PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Teiden Ritari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Ritari
vs
Jordan

190 cm
26
177 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
177 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 1 - 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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, DJ Jordan!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ritari moves away from the strike by Jordan.
Ritari tries to counter by clinching up but Jordan breaks away and moves out of range.
Jordan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A jab from Ritari misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jordan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Teiden Ritari has been cut.
Jordan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Ritari counters by moving into the clinch.
Jordan misses with some punches.
Ritari lands a nice knee to the body.
Ritari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ritari obliges.
Jordan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A knee to the head by Ritari.
Ritari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ritari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ritari lands a nice elbow.
Ritari definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ritari crunches a lovely knee into Jordan's ribcage.
Ritari using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jordan looks winded!
Ritari prevents Jordan from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Ritari.
Ritari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jordan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ritari using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ritari unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jordan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Ritari.

It looks like DJ Jordan has been cut.
Ritari lands an elbow inside.
Ritari lands a nice elbow.
Nice body punch from Ritari - that landed with a thud.
Ritari connects with a knee to the head.
Ritari digs a right hand underneath Jordan's ribcage. Jordan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ritari using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jordan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jordan takes an elbow to the temple.
Ritari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ritari.
Ritari lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ritari lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Ritari.
Ritari unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ritari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jordan can't find room to land a body shot as Ritari controls the action.
Jordan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ritari's elbow.
Ritari missing with knees to the body.
Ritari scores with a shoulder strike.
Ritari blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ritari lands an uppercut.
Ritari throws an elbow but it misses.
Ritari blocking some punches.
Ritari lands a shoulder strike.
Ritari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ritari lands an elbow inside that Jordan shrugs off.
Ritari lands with a light punch inside.
Jordan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ritari lands with a left to the head.
Jordan misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ritari lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Jordan is rocked!
Ritari lands an elbow that stopped Jordan in his tracks for a moment.
Jordan is still on wobbly legs! Can Ritari finish him?
Jordan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jordan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ritari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ritari is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ritari throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jordan seems to have recovered his senses.
Jordan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ritari lands with a short shot to the head.
Ritari misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jordan.
Ritari lands a nice knee to the body.
Ritari is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ritari jerks Jordan's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Jordan drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Ritari goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Ritari because Jordan was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Teiden Ritari!
Our winner, Teiden Ritari, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.