PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Calogero Anello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rizzo Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anello
vs
Rizzo Jr

178 cm
30
168 lbs
18 - 11 - 1

170 cm
29
157 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Crippler's Corner

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 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calogero Anello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Rizzo Jr!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anello getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Anello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzo Jr.
Anello goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rizzo Jr cracks Anello with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rizzo Jr scores with a jab. Anello acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rizzo Jr sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rizzo Jr wants to slow Anello down by chopping away at his legs.
Anello 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 Jr throws a hook to the side of Anello's head but Anello sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A bone on bone clash there as Anello blocks the leg kick.
Anello throws a hook but Rizzo Jr avoids it easily.
Rizzo Jr tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rizzo Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Anello circles away.
A good leg kick by Rizzo Jr.
Rizzo Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anello is able to avoid easily.
Rizzo Jr throws a jab when Anello was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anello misses with a hook
and Rizzo Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rizzo Jr punishes Anello's body with a nice straight punch.
Rizzo Jr throws out a leg kick but Anello moves out of range and Rizzo Jr only half commits.
Anello throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frank Rizzo Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzo Jr wants to clinch but Anello slips to the side
and Anello counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rizzo Jr's knee momentarily.
Rizzo Jr looks to land a left hand but Anello moved out of range nicely.
Rizzo Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rizzo Jr misses with a body shot.
Rizzo Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Anello works the jab nicely.
Rizzo Jr lands a nice looking body shot.
Anello throws a leg kick but Rizzo Jr sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzo Jr. Anello does a little dance to reset his feet.
Anello keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Anello's sensitive parts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rizzo Jr checks the leg kick.
Rizzo Jr blocks a leg kick.
Rizzo Jr throws a hook to the side of Anello's head but Anello sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anello lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rizzo Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Rizzo Jr defending well as Anello loads up on a big left hand.
Anello has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anello there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rizzo Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Anello moves out of range as Rizzo Jr strikes.
Rizzo Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rizzo Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rizzo Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Anello should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr connects with a jab.
Anello scores with a nice body kick.
Anello defending well as Rizzo Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Rizzo Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Anello moves away.
Rizzo Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Anello scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anello scoring well with a low kick there.
Rizzo Jr scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rizzo Jr tries to clinch there but Anello circles away.
Rizzo Jr tests Anello's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Anello throws a leg kick
and Rizzo Jr counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good exchange - Rizzo Jr coming out on top.
Anello throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rizzo Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr misses the shot to the body.
Anello takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rizzo Jr with a jab.
Anello keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rizzo Jr.
Anello throws a poor cross that misses
and Rizzo Jr counters with a nice body shot.
Rizzo Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Anello paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Anello shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Anello checks a leg kick.
Anello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzo Jr.
Rizzo Jr thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rizzo Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Rizzo Jr is predictable there
and Anello counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rizzo Jr wants to clinch but Anello slips to the side
and Anello counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Rizzo Jr dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rizzo Jr slips a straight right by Anello.
Rizzo Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Anello moves out of range of the strikes.
Anello dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rizzo Jr. That did some damage!
Anello blocks a head kick by Rizzo Jr.
Anello takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rizzo Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Anello is out of range.
Frank Rizzo Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rizzo Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rizzo Jr misses with a low kick.
Anello stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rizzo Jr scores with a jab to the body.
Anello throws a poor cross that misses
and Rizzo Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anello gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rizzo Jr throws a hook to the side of Anello's head but Anello sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rizzo Jr moves into range and clinches up with Anello.
Rizzo Jr tries to throw a body punch but Anello avoids it by throwing Rizzo Jr back against the cage.
Rizzo Jr prevents Anello from breaking the clinch.
Anello blocking some punches.
Anello has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Anello is looking to break free of the clinch but Rizzo Jr has double underhooks.
Anello blocking some punches.

