PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Freds (ranked 2485 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riise (ranked 5360 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!

Freds
vs
Riise

169 cm
26
137 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
25
141 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Freds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Riise!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Freds throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freds checks the leg kick.
Freds throws a right and a left that Riise avoids nicely.
Freds moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Riise ducks under a wild hook from Freds.
Riise takes one to the side of the head.
John Freds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Freds misses with a wild body shot.
Riise moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Riise walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab lands there for Freds.
Riise throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Freds fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riise manages to avoid it.
A nice side step and Riise releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Freds throws a jab but it's blocked by Riise.
Nice uppercut lands for Freds. That snapped Riise's head back.
Freds throws a looping overhand right but Riise ducks down to avoid it.
Freds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riise moves away.
Riise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Freds on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Freds moves out of range as Riise throws a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riise slips under a jab.
Freds misses with a straight right.
Riise misses with a head kick.
Freds is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Freds throws an overhand right that lands on Riise's shoulder, as Riise tries to avoid the shot.
Freds throws a jab when Riise was well out of range.
Riise lands a nice looking kick to the body. Freds takes a step back to recover.
Freds jabs at Riise's body.
Riise slips a straight right by Freds.
Freds scores with a jab to the jaw.
Donk. Freds catches Riise right on the button with a cross.
Riise misses with a head kick.
Freds swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Riise throws a head kick that half lands.
Riise ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Riise slips under a jab.
Riise flicks out a counter leg kick but Freds steps away.
Freds cracks Riise with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freds waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freds throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riise is looking to clinch.
Freds throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riise slips under a jab from Freds.
Riise let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Freds getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Freds connects with a right hand. Riise shakes it off.
Freds is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Riise throws a sloppy head kick and Freds moves out of range easily.
Riise steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Freds.
Riise with the counter takedown but Freds avoids it easily.
Freds throws a poor cross that misses
and Riise makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Freds crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Riise - the referee stops the clock and Freds gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Riise. Freds manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Riise throws a head kick that misses.
Riise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Freds has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riise.
Riise throws a nice head kick!
Riise throws a sloppy head kick and Freds moves out of range easily.
Freds lands a nice hook to Riise's body. Riise takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Riise. That's going to slow Freds down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freds wants to slow Riise down by chopping away at his legs.
Freds lands a jab to Riise's midsection.
Freds misses the shot to the body.
Riise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Freds was well out of range. Poor timing from Riise.
Freds misses with an uppercut.
Riise flicks out a counter leg kick but Freds steps away.
Freds lands with a nice body punch.
Freds just misses with a punch to the body.
Riise takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Freds throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Riise counters with a leg kick.
Freds misses with a lunging right hand
and Riise counters with a slapping leg kick.
Freds misses with a straight right.
Freds waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riise.
Riise was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Freds throws a hook but Riise avoids it easily.
Freds misses the shot to the body.
Freds throws the left hand but Riise avoids the punch easily.
Riise flicks out a counter leg kick but Freds steps away.
Freds throws out a loose jab but Riise uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freds works the jab nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Freds thows a left - swing and a miss!
Freds throws a right hand that misses
and Riise counters with an outside leg kick.
Riise explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Freds takes a kick to the side of the head.
Freds misses with a hook
and Riise counters with an outside leg kick.
John Freds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Freds misses with an uppercut.
Freds changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Riise jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freds throws out a loose jab but Riise uses good head movement to avoid it.
Freds just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Riise has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Riise throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, jab by Freds - just one landing.
Freds takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Freds is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Riise tries to clinch up.
Freds stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Riise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Freds dominated that round.
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 punch lands to the side of Riise 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big left from Freds misses.
John Freds is winning the standup battle so far.
Riise avoids the body shot from Freds.
Freds avoids the body shot from Riise.
It looked like Freds wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Freds. Riise does a little dance to reset his feet.
Freds fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riise manages to avoid it.
Riise is looking to slow Freds down with leg kicks.
Freds is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riise, right into the meat.
Freds connects with a single shot there.
Riise throws a head kick but Freds moves out of range.
