PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Teiden Ritari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mateo Alejandro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mateo Alejandro will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ritari
vs
Alejandro

190 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
169 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent elbows
KO power

Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teiden Ritari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mateo Alejandro!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid body kick from Ritari.
Alejandro throws a right and a left that Ritari avoids nicely.
Ritari chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Alejandro misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ritari.
Alejandro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Alejandro throws a combination that misses
and Ritari counters with a low kick, right behind Alejandro 's knee.
Alejandro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ritari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mateo Alejandro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ritari. That's going to slow Alejandro down.
Alejandro misses with a series of wild punches.
Ritari lands a front kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ritari lands a jab to the nose.
Alejandro misses with a series of wild punches.
Ritari tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Alejandro manages to circle out of the way.
Ritari jabs Alejandro right on the nose. Alejandro blinks but takes it well.
Sloppy strikes from Alejandro. Those never looked like landing.

Ritari instigates a clinch.
Ritari lands an elbow that stopped Alejandro in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritari pushes Alejandro back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ritari softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ritari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alejandro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ritari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ritari.
Alejandro looks winded!
Ritari utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ritari lands an elbow inside.
Ritari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ritari with a knee to the head.
Ritari lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ritari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alejandro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alejandro takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alejandro takes an elbow to the temple.
Ritari landing knees to the body.
Ritari landing knees to the body.
Ritari lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alejandro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Alejandro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alejandro takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Ritari.
Ritari lands a nice elbow.
Ritari utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ritari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritari connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alejandro's face.
Ritari lands an elbow just above Alejandro 's eye.

Alejandro is rocked!
Ritari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ritari lands a nice elbow.
Ritari scores with a knee to the head.
Alejandro is still on wobbly legs! Can Ritari finish him?
Ritari working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alejandro takes an elbow to the temple.
Ritari lands a damaging elbow.
Ritari lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ritari lands an elbow that stopped Alejandro in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ritari unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Ritari.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ritari.
A short right from Ritari on the inside.
Ritari lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ritari.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritari cracks Alejandro with a big elbow, right in the eye socket! Alejandro drops to his knees in obvious pain! The referee starts the count but it's plainly obvious that Alejandro isn't going to get back to his feet. The referee counts none the less and Ritari struts around the mat, safe in the knowledge that this one is over. A big win for Ritari!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Teiden Ritari!
Teiden Ritari decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.