PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Baldridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Rizzo will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Baldridge
vs
Rizzo

182 cm
28
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

New World Order Clothing
Just Fight

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 Tokyo, Marcus Baldridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo throws a hook but Baldridge avoids it easily.
Rizzo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rizzo looks to land a body kick but Baldridge moved away.
Baldridge showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rizzo.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Baldridge avoids it well.

Baldridge closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rizzo's guard.
Baldridge lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Baldridge postures up and lands a big shot to Rizzo's brow.
Baldridge postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baldridge postures up and lands a big shot to Rizzo's brow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baldridge lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Baldridge lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Baldridge working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rizzo's head.
Baldridge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baldridge is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Baldridge missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Baldridge makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baldridge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Baldridge with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baldridge throwing strikes but missing.
Baldridge is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Baldridge postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Baldridge stands up over Rizzo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Baldridge throws a big elbow that misses.
Baldridge working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rizzo's head.
Rizzo is trying to keep Baldridge in close.
Baldridge works over Rizzo with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baldridge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Baldridge wants to control from the top but Rizzo keeps moving.
Baldridge looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Baldridge's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rizzo keeping moving, preventing Baldridge from controlling successfully.
Baldridge postures up.
Baldridge pushing down on Rizzo's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Baldridge working Rizzo over with strikes.
Baldridge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Baldridge lands a nice short elbow.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Baldridge in particular looking to stall.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Baldridge connects with a nice short shot to Rizzo's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldridge looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rizzo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Rizzo is rocked!
Baldridge moves nicely into side control.
Baldridge scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rizzo is still in real trouble! Can Baldridge finish him?
Baldridge lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Baldridge scores with a couple of short elbows.
Baldridge trying to control the action but Rizzo is working from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baldridge lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Rizzo down.
Baldridge trying to control the action but Rizzo is working from the bottom.
Rizzo seems to have recovered his senses.
Baldridge cracks Rizzo with a big elbow.
Baldridge in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd goes nuts as Baldridge knocks Rizzo out cold with a massive hammerfist! Baldridge Jumps to his feet and climbs on top of the cage to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcus Baldridge!
After the fight, Marcus Baldridge was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.