PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mibbe Ribbler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribbler comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Religion - Los Angeles Is Burning. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ribbler
vs
Santos

180 cm
18
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mibbe Ribbler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Santos!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ribbler shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Ribbler throws a big elbow that misses.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ribbler is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ribbler's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribbler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ribbler stays in close to Santos's body and controls the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mibbe Ribbler.
Ribbler looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Santos is fending him off so far but Ribbler persists. Nope, Santos circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos throws a push kick but Ribbler slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ribbler is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos throws a one two combo.
Ribbler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ribbler eats them both and turns towards Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Ribbler shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but Ribbler finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ribbler is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ribbler works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ribbler controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ribbler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ribbler with the ground and pound from mount.
Ribbler sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ribbler punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ribbler lands a big elbow.
Santos looks winded!
Ribbler controlling his opponent.
Ribbler breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Ribbler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ribbler working Santos over with strikes here.
Ribbler raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Ribbler connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ribbler tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ribbler scores with a takedown into Santos's guard.
Ribbler slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Ribbler is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Santos's shoulder. That is not cool.
Ribbler has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ribbler has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ribbler in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ribbler landing strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ribbler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribbler lands an elbow.
Santos is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler just content to control the position.
Mibbe Ribbler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ribbler is putting a hurting on Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ribbler happy to just control the position for now.
Ribbler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Ribbler working the head with strikes.
Ribbler in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ribbler lands a few punches from side control.
Ribbler lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ribbler controls the position.
Ribbler working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ribbler looks up at the clock and then as Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ribbler smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Santos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Santos trying to remain calm as Ribbler controls from the top position.
Ribbler working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Santos's face as Ribbler controls the position.
Check out the look on Ribbler's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ribbler is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Santos will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
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!
Ribbler working the ground and pound.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Ribbler connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Santos some visible discomfort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler happy to just control the position for now.
Ribbler lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ribbler is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Ribbler landing a few strikes.
Ribbler looks up at the clock and then as Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ribbler smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ribbler works to advance to full mount. Santos defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Ribbler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Ribbler cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mibbe Ribbler dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Santos tries to sprawl but Ribbler drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ribbler is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ribbler not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ribbler looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mibbe Ribbler.
Ribbler throws out a leg kick but Santos moves out of range and Ribbler only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A leg kick checked by Ribbler.

Ribbler closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Santos quickly recovers to half guard.
Ribbler lands strikes from half guard.
Ribbler passes to side control.
Ribbler content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Ribbler lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ribbler cracks Santos with a big right hand but Santos just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribbler working the head with strikes.
Ribbler taking a breather here.
Ribbler scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler scoring with punches from side control.
Ribbler takes a little break here. Santos wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ribbler lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Ribbler decides to stand back up. Ribbler steps back and let's Santos get back to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ribbler.
Ribbler working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler takes a little break here. Santos wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Ribbler landing strikes.
Ribbler taking a breather here.
Ribbler has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Santos!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ribbler cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribbler controlling the position easily from mount.
Ribbler lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ribbler takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eddie Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mibbe Ribbler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mibbe Ribbler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ribbler, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mibbe Ribbler!
A relieved looking Mibbe Ribbler thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.