Anello breaks from the clinch.
Rizzo Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rizzo Jr misses with a looping left.
Rizzo Jr swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rizzo Jr tries to score with a low kick but Anello moves his leg out of the way.
Anello pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rizzo Jr back to the cage. Anello follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anello checks a leg kick.
Rizzo Jr throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Anello takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheers as Rizzo Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Anello doesn't seem phased though.
Anello swats away the attempt to clinch by Rizzo Jr.
Anello throws the kick towards the body but Rizzo Jr avoids it.
Anello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzo Jr.
Anello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anello tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anello blocks a jab.
Anello keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Anello takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Anello doesn't seem bothered though.
Rizzo Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rizzo Jr misses with a head kick.
Rizzo Jr tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Anello counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rizzo Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Anello.
Anello takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Rizzo Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Rizzo Jr as the two fighters clinch.

Rizzo Jr manages to break the clinch.
Rizzo Jr tests Anello's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Anello.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzo Jr. Anello does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzo Jr misses with a looping left.
Rizzo Jr throws a leg kick but Anello sees it coming and moves out of range.
A jab from Rizzo Jr finds it's way through Anello's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some bone on bone action there as Rizzo Jr checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice uppercut lands for Anello. That snapped Rizzo Jr's head back.
The fighters circling - Rizzo Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Anello walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rizzo Jr.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rizzo Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Anello scores with a punch to the head.
Rizzo Jr loads up on a big right hand but Anello slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Rizzo Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A slow jab from Anello misses its intended target.
Rizzo Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rizzo Jr tries to clinch there but Anello circles away.
Rizzo Jr looks to throw a body kick
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Anello counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Anello throws a shot from downtown. Rizzo Jr moves away and avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Anello misses.
Anello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Anello throws a leg kick
and Rizzo Jr counters with a low kick, right behind Anello 's knee.
A solid leg kick lands there for Anello.
Rizzo Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anello at a distance.
Rizzo Jr blocks the body kick.
Anello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rizzo Jr misses with an uppercut. Anello saw that one coming.
Anello dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rizzo Jr. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anello buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anello takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Anello staying out of range there.
Rizzo Jr misses with a straight left.
Rizzo Jr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Anello cracks Rizzo Jr with a good jab.
Anello throws a low kick but Rizzo Jr avoids it.
Anello ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo Jr.
Rizzo Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Anello.
Rizzo Jr throws out a leg kick but Anello moves out of range and Rizzo Jr only half commits.
Anello buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anello misses with a low kick.
Anello defending well as Rizzo Jr loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rizzo Jr avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rizzo Jr throws a leg kick but Anello sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rizzo Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anello has time to react.
Rizzo Jr misses with a right hand
and Anello connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anello tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anello blocks a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Anello checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rizzo Jr throws a body punch but Anello moves out of range.
Rizzo Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Anello sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Calogero Anello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rizzo Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anello.
Rizzo Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Anello counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anello looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Anello is just out of range.
Rizzo Jr is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Anello defending well as Rizzo Jr loads up on a big left hand.
Anello avoids the body shot from Rizzo Jr.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rizzo Jr manages to break the clinch.
Rizzo Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rizzo Jr fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anello.
Anello scores with a kick to the body.
Rizzo Jr checks a low kick from Anello.
Anello works Rizzo Jr's body with a nice hook.
A jab from Anello misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr throws out a loose jab but Anello uses good head movement to avoid it.
That kick from Rizzo Jr tenderised Anello's leg. Anello is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rizzo Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Frank Rizzo Jr is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizzo Jr avoids the body shot from Anello.
Rizzo Jr swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A big right from Rizzo Jr misses.
A left lands for Rizzo Jr.
A clash of legs there as Anello blocks the low kick.
Rizzo Jr throws a hook to the side of Anello's head but Anello sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rizzo Jr looks to land a body kick but Anello moved away.
Anello moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rizzo Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Anello tries to land a body kick
and Rizzo Jr cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Rizzo Jr.
Well Rizzo Jr 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Rizzo Jr!
Frank Rizzo Jr managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Xtreme Merchandise, into his post fight interview.