PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tristian Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Hitana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Zack Hitana was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Riley
vs
Hitana

175 cm
22
167 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

170 cm
22
160 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

[TNS] 160!

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tristian Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zack Hitana!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Riley finds it's way through Hitana's defenses.
Hitana takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Riley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hitana but Hitana pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Riley.
Hitana lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A good leg kick by Riley.
Riley scores with a leg kick.
Riley throws a leg kick but Hitana moved away.
Hitana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Riley misses with a looping right.
Hitana moves out of range as Riley strikes.
Hitana misses with a head kick.
Hitana tries to clinch there but Riley circles away.
Riley avoids the body shot from Hitana.
Riley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riley misses with a few strikes there.
Hitana throws a head kick that misses.
Hitana misses with a hook. Riley ducked under it nicely.
Riley throws a sloppy head kick
and Hitana counters with a nice leg kick.
Hitana checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tristian Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hitana jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Hitana closes the distance and clinches.
Riley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riley tries a body shot but Hitana blocks it.
Hitana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hitana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Riley wants to stall.
Riley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hitana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riley blocks an elbow strike.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Hitana.
A head punch on the inside from Riley fails to land.
Riley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitana's elbow.

Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley misses with the combination.
Riley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hitana as he jumps to the side.
Zack Hitana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab from Hitana.
Hitana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riley throws a low kick but Hitana avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hitana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riley avoids the body shot from Hitana.
Riley tries a head kick but it misses.
Hitana motions for Riley to come forward. Hitana throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Riley shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hitana as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tristian Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hitana takes a jab right on the kisser.
Riley throws the left hand but Hitana avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hitana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hitana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Hitana.
Riley tries a body shot but Hitana blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Hitana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riley is trying to stall.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hitana tries to throw a body punch but Riley avoids it by throwing Hitana back against the cage.
Hitana lands a knee to the body.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hitana lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those.
Riley is breathing heavily.
Hitana lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hitana blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Riley successfully pulls guard.

Riley looking for subs off his back but Hitana has passed one foot through into half guard.
Hitana is looking to advance position but Riley won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitana content to control rather than advance.
Hitana's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Riley trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Hitana has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Riley's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Hitana dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hitana gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right handed body shot lands from Riley.
Hitana misses with an elbow strike.
Hitana throws an elbow that misses.
Hitana scores with a knee to the head.
Hitana crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.
Hitana works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hitana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hitana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riley working aggressively here.
Hitana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Riley is rocked!

It looks like Tristian Riley has been cut.
Riley working aggressively here.
Oh Riley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hitana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hitana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Hitana scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees to the body from Hitana.
Hitana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
Hitana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short right from Hitana.
Hitana lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hitana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hitana lands a damaging elbow.
Hitana lands a nice knee to the body.
Riley seems to have got his legs back now.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hitana prevents a body shot from Riley.
Hitana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hitana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hitana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hitana lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Hitana controls his hands.
Hitana lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment.
Riley avoids a wild elbow strike from Hitana.
A short body shot lands from Hitana as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hitana.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hitana just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
Hitana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Hitana crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
Hitana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Hitana.
Hitana lands a shoulder strike.
Hitana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hitana lands a knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Hitana.
Hitana scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitana obliges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Hitana scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hitana lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those.
Nice elbow from Hitana.
Hitana lands a nice elbow.
Riley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hitana lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.
Hitana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hitana lands an uppercut.
Hitana throws an elbow but it misses.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Hitana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hitana landing knees to the body.
Hitana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riley backwards.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hitana crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.
Hitana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hitana misses with a knee to the head.
Hitana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hitana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Hitana has double underhooks.
Zack Hitana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riley avoiding damage as Hitana throws knees to the body.
Hitana lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riley backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitana.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitana's elbow.
Hitana throws an elbow but it misses.
Hitana prevents Riley from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hitana throws an elbow but misses.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hitana stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Hitana.
Riley tries to break free but Hitana pushes him back against the cage.

Riley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hitana has managed to clinch.
Hitana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitana's elbow.
Hitana lands a damaging elbow.
Hitana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hitana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Riley.
Hitana lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hitana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hitana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hitana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hitana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hitana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zack Hitana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tristian Riley's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Riley throws a sloppy head kick and Hitana moves out of range easily.

Hitana closes the distance and clinches.
Riley has had enough of the clinch but Hitana keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Riley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Riley.
Hitana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hitana throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hitana.
Riley misses with the head strike.
Hitana lands a nice knee to the body.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hitana lands a knee to the body.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hitana tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Hitana blocks a body shot from Riley.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hitana crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.
Hitana unloads a knee to the mid-section. Riley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hitana throws an elbow but misses.
Hitana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitana lands with a short shot to the head.
Hitana pushes Riley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hitana lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those.
Riley avoiding damage as Hitana throws knees to the body.
Riley tries to work over Hitana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Hitana on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Hitana.
Hitana lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hitana creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Riley working aggressively here.
Hitana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Hitana blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hitana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
Hitana working Riley over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hitana obliges.
Hitana tries a knee to the head but Riley blocks it.
Hitana lands a body punch.
Hitana lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Hitana.
Hitana tries to land a knee to the head but Riley blocks with his arms.
Hitana misses with an elbow strike.
Hitana landing knees to the body.
Hitana lands a knee to the head.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hitana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riley wants to stall.
Riley takes a shot to the head.
Riley taking a breather.
Hitana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rileys head.
Hitana lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Hitana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hitana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hitana.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hitana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Hitana.
Hitana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Riley backwards.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riley blocks an elbow strike from Hitana.
Riley gets through Hitana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hitana lands a knee to the head.
Hitana lands an elbow inside.
Hitana prevents a body shot from Riley.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hitana's elbow.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
Hitana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hitana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Riley tries to work over Hitana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hitana as Riley tries to tie him up.
Hitana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hitana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses.
Hitana missing with knees to the body.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hitana lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Riley trying to land knees to the body.
Hitana landing knees to the head.
Hitana misses with a knee to the head.
Hitana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hitana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hitana lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Hitana tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Hitana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Zack Hitana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hitana lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Riley.
Hitana lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Hitana's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hitana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riley's face.
Hitana looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Tristian Riley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riley takes an elbow to the temple.
Hitana tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zack Hitana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hitana 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zack Hitana!