PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Darwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rizzo comes to the cage accompanied by The Trial. The crowd seem to be enjoying Darwin's choice of entrance music: You're Going Down - Sick Puppies. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rizzo
vs
Darwin

176 cm
23
164 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

164 cm
24
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

CageFrog

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 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Enrique Rizzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Victor Darwin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darwin thuds his right hand into Rizzo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rizzo with a hook.
Rizzo thumps Darwin with a low kick.
Darwin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rizzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rizzo throws a quick inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Darwin. Rizzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzo lands a head shot.
Darwin throws a jab when Rizzo was well out of range.
Darwin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darwin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rizzo. That one must have hurt.
Darwin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rizzo's head.
Rizzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rizzo lands a right hook to the body.
Darwin misses with a jab to the body
and Rizzo counters with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rizzo.
Darwin looks gassed!
Rizzo thumps Darwin with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rizzo. That's going to slow Darwin down.
Rizzo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darwin.
Rizzo feints and then cracks Darwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darwin down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rizzo.
A shot to the liver by Rizzo. Beautiful body shot.
Darwin takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darwin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rizzo cracks Darwin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. Darwin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rizzo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Rizzo. Beautiful body shot.
Darwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rizzo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzo scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizzo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darwin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. Darwin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rizzo lands a really nice looking cross but Darwin seems unphased.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rizzo, right into the meat.
Rizzo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rizzo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rizzo thumps Darwin with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Rizzo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rizzo.
Rizzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darwin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rizzo lands a head kick. Darwin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rizzo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Darwin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Rizzo.

It looks like Victor Darwin has been cut.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. Darwin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darwin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rizzo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rizzo. Darwin shrugs it off though.
A good leg kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Darwin under the eye.
Rizzo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darwin's sensitive parts.
Rizzo delivers a nice body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Rizzo.
Rizzo scores with a head kick.

