PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zack Rize (ranked 83 p4p, 166 weight class) and Billy Cubbedge (ranked 12 p4p, 28 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rize might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rize
vs
Cubbedge

197 cm
26
260
18 - 6 - 0

194 cm
25
270
17 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zack Rize!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy Cubbedge!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rize throws out a loose jab but Cubbedge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rize has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Grunt in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters circling - Cubbedge throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rize scores with a jab.
Rize swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cubbedge now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cubbedge avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body punch from Rize.
Rize misses with a hook. Cubbedge ducked under it nicely.
Rize swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by Rize - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cubbedge slips under a jab from Rize.
Rize misses with a hook. Cubbedge ducked under it nicely.
Rize keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cubbedge.
A quick step to the side and Rize tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rize throws out a leg kick but Cubbedge moves out of range and Rize only half commits.
Cubbedge is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rize with a body shot.
Rize is looking to chop away at Cubbedge's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rize moves out of range as Cubbedge strikes.
Cubbedge tries to clinch up
and Rize counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rize tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rize lands a nice shot to the body.
Zack Rize seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cubbedge misses with a hook.
Rize catches Cubbedge with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cubbedge tries to clinch but Rize is having none of it.
Rize lands a jab to the head.
Rize lands a two punch combo.
Rize slips under a jab from Cubbedge.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Rize misses
and Cubbedge connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cubbedge with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rize to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Cubbedge checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Cubbedge moves into the clinch.
Rize misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cubbedge misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rize misses with a punch on the inside.
Cubbedge stalling against the cage.
Cubbedge swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rize.
Cubbedge lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rize misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cubbedge blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cubbedge tries a body shot but Rize blocks it.
Rize throws a punch but it's blocked by Cubbedge.
Cubbedge blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cubbedge works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rize backwards.
Cubbedge tries to work over Rize's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cubbedge misses with a punch on the inside.
Cubbedge misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cubbedge prevents Rize from breaking the clinch.
Cubbedge tries to land knees in the clinch but Rize avoids the damage to the body.
Cubbedge scores with a shoulder strike.
Cubbedge lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rize managing to block the knees to the body from Cubbedge.
Cubbedge digs a right hand underneath Rize's ribcage. Rize let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cubbedge scores with a knee to the head.
Rize's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cubbedge working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cubbedge scores with a hook to the body.
Rize is breathing heavily.
Cubbedge landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cubbedge landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cubbedge lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rize or not.
Cubbedge lands an uppercut.
Cubbedge landing knees to the head.
Cubbedge working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Cubbedge.
Cubbedge tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rize avoids it.
Rize tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cubbedge is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rize is trying to force a seperation but Cubbedge has the dominant position.
A shot in the inside from Cubbedge.
Cubbedge lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Rize is rocked!
Cubbedge lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oh Rize is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cubbedge landing knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Cubbedge scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cubbedge is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cubbedge lands a knee to the body.
Cubbedge working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Cubbedge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cubbedge instigates a clinch.
Cubbedge lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rize or not.
Cubbedge lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rize backwards.
Cubbedge unloads an enormous knee to the head! That's knocked Rize out cold! Holy cow, it was almost as if it lifted Rize off his feet!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Billy Cubbedge!
Billy Cubbedge is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Billy Cubbedge thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.