PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between The Ultimate Warrior (ranked 23440 p4p, 4486 weight class) and Frank Rizzo (ranked 449 p4p, 390 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.

Warrior
vs
Rizzo

167 cm
29
155
5 - 5 - 1

150 cm
20
140
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, The Ultimate Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Warrior misses the target.
Rizzo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Warrior misses with a straight right.
Rizzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Warrior.
Rizzo feints the counter takedown.
Warrior looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Warrior throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Rizzo.
Warrior lands a really nice looking cross but Rizzo seems unphased.
Warrior throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rizzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Warrior takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizzo.
Warrior fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rizzo manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Warrior.
Warrior misses with a low kick.
Warrior swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Warrior throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warrior uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rizzo has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rizzo misses with a straight right.
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Warrior with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rizzo to score with a decent uppercut.
Warrior misses with a low kick.
Rizzo cracks Warrior with an open hand slap.
Rizzo slips a jab from Warrior.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrior throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rizzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Warrior looks to land a left hand but Rizzo moved out of range nicely.
The Ultimate Warrior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A big left from Warrior misses.
A swing and a miss from Warrior.
Warrior thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rizzo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Warrior throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Warrior misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Rizzo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizzo.
Warrior throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Warrior misses with an uppercut. Rizzo saw that one coming.
Rizzo throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rizzo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rizzo.
The fighters circling - Rizzo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warrior is looking to counter punch.
Warrior lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Rizzo.
Rizzo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Warrior is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Warrior misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo wants to clinch up but Warrior keeps it at a distance.
Rizzo ducks under a wild hook from Warrior.
Warrior misses with a hook to the body
and Rizzo counters with a straight right hand.
Warrior misses the shot to the body.
Warrior ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheers as Rizzo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Warrior doesn't seem phased though.
Warrior jabs Rizzo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rizzo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Warrior throws a hook to the side of Rizzo's head but Rizzo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warrior misses with a wild body shot.
Warrior throws out a powerful jab.
Rizzo looks to land a left hand but Warrior moved out of range nicely.
Warrior loads up on a big right hand but Rizzo slips the punch.
Warrior misses with a low kick.
Rizzo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Warrior throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rizzo throws a jab but it's blocked by Warrior.
Rizzo scores with the left hand. Warrior knows he should have avoided that one.
Warrior pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rizzo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Warrior takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo.
Warrior closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warrior. Rizzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warrior takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice cross by Rizzo.
Warrior throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Warrior takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Warrior tries to score with a low kick but Rizzo moves his leg out of the way.
Rizzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Warrior connects with a jab.
Rizzo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Warrior takes a step back to recover.
Rizzo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Warrior had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizzo.
Warrior swings for the body but Rizzo moves out of range.
Warrior throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Ultimate Warrior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rizzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Warrior moves away.
Rizzo lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warrior misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Rizzo to counter with a crisp jab.
Warrior uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Warrior throws a hook but Rizzo blocks it.
Warrior throws a low kick but Rizzo moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Warrior finds it's way round the side to connect with Rizzo's head.
Rizzo moves out of range as Warrior strikes.
Rizzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Rizzo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
It seemed like Rizzo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rizzo lands with a cross.
Warrior throws a hook but Rizzo blocks it.
Rizzo lands with a straight right. Warrior didn't see that one coming.
Warrior takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rizzo moves in looking to clinch but Warrior pushes him off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warrior. Rizzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rizzo is looking to clinch but Warrior is avoiding it.
Rizzo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Warrior lands with a cross.
Warrior takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rizzo avoids the body shot from Warrior.
Warrior throws the left hand but Rizzo avoids the punch easily.
Warrior throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Warrior gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Warrior connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank Rizzo will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rizzo lands with a cross.
Warrior jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rizzo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rizzo. That's going to slow Warrior down.
Rizzo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rizzo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rizzo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rizzo slips under a jab from Warrior.
Warrior throws a jab when Rizzo was well out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Rizzo misses.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Warrior's front leg but catches the back leg as Warrior tries to avoid it.
Warrior looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rizzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Rizzo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Warrior drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rizzo.
A big left from Warrior misses.
Warrior swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Warrior scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizzo.
Rizzo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Warrior has time to react.
A jab from Warrior misses.
It seemed like Rizzo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rizzo drops his hands momentarily and Warrior takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo cracks Warrior with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed right hand from Warrior misses the target.
A leg kick checked by Rizzo.
Frank Rizzo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Warrior misses with a hook. Rizzo ducked under it nicely.
Warrior looks to land a right hand but Rizzo moved out of range.
Warrior avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rizzo misses the shot to the body.
Warrior catches Rizzo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Rizzo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warrior.
Warrior shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big left from Warrior misses.
Warrior lands a jab to the nose.
Rizzo moves out of range as Warrior strikes.
Warrior misses with an uppercut.
Rizzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Rizzo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Warrior in his tracks.
Warrior swings for the body but Rizzo moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rizzo cracks Warrior with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rizzo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior misses with a hook
and Rizzo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Warrior throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warrior throws a lazy right hand but Rizzo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Warrior swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warrior ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo.
Warrior chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rizzo can pounce on him.
Warrior slips a jab from Rizzo.
An inside leg kick lands from Rizzo.
Warrior tries to move into range but Rizzo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Warrior stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rizzo.
A jab from Warrior misses.
Rizzo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Warrior missing with a left hand there. Rizzo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rizzo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
Warrior keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rizzo.
Warrior connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Warrior walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Warrior is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good exchange - Rizzo coming out on top.
Rizzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Warrior swings for the body but Rizzo moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Warrior misses the target.
Warrior blocks a jab.
Rizzo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Warrior throws a hook to the side of Rizzo's head but Rizzo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Rizzo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Warrior scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rizzo dips to his left and cracks Warrior with an uppercut!
Rizzo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warrior.
Rizzo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Warrior.
Warrior on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rizzo scores with a kick to the midsection.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rizzo. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Warrior checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice shot by Warrior.
Warrior misses with an uppercut.
Warrior swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Warrior misses.
Warrior missing with a left hand there. Rizzo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Warrior swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rizzo counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rizzo shoots in looking for a takedown. Warrior tries to sprawl out of it but Rizzo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Warrior manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Warrior momentarily.
Warrior on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Warrior throws out a leg kick but Rizzo moves out of range and Warrior only half commits.
Rizzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Warrior scores with the left hand. Rizzo knows he should have avoided that one.
Warrior's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rizzo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Warrior scrambles back to his feet.
Rizzo slips under a jab.
Warrior throws a low kick but Rizzo avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Rizzo. Beautiful body shot.
Rizzo connects with an inside leg kick.
Rizzo misses with a few strikes there.
Warrior doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Warrior throws a body shot but no joy.
Warrior throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Warrior staying out of range there.
Warrior throws a hook but Rizzo blocks it.
Warrior is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rizzo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Frank Rizzo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Warrior throws out a loose jab but Rizzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rizzo unleashes a big counter combination but Warrior bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Warrior ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rizzo moves away.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizzo.
Warrior throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Rizzo closes the distance and clinches.
Rizzo misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Warrior fails to land.
Warrior lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rizzo jumps guard but Warrior stands there with Rizzo around his waist. Rizzo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Warrior pushes Rizzo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Warrior misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Rizzo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rizzo as Warrior tries to tie him up.
Warrior is trying to maintain a safe position but Rizzo gets an underhook and turns Warrior into the cage.

