv moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riv fails with a takedown attempt.
Riv avoids the head kick by Klinch.

Klinch darts in and clinches Riv up against the cage.
Klinch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Klinch misses with an elbow over the top.

Riv decides to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riv bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Klinch's guard.
Riv throws a big right hand that misses.

Riv is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Klinch utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Geralt Riv will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Klinch tries to clinch but Riv moves away
and Riv makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Klinch gets a clinch.
Riv creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Riv misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klinch.
Riv is trying to pull guard but Klinch turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Klinch throws a knee to the head but misses.
Klinch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riv is keeping busy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Klinch throws an elbow but misses.
Riv is trying to push Klinch away but Klinch has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Klinch tries to land knees in the clinch but Riv avoids the damage to the body.
Riv can't get the takedown.
Klinch trying to control the position but instead, Riv has worked for underhooks and has pushed Klinch into the cage.
Riv pressing his opponent against the cage.

Riv pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Riv is on top in guard.
Riv postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Riv trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Klinch keeping moving, preventing Riv from controlling successfully.
Klinch wants to stand and escape but Riv is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Riv accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Riv postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Geralt Riv is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Geralt Riv has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riv slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Riv accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Riv's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Riv lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Riv controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riv trying to control but Klinch is working from the bottom.
Riv lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riv trying to control the position from guard on top but Klinch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riv not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Roger Klinch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Riv postures up in Klinch's guard and throws a big left but Klinch blocks it.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Geralt Riv wasn't active enough on the ground.

Riv has managed to clinch.
Klinch creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Klinch - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Klinch lands a damaging elbow.
Roger Klinch has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Klinch avoids a wild elbow strike from Riv.
Riv on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Riv breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riv tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Klinch swivels and escapes.
Roger Klinch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Geralt Riv.
Riv cracks Klinch with a good jab.
Riv will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Klinch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab from Riv.
Riv shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Klinch eats them both and turns towards Riv to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice sprawl there from Klinch as Riv shoots in.
Riv fails with the takedown.
Klinch defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Riv.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klinch throws a half hearted mid kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Klinch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Klinch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Klinch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Geralt Riv comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Riv 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geralt Riv!