PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Nice (ranked 4241 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riise (ranked 8315 p4p, 0 weight class). John Riise acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Nice
vs
Riise

178 cm
29
130 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

170 cm
26
141 lbs
5 - 15 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Pit Bull Development

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jimbo Nice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Riise!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riise thows a leg kick but Nice checks it

and Nice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Nice.
Nice is in close to Riise's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nice working some strikes from top position.
Nice looking to pass the guard.
Nice scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Riise is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Riise working a defensive guard but Nice manages to pass into side control anyway.
Nice cracks Riise with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Nice has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Riise sneaks back into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nice connects with a nice short shot to Riise's temple.
Nice landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Riise tries to kick Nice off but Nice keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Nice is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Riise is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jimbo Nice!