PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Rydeland (ranked 2293 p4p, 308 weight class) and Shannon Chille (ranked 3891 p4p, 461 weight class). Rydeland comes to the cage accompanied by Robbery - Not sneak attack. Chille is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ms. Fortune. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rydeland
vs
Chille

185 cm
26
185 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

186 cm
27
183 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Rydeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shannon Chille!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Chille.
Chille misses with a looping left.
Rydeland is looking to counter punch.
Chille avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chille wants to counter with a clinch but Rydeland pushes him away.
Rydeland jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
John Rydeland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chille just misses with a punch to the body.
Rydeland tries to bum rush Chille with a series of wild strikes but Chille uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rydeland comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rydeland works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chille misses with an uppercut. Rydeland saw that one coming.
Rydeland keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rydeland has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rydeland with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chille moves out of range of the strikes.
Chille is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Rydeland with a body shot.
Rydeland just misses with a punch to the body.
Chille feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rydeland scores with a nice strike.

Chille moves into the clinch.
Rydeland tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rydeland avoiding damage as Chille throws knees to the body.
Chille misses with a knee strike.
Rydeland misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Rydeland.
Chille pushes off an throws an elbow but Rydeland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rydeland dodges an elbow strike from Chille.
Chille using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rydeland has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rydeland with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chille looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Our sources have told us that Rydeland has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Rydeland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rydeland managing to block the knees to the body from Chille.
Rydeland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rydeland swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chille has a couple of punches blocked by Rydeland.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rydeland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rydeland lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chille backwards.
Rydeland trying to land knees to the body.
Chille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like John Rydeland has been cut.
Chille has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rydeland seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Chille can turn it around.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rydeland lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chille backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rydeland.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydeland.
Rydeland tries to pull guard but Chille won't allow it.
Chille lands an elbow that stopped Rydeland in his tracks for a moment.
Chille dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rydeland working aggressively here.
Rydeland working aggressively here.
Rydeland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chille lands a good knee to the midsection. Rydeland won't want to take too many of those.
Chille lands a damaging elbow.
Rydeland lands a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Chille.
Chille stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chille pushes off an throws an elbow but Rydeland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chille.
Rydeland tries to work over Chille's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chille pushes off an throws an elbow but Rydeland leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Chille tries a body shot but Rydeland blocks it.
Rydeland can't find room to land a body shot as Chille controls the action.
Rydeland lands with a short shot to the head.

Rydeland pulls Chille into guard.
Chille wants to stand but Rydeland is controlling his posture from full guard.
Chille wants to control from the top but Rydeland keeps moving.
Rydeland is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chille is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chille wants to stand and escape but instead Rydeland has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Chille avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rydeland postures up and lands a big shot to Chille's brow.
Chille is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rydeland is controlling him.
Chille wants to sweep here but Rydeland controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Rydeland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Rydeland's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A shot to the body from Rydeland misses

and Chille counters by clinching up.
Rydeland fails to pull guard.
Chille blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chille letting Rydeland take a breather here.
Chille lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rydeland.
Shannon Chille seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rydeland.
Good body shot from Rydeland.
A shot in the inside from Rydeland.
Rydeland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chille's elbow.
Chille lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rydeland has a couple of punches blocked by Chille.
Chille lands an elbow that stopped Rydeland in his tracks for a moment.
Rydeland tries to land a knee to the head but Chille blocks with his arms.
Rydeland makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chille missing with knees to the body.
Rydeland misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chille lands a damaging elbow.
Chille looking to stall.
Chille lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rydeland lands a shot to the body.
Rydeland misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chille.
Chille looking to stall.
Rydeland lands a body shot.
Rydeland working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Chille is rocked!
Rydeland dips a shoulder and cracks Chille with a mighty uppercut! Chille falls back against the cage and Rydeland unloads with a barrage of strikes! Chille is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rydeland screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Rydeland!
During a confident post fight interview, John Rydeland thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.