PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John McClaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John McClaine had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. John McClaine looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

McClaine
vs
Rizzo

175 cm
24
163 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

176 cm
18
163 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Wonder Roids

Supersize Me
TAKEDOWN ©

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John McClaine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enrique Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Rizzo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rizzo.
Nice body kick there by Rizzo.
Enrique Rizzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McClaine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands with a hook. McClaine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McClaine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McClaine tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rizzo swivels and escapes.
Rizzo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McClaine.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McClaine misses with the body kick
and Rizzo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
McClaine is breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McClaine.
Rizzo keeps McClaine at a distance using the push kick.
Rizzo doesn't manage to clinch there - McClaine circles away.
Rizzo misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McClaine has time to react.
Rizzo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A low kick from McClaine is predictable there
and Rizzo counters with a thumping low kick.
Rizzo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McClaine on the side of the head.
Rizzo punishes McClaine's body with a nice straight punch.
McClaine circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rizzo.
McClaine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo connects with the punch.
McClaine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Rizzo scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rizzo has managed to clinch.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McClaine.
Rizzo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McClaine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McClaine avoiding damage as Rizzo throws knees to the body.
McClaine wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John McClaine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Rizzo.
Rizzo crunches a lovely knee into McClaine's ribcage.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McClaine.
Come on Rizzo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McClaine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rizzo lands a nice elbow.
McClaine avoiding damage as Rizzo throws knees to the body.
McClaine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rizzo stalling in the clinch.
Rizzo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McClaine.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but McClaine avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo works on McClaine's body with a couple of short punches.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo lands an elbow inside.
Rizzo connects with a nasty looking knee right to McClaine's face.
Rizzo lands an uppercut.
Rizzo lands a damaging elbow.
Rizzo lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rizzo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rizzo scores with a knee to the head.
Rizzo lands a nice elbow.
Rizzo lands a left hand that snaps the head of McClaine backwards.
McClaine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rizzo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rizzo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Rizzo.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but McClaine avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rizzo connects with a knee to the head.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rizzo lands a nice elbow.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Rizzo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rizzo lands a nice leg kick that just misses McClaine's sensitive parts.
Rizzo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McClaine misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Rizzo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rizzo.
Rizzo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rizzo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McClaine has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McClaine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rizzo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McClaine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo punishes McClaine's body with a nice straight punch.
Rizzo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McClaine takes one to the chin there.
Rizzo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rizzo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rizzo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rizzo tries a head kick but it misses.
McClaine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rizzo is looking to clinch.
McClaine shoots in for a takedown but Rizzo shows good takedown defense.
Rizzo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McClaine chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rizzo can pounce on him.
Rizzo works McClaine's body with a nice hook.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McClaine's calf.

Rizzo has closed the distance and engaged McClaine in a clinch.
Rizzo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McClaine or not.
Rizzo landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rizzo misses with a knee to the head.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but McClaine avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.
McClaine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rizzo landing knees to the head.
Rizzo connects with a nasty looking knee right to McClaine's face.
Rizzo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McClaine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Rizzo.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
McClaine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rizzo.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rizzo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
McClaine fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John McClaine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rizzo lands a knee to the body.
Rizzo scores with a knee to the head.
Rizzo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McClaine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McClaine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rizzo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo stops a takedown attempt from McClaine.
Rizzo misses with a knee strike.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McClaine.
McClaine tries to score a body lock takedown but Rizzo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McClaine jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rizzo walks away with a smile on his face. McClaine gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McClaine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rizzo is fending him off so far but McClaine persists. Nope, Rizzo circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body kick there by Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a front kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rizzo, right into the meat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rizzo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Rizzo cracks a nice hook into McClaine's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Rizzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rizzo gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rizzo wants to stand but McClaine has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Rizzo is looking to take a break and control but McClaine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. McClaine manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Rizzo trying to control but McClaine is working from the bottom.
Rizzo trying to stand up but can't free himself from McClaine's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McClaine controls Rizzo momentarily but Rizzo frees himself.
Rizzo trying to stand up but can't free himself from McClaine's guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rizzo tests McClaine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rizzo throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rizzo misses with an uppercut. McClaine saw that one coming.

Rizzo moves into range and clinches up with McClaine.
Rizzo crunches a lovely knee into McClaine's ribcage.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but McClaine avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo landing knees to the body.
Rizzo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McClaine managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
A knee to the head by Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a nice elbow.
Rizzo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McClaine.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo looking to slow down the pace here.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo landing knees to the body.
Rizzo landing knees to the head.
McClaine avoiding damage as Rizzo throws knees to the body.
Rizzo throws an elbow that misses.
McClaine changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rizzo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
McClaine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo scores with a nice right hand.
Rizzo throws a head kick that half lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McClaine shoots in looking for a takedown. Rizzo tries to sprawl out of it but McClaine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rizzo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rizzo lands a nice shot that snaps McClaine's head back.
McClaine 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 lands with a cross.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rizzo.
The crowd cheers as Rizzo lands an impressive looking overhand right. McClaine doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rizzo tries to close the distance and clinch but McClaine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab from Rizzo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrique Rizzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rizzo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 25:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 25:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Rizzo!