Freds is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riise can do to turn this around?
Riise slips a jab from Freds.
Riise wants to counter the offense by Freds and move into the clinch position.
Freds cracks Riise with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freds pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Freds connects with a body shot.
Riise fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Riise walks into a stiff left hand from Freds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freds throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Freds thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riise lands a nice leg kick that just misses Freds's sensitive parts.
Riise pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Freds changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Freds throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riise ducks under a wild hook from Freds.
Freds just misses with a punch to the body.
Freds misses with a wild body shot.
Freds missing with a left hand there. Riise was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Freds.
Riise tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Freds was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Riise.
Freds lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Freds catches Riise with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Riise goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freds throws an off balance right hand
and Riise counters with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freds jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freds sets himself, and Riise steps forward looking for the clinch! Freds avoids it this time.
Riise misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Freds missing with a left hand there. Riise was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Freds thows a left - swing and a miss!
Riise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Riise doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Freds tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riise, right into the meat.
Freds fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Freds scores with a crisp jab that stopped Riise in his tracks.
A left lands for Freds.
Riise moves out of range of the strikes.
Freds misses the body punch
and Riise counters with a nice leg kick.
Riise staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riise keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freds swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riise moves away from the strike by Freds.
Freds misses with a body shot.
Riise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freds throws a right hand that misses
and Riise counters with a good low kick that Freds was not able to check.
Riise is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Freds rather than just go for the knockout.
Riise lands a front kick.
Riise avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Freds throws a lazy right hand but Riise sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Riise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A solid leg kick lands there for Riise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riise looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riise is looking to clinch but Freds is avoiding it.
A bone on bone clash there as Riise blocks the leg kick.
Riise connects with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freds looks to throw the jab but Riise is out of range.
Freds misses with a right hand
and Riise counters with a head kick. That will keep Freds thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Freds misses with an uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Riise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Freds.
Freds jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freds misses with an uppercut.
Riise throws a leg kick which misses Freds's front leg but catches the back leg as Freds tries to avoid it.
Riise gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Freds misses with a body punch
and Riise counters with a low kick, right behind Freds 's knee.
A slow jab from Freds misses its intended target.
Freds looks to land a left hand but Riise moved out of range nicely.
Riise tries a quick counter leg kick but Freds is wise to it.
Freds rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Riise counters with an inside leg kick.
Freds looks to land a left hand but Riise moved out of range nicely.
Riise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Riise moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Freds dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Riise bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Freds bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Riise's head.
Freds uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Riise has time to react.
Riise has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Freds throws a looping overhand right but Riise ducks down to avoid it.
Riise avoids the body shot from Freds.
Riise drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Freds defends it well.
Freds missing with a left hand there. Riise was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riise takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Freds throws a looping overhand right but Riise ducks down to avoid it.
Freds throws a lazy uppercut
and Riise counters with a nice body kick.
Freds misses the jab.
Riise uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Freds.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riise misses with an uppercut.
Freds on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Freds lands a nice looking body shot.
Freds swats away the attempt to clinch by Riise.
Freds feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Riises jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riise slips under a jab from Freds.
Freds missing with a left hand there. Riise was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riise pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riise is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Freds circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riise tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Freds goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A big right from Freds misses.
Riise throws a front kick that sends Freds stumbling back into the cage.
Riise wants to clinch.
Freds throws an overhand right that lands on Riise's shoulder, as Riise tries to avoid the shot.
John Riise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riise tries to clinch up but Freds circles away and keeps his distance.
Freds takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Riise slips under a jab.
A cross from Freds lands.
Freds lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from Freds.
Freds staying out of range there.
Riise takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Riise moves forwards but Freds connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Riise tries to clinch but Freds moves out of range.
Riise connects with an inside leg kick.
Freds stuns Riise with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Freds avoids the head kick by Riise.
Freds blocks a head kick by Riise.
Riise gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Freds paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Riise is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riise has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Riise there as he acknowledges the shot.
Riise is still on wobbly legs! Can Freds finish him?
Freds fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Riise square on the jaw! Damn, Riise is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Freds!