PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Teiden Ritari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Sloan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Ritari
vs
Sloan

190 cm
26
177 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
27
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 8 - 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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Sloan!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Ritari misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Ritari.
Ritari tries to counter by clinching up but Sloan breaks away and moves out of range.
Ritari delivers a nice body kick.

Sloan gets tackled into the cage by Ritari. Ritari maintains the clinch.
Ritari definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ritari lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sloan lands with a light punch inside.
Ritari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ritari lands an elbow just above Sloan 's eye.

It looks like Tom Sloan has been cut.
Knees to the body from Ritari.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ritari.
Ritari lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ritari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sloan avoids it.
Ritari with a knee to the head.
Sloan takes an elbow to the temple.
Ritari lands a knee to the head.
Sloan has a couple of punches blocked by Ritari.
Sloan blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloan misses with the head strike.
Ritari creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sloan's defenses.

That has opened up Tom Sloan's cut even more.
Ritari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ritari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sloan avoids it.
Ritari looking to throw knees to the head but Sloan is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ritari.
Sloan has a couple of punches blocked by Ritari.
Sloan takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Sloan.
Ritari scores a nice knee to the body.
Sloan misses with the head strike.
Ritari lands a knee to the body.
Ritari landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sloan misses with a punch on the inside.
Ritari comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ritari lands a nice knee to the body.
Sloan looks winded!
Ritari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ritari landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ritari lands a nice elbow.

The cut above Tom Sloan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ritari will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sloan up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloan has a couple of punches blocked by Ritari.
Ritari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sloan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ritari landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sloan misses with the head strike.
Ritari gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ritari.
Ritari scores with a shot to the side of Sloan's head.
Ritari lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ritari lands a nice knee to the body.
Ritari lands an elbow inside.

Tom Sloan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tom Sloan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Teiden Ritari!
During a confident post fight interview, Teiden Ritari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.