Rizzo breaks from the clinch.
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Rizzo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Warrior throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rizzo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rizzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Warrior.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Warrior throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Warrior attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Warrior misses with a hook. Rizzo ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Warrior.
Rizzo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Warrior bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rizzo's head.
Warrior tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Warrior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rizzo scores with a jab. Warrior acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rizzo throws out a loose jab but Warrior uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rizzo moves away from the strike by Warrior.
Rizzo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Warrior throws a hook but Rizzo avoids it easily.
Rizzo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rizzo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rizzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Warrior has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rizzo scores with a nice right hand.
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!
Rizzo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Warrior is rocked!
Rizzo with the inside leg kick.
Oh Warrior is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rizzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Warrior throws out the jab.
The Ultimate Warrior has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Warrior seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warrior throws an overhand right that lands on Rizzo's shoulder, as Rizzo tries to avoid the shot.
Warrior throws the left hand but Rizzo avoids the punch easily.
Rizzo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Rizzo ducks under a wild hook from Warrior.
Good exchange - Warrior coming out on top.
Warrior throws an off balance right hand
enabling Rizzo to counter with a crisp jab.
Rizzo ducks under a wild hook from Warrior.
Rizzo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rizzo misses with a head kick.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Warrior's front leg but catches the back leg as Warrior tries to avoid it.
Rizzo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Warrior throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rizzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warrior. Rizzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rizzo catches Warrior with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rizzo connects with an inside leg kick.
Warrior misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizzo.
Rizzo with a nice calf kick.
Good exchange - Warrior coming out on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrior misses with a looping left.
Warrior takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rizzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Warrior.
Good shot there by Warrior.

Rizzo gets a clinch.
Warrior is stalling here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Warrior.
Warrior lands with a left to the head.
Warrior misses with a punch on the inside.
Rizzo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rizzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rizzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Warrior tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Rizzo ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rizzo no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Rizzo has control of Warrior's left arm, preventing Warrior from doing any damage.

Rizzo is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Warrior rolls with it to try and escape but Rizzo cranks on the arm and Warrior is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Frank Rizzo!
Frank Rizzo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.