PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omaha Steak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Riseman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steak's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, What I've Done . Jonathan Riseman has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Omaha Steak's chin.

Steak
vs
Riseman

183 cm
31
175 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
30
186 lbs
10 - 10 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Omaha Steak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Riseman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riseman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Riseman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steak was well out of range. Poor timing from Riseman.

Riseman moves into the clinch successfully.
Riseman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Riseman stalling in the clinch.
Riseman continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Steak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riseman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riseman landing knees to the body.
Steak is breathing heavily.
Riseman working Steak over with knees to the body.
Steak is trying to maintain a safe position but Riseman gets an underhook and turns Steak into the cage.
Riseman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Riseman lands a good knee to the midsection. Steak won't want to take too many of those.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steak is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Steak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riseman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Riseman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Steak blocks it.
Steak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steak takes a knee right on the jaw!
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Steak is blocking nicely.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Riseman prevents Steak from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steak dodges an elbow strike from Riseman.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steak.
Steak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riseman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steak's efforts to push away.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steak blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman taking a breather.
Riseman misses with an elbow strike.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steak avoids it.
Come on Riseman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steak is trying to pull guard but Riseman has him pressed against the cage.
Steak works on Riseman's body with a couple of short punches.
Riseman will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Steak up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Riseman.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steak avoids it.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steak.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Steak is blocking nicely.
Riseman has Steak pressed against the cage.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riseman working Steak over with knees to the body.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steak blocks it with crossed arms.
Steak wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Steak tries a knee to the head but Riseman blocks it.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but Steak blocks it.
Steak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riseman avoids it.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steak avoids a wild elbow strike from Riseman.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steak throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riseman prevents Steak from breaking the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steak.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steak blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Steak tries for a takedown but Riseman sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jonathan Riseman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Riseman rushes Steak and presses him up against the cage.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steak is defending well for now.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riseman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steak has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steak is trying to break the clinch but Riseman is controlling him.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steak is defending well for now.
Steak blocks the elbow strike.
Riseman lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman scores with a knee to the head.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Jonathan Riseman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steak blocks it with crossed arms.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.

Steak manages to break the clinch.
Riseman tries to clinch up.
Steak takes a kick to the side of the head.
Steak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riseman is looking to clinch.

Riseman tries to keep at a distance but Steak has taken the fight into the clinch.
Riseman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Steak is blocking nicely.
Steak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riseman avoids it.
Riseman tries to land knees in the clinch but Steak avoids the damage to the body.
Steak managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steak jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Riseman walks away with a smile on his face. Steak gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Riseman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steak circles away from the clinch attempt
and Steak counters with a straight right hand.
Riseman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Steak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Riseman closes the distance but Steak moves to the side
and Steak counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Riseman thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riseman closes the distance and pushes Steak back into the cage.
Riseman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riseman trying to land knees to the body.
Steak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steak is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riseman.
Riseman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Riseman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Steak is defending well for now.
Steak is looking to break free of the clinch but Riseman has double underhooks.
Riseman connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Omaha Steak has been cut.
Riseman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Steak is trying to break the clinch but Riseman has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steak is trying to push Riseman away but Riseman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Steak is blocking nicely.
Riseman misses with a knee strike.
Steak throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steak takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Riseman is pushing Steak up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Riseman with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riseman is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Riseman avoids a wild elbow strike from Steak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Riseman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Omaha Steak's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

No luck for Steak with that takedown attempt.
Steak shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Riseman defends it nicely.
Riseman moves to clinch but Steak breaks away
and Steak cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Riseman tries to keep at a distance but Steak has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steak is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steak avoids it.
Steak tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Riseman just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Omaha Steak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riseman missing with knees to the body.
Steak wants to break the clinch but can't.

Steak breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riseman tries to clinch but Steak is having none of it.
Riseman misses with a head kick.

Steak instigates a clinch.
Steak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Steak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Steak rushes Riseman and presses him up against the cage.
Riseman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Riseman scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riseman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steak's efforts to push away.
Riseman lands a knee to the body.
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!
Riseman tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steak tries to circle away but Riseman has him pinned against the cage.
Riseman landing knees to the body.
Riseman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riseman lands a knee to the head.
Riseman scores with a knee to the head.
Riseman throws an elbow but it misses.
Steak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steak tries to break free but Riseman pushes him back against the cage.
Riseman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riseman throws a knee to the head but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Omaha Steak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riseman connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steak managing to block the knees to the body from Riseman.
Riseman prevents Steak from breaking the clinch.
Riseman with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Riseman lands a knee to the head.
Riseman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steak blocks it with crossed arms.
Steak is trying to break the clinch but Riseman is controlling him.
Steak tries to land knees in the clinch but Riseman avoids the damage to the body.
Riseman looking to throw knees to the head but Steak is blocking nicely.

Steak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Steak darts in and clinches Riseman up against the cage.
Steak avoiding damage as Riseman throws knees to the body.
Riseman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steak takes a knee to the side of the body.

Steak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steak swats away the attempt to clinch by Riseman.

Steak pushes Riseman up against the cage in a clinch.
Riseman lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steak wants to break free but Riseman has control.
Riseman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steak avoids it.
Steak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Riseman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Riseman 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Riseman!