Darwin is rocked!
Rizzo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Darwin is still on wobbly legs! Can Rizzo finish him?
Rizzo lands a jab to Darwin's midsection.
Darwin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rizzo.
Rizzo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Darwin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A shot to the body from Darwin misses
and Rizzo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Darwin seems to have recovered his senses.
Rizzo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Rizzo.
Rizzo cracks the inside of Darwin's front leg.
Rizzo staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo stuns Darwin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rizzo connects with a single shot there.
Rizzo lands with a slapping head kick.
Darwin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rizzo with a jab.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darwin's calf.
Darwin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rizzo lands with a cross.
Rizzo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That kick from Rizzo tenderised Darwin's leg. Darwin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Rizzo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rizzo cracks a nice hook into Darwin's ribs.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darwin's calf.
Rizzo scoring well with a low kick there.
Darwin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rizzo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darwin's calf.
Rizzo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darwin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Rizzo lands with an uppercut that bounces Darwin off the cage and back into rage.
Rizzo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nice jab there from Rizzo.
Rizzo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rizzo punishes Darwin's body with a nice straight punch.
Rizzo scoring well with a low kick there.
Darwin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rizzo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rizzo.
Nice body kick there by Rizzo.
Rizzo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice body kick from Rizzo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rizzo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rizzo lands an overhand right.
Rizzo connects with an inside leg kick.
Rizzo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Darwin if he has to take too many more of those.
Rizzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Rizzo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Darwin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rizzo lands a body shot.
Rizzo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Darwin's sensitive parts.
Rizzo connects with the punch.
Darwin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Darwin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rizzo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Darwin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rizzo. That one must have hurt.
Darwin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizzo.
Rizzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darwin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rizzo throws a quick inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rizzo.
Rizzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darwin. That did some damage!
Rizzo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Victor Darwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darwin is breathing heavily.
Rizzo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizzo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Darwin will feel that in the morning.
Rizzo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo scoring well with a low kick there.
Rizzo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Darwin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rizzo has got the better of the exchanges.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Darwin's front leg but catches the back leg as Darwin tries to avoid it.
Rizzo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rizzo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rizzo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo digs a good hook to Darwin's body.
Darwin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rizzo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rizzo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzo feints and then cracks Darwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darwin down.
Rizzo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Rizzo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Darwin's front leg but catches the back leg as Darwin tries to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rizzo.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darwin's calf.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Darwin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rizzo throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo thumps Darwin with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rizzo lands with a straight right. Darwin didn't see that one coming.
Rizzo lands a right hook to the body.
Darwin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Darwin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rizzo punishes Darwin's body with a nice straight punch.
Darwin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice body kick from Rizzo.
Rizzo connects with a high kick.
Darwin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Enrique Rizzo is winning the standup battle so far.
Rizzo lands with a slapping head kick.
Darwin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rizzo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rizzo cracks the inside of Darwin's front leg.
Darwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rizzo.
Rizzo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Darwin if he has to take too many more of those.
Rizzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darwin's calf.
Rizzo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rizzo works Darwin's body with a nice hook.
Rizzo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rizzo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo cracks the inside of Darwin's front leg.
A shot to the liver by Rizzo. Beautiful body shot.
Darwin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Darwin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rizzo.
A jab from Rizzo does it's job there.
Rizzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rizzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rizzo scores with a head kick.
Darwin walks into a stiff left hand from Rizzo.
Rizzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darwin. That did some damage!
Rizzo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rizzo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rizzo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Darwin.
Rizzo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Darwin can do to turn this around?
Rizzo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rizzo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Darwin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rizzo - the referee stops the clock and Darwin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rizzo. Darwin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rizzo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rizzo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rizzo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Darwin on the side of the head.
Rizzo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darwin.
Darwin has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rizzo.
Darwin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rizzo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters circling a little - Rizzo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darwin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rizzo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo scores with a head kick. Darwin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Darwin throws a hook but Rizzo avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Rizzo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Victor Darwin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Rizzo scores with a body shot.
Darwin misses with a wild combination.
Rizzo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Darwin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Rizzo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rizzo connects with a solid leg kick.
Rizzo lands a nice looking body shot.
Good leg kick by Rizzo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darwin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rizzo lands with a shot to the body.
Rizzo pushes Darwin away with a front kick.
Rizzo connects with a solid leg kick.
Darwin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Darwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo is looking to wear down Darwin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Darwin tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
A solid leg kick lands there for Rizzo.
Darwin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Darwin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands with a nice body kick.
Rizzo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rizzo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Darwin takes a step back to recover.
Rizzo scores with a spinning back kick!
Rizzo works Darwin's body with a nice hook.
Rizzo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darwin.
Rizzo scores with a head kick. Darwin tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Darwin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rizzo.
Darwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rizzo feints and then cracks Darwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darwin down.
Rizzo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Darwin will feel that in the morning.
Rizzo digs a good hook to Darwin's body.
Darwin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Darwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rizzo connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darwin misses with a body punch
and Rizzo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rizzo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Darwin's hands.
Rizzo scores with a push kick.
Rizzo cracks a nice hook into Darwin's ribs.
Rizzo lunges at Darwin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Darwin's hand.
Darwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rizzo. Rizzo obviously looking to wear him down.
Darwin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rizzo scoring well with a low kick there.
Rizzo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rizzo connects with a looping right hand.
Darwin throws a jab but it's blocked by Rizzo.
Rizzo scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rizzo.
Rizzo is looking to slow Darwin down with leg kicks.
Rizzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rizzo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rizzo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo feints and then cracks Darwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darwin down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rizzo.
Rizzo scores with a spinning back kick!
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Darwin's front leg but catches the back leg as Darwin tries to avoid it.
Darwin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rizzo throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rizzo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rizzo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rizzo lands a right hook to the body.
Darwin has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Rizzo.
Darwin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rizzo scores with a jab to the head.
Rizzo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rizzo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Darwin at a distance.
Darwin throws a shot from downtown. Rizzo moves away and avoids it.
Rizzo scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rizzo feints and then cracks Darwin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darwin down.
Rizzo lands an overhand right.
Victor Darwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rizzo. That's going to slow Darwin down.
Darwin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rizzo. That one must have hurt.
Rizzo cracks a nice hook into Darwin's ribs.
Darwin ducks right into an uppercut from Rizzo.
That kick from Rizzo tenderised Darwin's leg. Darwin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rizzo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice body kick from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizzo.
Darwin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rizzo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darwin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A jab from Rizzo does it's job there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Darwin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rizzo scores with a jab. Darwin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A good leg kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Darwin's front leg but catches the back leg as Darwin tries to avoid it.
Rizzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darwin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrique Rizzo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rizzo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:24
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:24
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:24

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