PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Rydelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Rowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rydelli's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, ZOË - Loin d’ici . Daniel Rydelli has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rydelli
vs
Rowe

195 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 1

192 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Rydelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Trevor Rowe!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rowe is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rydelli displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rowe.
Rydelli half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rydelli keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice takedown defense from Rowe. No joy for Rydelli on that attempt.
Rowe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rydelli or perhaps it was just good defense by Rowe, which made it look bad.
Rowe fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rowe misses with a head kick.
Rydelli looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rowe is fending him off so far but Rydelli persists. Nope, Rowe circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Rydelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rydelli fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rowe gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Rydelli counters by moving into the clinch.
Rowe prevents the takedown attempt.
Rowe wants to get back to striking at distance but Rydelli won't allow it.
Rowe stops a takedown attempt from Rydelli.
Rowe jumps guard but Rydelli turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Rydelli successfully pulls guard.
Rydelli is pulling down on Rowe's head. It's preventing any offense from Rowe, at least for the moment.
Rowe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydelli pulls Rowe in close to prevent any damage.
Rowe trying to control but Rydelli is working from the bottom.
Rydelli wants to sweep but no luck.
Rowe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rydelli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rydelli is on top in guard.

Rowe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rydelli controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydelli has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Rowe wants to get back to his feet but Rydelli passes into half guard.
Rowe tries to roll over but Rydelli keeps him under control.
Rowe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rydelli. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rowe tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rydelli has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rowe is trying to reverse the position but instead Rydelli has taken his back - oops!
Rydelli is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rydelli is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Rowe is defending well though. Rydelli let's go of the attempt for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rowe tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Rydelli dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rowe throws a head kick that misses

and Rydelli decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rowe's guard.
Rowe looking to control but Rydelli passes into half guard.
Rowe trying to get back to full guard but Rydelli takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!

Rydelli stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Rowe tries to clinch but Rydelli is having none of it.
Rydelli half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rowe stuffs the takedown attempt from Rydelli. Rydelli gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rowe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rydelli swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rowe leaves Rydelli with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydelli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Rowe as Rydelli shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Rydelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rowe shoots in and gets a takedown into Rydelli's guard.

Rydelli has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Rowe is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Rowe tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Rydelli jumps into guard, dragging Rowe to the mat.
Rydelli pulls Rowe in close to prevent any damage.
Rydelli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rowe can do to turn this around?
Rowe looking to sit in guard and control but Rydelli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Rowe is looking for a triangle here but Rydelli uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rydelli looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Daniel Rydelli overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rydelli just content to control the position.
Rydelli gets to mount! Rowe was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Rowe working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rydelli sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rowe tries to control the position but Rydelli now has his back.

Rowe is trying to roll into a better position but Rydelli has get a rear naked choke and Rowe is forced to tap out! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Daniel Rydelli!
After winning the bout, Daniel Rydelli thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.