PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Khal TD (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enrique Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think TD might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Give it all. Enrique Rizzo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Khal TD's chin.

TD
vs
Rizzo

177 cm
22
165 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

176 cm
18
163 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

TAKEDOWN ©

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khal TD!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enrique Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo lands with a nice body kick.
Rizzo misses with an attempted mid kick.
TD avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from TD.
Rizzo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
TD tries to close the distance and clinch but Rizzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
TD is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rizzo throws out a loose jab but TD uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rizzo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rizzo lands a jab to the nose.
TD throws out a leg kick but Rizzo moves out of range and TD only half commits.
Rizzo blocks a leg kick.
Rizzo thuds a left hand into TD's body.
TD moves out of range of the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rizzo looks to score with a jab to the body but TD is just out of range.
Nice takedown defense from TD. No joy for Rizzo on that attempt.
Rizzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on TD. That did some damage!
Rizzo avoids the head kick by TD.
Rizzo works over TD's head and body with a nice combination.
Khal TD seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rizzo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with TD, pushing him back against the cage.
TD wants to stall.
Rizzo misses with a knee strike.
Rizzo tries to land a knee to the head but TD blocks with his arms.
TD unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rizzo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
TD with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

TD manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TD misses with a double jab
and Rizzo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
TD works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A head kick misses from TD.
TD throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rizzo's head.

TD gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rizzo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
TD crunches a lovely knee into Rizzo's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
TD landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for TD.
TD lands a nice knee to the body.
TD lands an elbow just above Rizzo 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for TD.
TD comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
TD managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
TD missing with knees to the body.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
TD tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
TD trying to stall but Rizzo improves his position.
TD on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TD with a knee to the head.
Rizzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rizzo tries to land a knee to the head but TD blocks with his arms.
TD crunches a lovely knee into Rizzo's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rizzo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but TD blocks it with crossed arms.

TD breaks from the clinch.
Rizzo tries to clinch
and TD counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
TD throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rizzo.
Rizzo checks the leg kick.
Rizzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Rizzo clinches with his opponent.
Rizzo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
TD landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rizzo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but TD has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head.
Rizzo wants to get back to striking at distance but TD won't allow it.

TD pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
TD is looking to slow Rizzo down with leg kicks.
Rizzo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Rizzo moves into range and clinches up with TD.
Knees to the body from TD.
TD looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Rizzo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but TD blocks it with crossed arms.
TD misses with a knee strike.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for TD.
TD lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo lands a nice knee to the body.
Rizzo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but TD has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TD.
TD tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo trying to land knees to the body.
Rizzo looking to throw knees to the head but TD is blocking nicely.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
TD stalling.
TD using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rizzo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
Rizzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.

TD breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rizzo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
TD bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Rizzo.
Rizzo moves out of range of the body kick from TD.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rizzo.
TD has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
TD blocks a head kick by Rizzo.
Rizzo tries to clinch but TD moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
TD tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that TD avoids nicely.
Rizzo waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract TD.
A low kick from TD misses
and Rizzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by TD there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
TD throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
TD cracks Rizzo with an open hand slap.
TD takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
TD connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good exchange - Rizzo coming out on top.

Rizzo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rizzo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but TD blocks it with crossed arms.
TD managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
TD landing some nice looking knees to the body.
TD blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rizzo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rizzo managing to block the knees to the body from TD.
TD unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rizzo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
TD blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
TD prevents Rizzo from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Khal TD dominated that round.
That's time! TD's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

TD listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rizzo throws a series of punches but TD avoids them all with ease.
TD throws a hook but Rizzo avoids it easily.
Rizzo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
TD keeps the fight on the outside.
TD scoring well with a low kick there.
TD dodges the punch combination from Rizzo.
Rizzo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rizzo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Rizzo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
TD landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rizzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from TD.
TD landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
TD lands a nice knee to the body.
TD comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but TD avoids the damage to the body.

Rizzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rizzo misses with a looping right.
TD swings for the body but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo misses with a hook.
Khal TD is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from TD lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rizzo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rizzo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rizzo lands a nice looking body kick.

Rizzo has TD up against the cage in a clinch.
Rizzo has a couple of punches blocked by TD.
TD with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
Rizzo tries a knee to the head but TD blocks it.
TD landing some nice looking knees to the body.
TD trying to land knees to the body.
Rizzo looking to slow down the pace here.
Rizzo tries to land knees in the clinch but TD avoids the damage to the body.
TD on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rizzo takes a knee right on the jaw!
TD lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rizzo misses with a knee strike.

Rizzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
TD dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rizzo. That did some damage!
TD misses with a low kick.
TD tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rizzo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. TD looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rizzo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt TD.
Rizzo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rizzo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
TD tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rizzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rizzo throws a shot from downtown. TD moves away and avoids it.
Rizzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Rizzo misses.
Rizzo tries to clinch but TD moves out of range.
Rizzo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A slow jab from Rizzo misses its intended target.
Rizzo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rizzo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rizzo fakes the leg kick and cracks TD in the body.
TD uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rizzo.
TD wants to slow Rizzo down by chopping away at his legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Rizzo misses the target.
Rizzo tries to clinch up.
Rizzo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
TD throws a head kick that misses.
Rizzo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rizzo fakes the leg kick and cracks TD in the body.
A good leg kick by TD.
Rizzo keeps TD at a distance using the push kick.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that both miss.
TD avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khal TD is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A cross from Rizzo lands.
TD tries a head kick but it misses.

Rizzo rushes TD and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rizzo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
TD will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
Khal TD has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rizzo crunches a lovely knee into TD's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Rizzo.
TD tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
TD unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rizzo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo trying to control the position but instead, TD has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rizzo into the cage.
TD stalling in the clinch but Rizzo improves position.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TD.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
TD avoiding damage as Rizzo throws knees to the body.
Rizzo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rizzo is trying to break free.
Rizzo looking to throw knees to the head but TD is blocking nicely.
Rizzo throws a knee to the head but misses.
TD with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
TD on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rizzo throws a knee to the head but misses.
TD tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
Rizzo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
TD lands a nice knee to the body.
TD using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by TD.
Rizzo connects with a nasty looking knee right to TD's face.
TD on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rizzo misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by TD.
Rizzo misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, TD just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rizzo's brow.
TD avoiding damage as Rizzo throws knees to the body.

TD escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
TD tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Rizzo throws a jab when TD was well out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from TD - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Enrique Rizzo will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

TD doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
TD misses with a low kick as Rizzo jumps back.
TD throws a sloppy head kick and Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Rizzo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rizzo tries to clinch up.
Rizzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as TD throws out the jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rizzo, as that shot connected.
Rizzo doesn't manage to clinch there - TD circles away.
Rizzo scores with a head kick.
Rizzo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rizzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
TD tries to move into range but Rizzo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
TD fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rizzo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
TD moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rizzo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Rizzo finds it's way through TD's defenses.
Rizzo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rizzo fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TD misses with a low kick.
TD buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo moves out of range of the body kick.
TD tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rizzo looks for the body kick but TD saw that one coming.
Rizzo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rizzo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
TD throws a head kick but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rizzo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent TD stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
TD takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Rizzo clinches up with TD and pushes him back against the cage.
TD avoiding damage as Rizzo throws knees to the body.
TD pushes off an throws an elbow but Rizzo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rizzo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
TD can't break the clinch.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
Rizzo trying to land knees to the body.
Rizzo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from TD.
TD crunches a lovely knee into Rizzo's ribcage.
Rizzo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

TD breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rizzo doesn't manage to clinch there - TD circles away.
TD does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
TD misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
TD walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rizzo connects with a looping right hand.
Rizzo scores with a punch to the head.
Rizzo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
TD takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
TD thumps Rizzo with a low kick.
Rizzo scores with a shot to the body.
TD keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rizzo.
TD fails in his attempt to clinch.
TD takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
TD blocks the body kick.
Rizzo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rizzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by TD.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rizzo. That's going to slow TD down.
Rizzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by TD misses
and Rizzo counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo tries to bum rush TD with a series of wild strikes but TD uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
TD looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
TD tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rizzo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by TD. TD obviously looking to wear him down.
Rizzo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck TD on the side of the head.
TD has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from TD there as he acknowledges the shot.
TD misses with a low kick as Rizzo jumps back.
TD is looking to chop away at Rizzo's legs.
Rizzo throws a head kick that TD semi-blocks.
TD takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
TD tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Rizzo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Rizzo moves into the clinch.
Rizzo is trying to break the clinch but TD has him pressed against the cage.
TD takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rizzo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

TD's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
TD lands a high kick!

Rizzo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rizzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rizzo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
TD tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
TD managing to block the knees to the body from Rizzo.
TD lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
TD on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TD scores with a knee to the head.
Rizzo scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from TD.
Rizzo landing knees to the head.
Rizzo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
TD looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
TD unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rizzo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rizzo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

TD breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rizzo connects with a jab.

Rizzo rushes TD and presses him up against the cage.
TD missing with knees to the body.
Rizzo lands an elbow inside that TD shrugs off.
Knees to the body from TD.
Rizzo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rizzo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
TD misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rizzo.
Rizzo missing with knees to the body.
TD is trying to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Enrique Rizzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rizzo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enrique Rizzo!