PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Felizberto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Ziskie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillip Ziskie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Felizberto
vs
Ziskie

169 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Felizberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Phillip Ziskie!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felizberto throws a series of punches but Ziskie moves out of range.
Ziskie throws a combination that misses
and Felizberto counters with a nice body shot.
Ziskie throws the kick towards the body but Felizberto avoids it.
Ziskie misses with a combination

and Felizberto moves into the clinch.
Ziskie tries to break free but Felizberto pushes him back against the cage.
Felizberto misses with a punch to the body.

Ziskie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Felizberto closes the distance and clinches.
Felizberto prevents Ziskie from breaking the clinch.
Ziskie can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziskie can't break the clinch.
Ziskie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Ziskie breaks the clinch.
A combination from Felizberto does no damage.
A left and a right from Ziskie both land. Nice combination.
Ziskie is looking to land body kicks.
Ziskie throws a combination that misses
and Felizberto counters with a three punch combo that has Ziskie backing up. Ziskie nods at Felizberto to acknowledge the strikes.
Felizberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ziskie.
Felizberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ziskie.
Ziskie lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto misses with a wild body shot.
Felizberto misses with a double jab
and Ziskie counters with a nice body shot.
Ziskie throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ziskie misses with a body kick.
Ziskie throws a right and a left that Felizberto avoids nicely.
Ziskie misses with a body kick.
Ziskie throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ziskie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Felizberto counters with a two punch combo.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ziskie.
Ziskie dodges the punch combination from Felizberto.
Felizberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ziskie.
Ziskie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Felizberto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ziskie thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto moves out of range as Ziskie throws a body kick.
Felizberto falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Ziskie to counter with a crisp jab.
Felizberto walks into a straight right hand from Ziskie.
Felizberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ziskie circles away quickly and effectively.
Ziskie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Phillip Ziskie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ziskie throws a left and a right that both miss

and Felizberto counters with a single leg into guard. Ziskie didn't expect that.
Felizberto throws a strike but Ziskie rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Felizberto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ziskie wants to stand but Felizberto is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto wants to sweep here but Ziskie controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ziskie wants to stand but Felizberto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Ziskie decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Felizberto, up you get!
Ziskie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Felizberto counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Felizberto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Phillip Ziskie will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Ziskie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Felizberto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Felizberto moves away from the strike by Ziskie.
Felizberto throws a nice looking combination but Ziskie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ziskie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Felizberto counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Felizberto will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Felizberto rushes Ziskie and presses him up against the cage.

Ziskie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ziskie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Felizberto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Felizberto misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Ziskie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziskie takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ziskie misses with a body kick.

Felizberto moves into the clinch.
Felizberto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ziskie or not.
Ziskie is trying to break the clinch but Felizberto has him pressed against the cage.
Felizberto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Felizberto tries to break free but Ziskie pushes him back against the cage.
Felizberto is trying to break the clinch but Ziskie is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Felizberto is looking to break free of the clinch but Ziskie has double underhooks.
Ziskie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ziskie wants to break free but Felizberto has control.
Felizberto goes for a takedown attempt but Ziskie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ziskie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Felizberto fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ziskie ducks under a wild hook from Felizberto.
Ziskie misses with a double jab
and Felizberto counters with a two punch combo.

Felizberto gets a clinch.
Ziskie wants to get back to striking at distance but Felizberto won't allow it.
Ziskie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Felizberto drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ziskie pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ziskie throws a right hand that Felizberto ducks under and follows up with a left that Felizberto also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Felizberto is trying to force a seperation but Ziskie has the dominant position.
Ziskie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Felizberto's efforts to push away.

Ziskie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ziskie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Felizberto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ziskie misses with a combination

and Felizberto moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Felizberto dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Felizberto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Felizberto has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab from Ziskie misses.
Ziskie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Felizberto misses with a wild combination.
Ziskie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Felizberto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ziskie counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ziskie scores with a one two! Felizberto had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Felizberto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ziskie doesn't seem bothered though.
Ziskie throws a body kick that misses.
Felizberto is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ziskie.
Felizberto moves out of range of the body kick from Ziskie.
Ryan Felizberto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Felizberto misses with a combination
and Ziskie counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziskie falls off balance throwing a combination

and Felizberto counters with a shoot takedown. Ziskie fights it but they end up in guard.
Ziskie wants to get back to his feet but Felizberto is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Felizberto postures up in Ziskie's guard and throws a big left but Ziskie blocks it.
Ziskie wants to stand but Felizberto is controlling the position.
Felizberto throws and elbow that misses. Ziskie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Felizberto's guard. Nice move by Ziskie!
Felizberto has a closed guard, preventing Ziskie from standing up.
Ziskie is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Felizberto tries to get out of the position.
Ziskie postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ziskie explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ziskie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ziskie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Felizberto circles away quickly and effectively.
Felizberto throws a series of punches but Ziskie avoids them all with ease.
Felizberto is looking to wear down Ziskie with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Felizberto cracks Ziskie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Felizberto feints and as Ziskie raises his hands in defense, Felizberto changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Felizberto won't allow Ziskie to get back to his feet.
Ziskie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Felizberto postures up in Ziskie's guard and throws a big left but Ziskie blocks it.
Felizberto throws and elbow that misses. Ziskie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Felizberto's guard. Nice move by Ziskie!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ziskie wants to stand but Felizberto has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Felizberto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ziskie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ziskie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ziskie throws a combination that misses

and Felizberto counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felizberto throws and elbow that misses. Ziskie uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Felizberto's guard. Nice move by Ziskie!
Felizberto looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ziskie puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ziskie tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Felizberto wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felizberto wants to sweep but Ziskie has passed to side control!

Ziskie stands up and we're back to a striking position.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phillip Ziskie.
I think Ziskie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phillip Ziskie!