PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Hardin (ranked 5268 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rizzo Ryte (ranked 6576 p4p, 0 weight class). Rizzo Ryte is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hardin
vs
Ryte

187 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Hardin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rizzo Ryte!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Rizzo Ryte has been cut.
Ryte looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hardin is fending him off so far but Ryte persists. Nope, Hardin circles away and we're back to standing.

Hardin lands a left and a right that send Ryte crashing to the mat, dazed. Hardin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Ryte is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ryte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ryte shoots in looking for a takedown but Hardin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ryte's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hardin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
OH! Ryte has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Hardin smells blood and charges in for the finish! Hardin unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Ryte sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). John Hardin!