PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nicky Ryan (ranked 3750 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riise (ranked 7509 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ryan
vs
Riise

184 cm
28
144 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
25
141 lbs
5 - 14 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nicky Ryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Riise!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Chris Dean and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Riise but Riise pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Riise misses with a leg kick

so Ryan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Riise manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Ryan swings wildly with an uppercut but Riise uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riise.
Riise misses with a body punch.
Riise throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ryan blocks it with crossed arms.
Ryan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riise trying to land knees to the body.
Riise tries to land a knee to the head but Ryan blocks with his arms.
Ryan fails to pull guard.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Ryan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nicky Ryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ryan managing to block the knees to the body from Riise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riise tries to land knees in the clinch but Ryan avoids the damage to the body.
Riise landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Riise connects with a knee to the head.
Ryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ryan is trying to pull guard but Riise has him pressed against the cage.
Ryan tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Riise just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ryan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riise's brow.

Ryan decides to pull guard.
Riise sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ryan's guard.
Ryan tries to get to full guard but Riise has control of the leg.
Riise looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Riise missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riise throwing shots but Ryan is blocking nicely.
Ryan tries to get to full guard but Riise has control of the leg.
Ryan is trying is best to control the position here.
Riise is looking to take a break and control but Ryan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ryan trying to control here.
Ryan tries to roll over but Riise keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riise is trying to control the action in half guard but Ryan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Riise seems to be working for a kimura but Ryan defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ryan wants to get back to full guard.
Ryan is not content to let Riise control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Ryan looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ryan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ryan controlling the action here.

Riise is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Ryan has latched onto it... Big trouble! Ryan pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Riise is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Ryan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nicky Ryan!