PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Ribbler (ranked 5067 p4p, 4779 weight class) and Marko Zrinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ribbler
vs
Zrinski

185 cm
18
177
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Ribbler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marko Zrinski!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zrinski looks to land a left hand but Ribbler moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Ribbler was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zrinski.
Ribbler swings for the body but Zrinski moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Ribbler lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zrinski doesn't seem phased though.
Zrinski throws a body shot but no joy.
Zrinski misses the shot to the body.
Ribbler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ribbler takes a swing at Zrinski's ribcage but misses.
Ribbler lands a glancing blow to the side of Zrinski's head.
Zrinski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribbler.
Ribbler catches Zrinski with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Zrinski throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ribbler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ribbler lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zrinski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zrinski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribbler shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Zrinski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Ribbler.
Ribbler connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Ribbler.
Zrinski scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ribbler doesn't seem bothered though.
Zrinski connects with a single shot there.
Zrinski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ribbler moves away.
Zrinski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ribbler moves away from the strike by Zrinski.
Ribbler scores with a jab. Zrinski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ribbler walks into a stiff left hand from Zrinski.
Ribbler will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zrinski stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Marko Zrinski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zrinski clobbers Ribbler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ribbler misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zrinski clobbers Ribbler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zrinski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zrinski lands a jab to Ribbler's midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler throws a right hand that misses
and Zrinski counters with a nice body shot.
Ribbler throws a body punch but Zrinski moves out of range.
A slow jab from Ribbler misses its intended target.
Zrinski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ribbler.
Zrinski moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big right from Ribbler misses.
Ribbler scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Zrinski.
Zrinski on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Zrinski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribbler.
Ribbler slips a jab from Zrinski.
Ribbler misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zrinski. Ribbler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ribbler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zrinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zrinski punishes Ribbler's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zrinski. Ribbler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zrinski digs a good hook to Ribbler's body.
Zrinski slips under a jab from Ribbler.
It seemed like Zrinski was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ribbler scores with a body shot.
Ribbler throws a shot from downtown. Zrinski moves away and avoids it.
Ribbler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Ribbler misses.
Zrinski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ribbler misses with an uppercut
and Zrinski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Eddie Ribbler has been cut.
Ribbler moves away from the strike by Zrinski.
Zrinski throws a hook but Ribbler avoids it easily.
Zrinski lands with an uppercut that bounces Ribbler off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ribbler connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zrinski jabs Ribbler to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler slips under a jab from Zrinski.
Ribbler is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ribbler looks to score with a jab to the body but Zrinski is just out of range.
Ribbler throws an overhand right that lands on Zrinski's shoulder, as Zrinski tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ribbler. Zrinski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ribbler missing with a left hand there. Zrinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ribbler throws a body punch but Zrinski moves out of range.
Ribbler throws an overhand right that lands on Zrinski's shoulder, as Zrinski tries to avoid the shot.
Zrinski looks to throw the jab but Ribbler is out of range.
Zrinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zrinski doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ribbler ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ribbler throws a good cross that connects.
Ribbler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zrinski.
Zrinski slips under a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Marko Zrinski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eddie Ribbler's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Ribbler throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Zrinski counter with a right hand.
Ribbler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zrinski.
Ribbler blocks a jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Ribbler misses its target.
Zrinski misses with a wild body shot.
Good exchange - Zrinski coming out on top.
Ribbler connects with a jab.
Ribbler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zrinski lands a nice hook to Ribbler's body. Ribbler takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ribbler has a takedown stuffed.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zrinski! But no joy.
Zrinski scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zrinski throws a jab but it's blocked by Ribbler.
Zrinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ribbler throws a lazy uppercut
and Zrinski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler avoids the body shot from Zrinski.
Zrinski misses with a lunging right hand
and Ribbler counters with a straight right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zrinski.
Ribbler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ribbler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zrinski.
Zrinski moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ribbler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zrinski.
Zrinski scores with a shot to the body.
Zrinski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zrinski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ribbler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zrinski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zrinski cracks Ribbler with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribbler throws a body punch but Zrinski moves out of range.
Eddie Ribbler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zrinski just misses with a punch to the body.
Zrinski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ribbler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Zrinski to counter with a crisp jab.
Zrinski avoids the body shot from Ribbler.
Zrinski defending well as Ribbler loads up on a big left hand.
Zrinski throws out a counter right but Ribbler avoids it with no problem.
Zrinski slips under a jab from Ribbler.
Zrinski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ribbler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zrinski manages to avoid it.
Ribbler throws a body punch but Zrinski moves out of range.
Zrinski let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ribbler throws out a loose jab but Zrinski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribbler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zrinski jabs Ribbler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Zrinski connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ribbler takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ribbler avoids the body shot from Zrinski.
Ribbler throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zrinski on the side of the head.
Marko Zrinski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zrinski lands with a shot to the body.
Zrinski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zrinski wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zrinski misses with a looping left.
Ribbler throws a hook to the side of Zrinski's head but Zrinski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ribbler moves away from the strike by Zrinski.
Zrinski has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ribbler lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ribbler missing with a left hand there. Zrinski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Zrinski.
Zrinski misses with an uppercut. Ribbler saw that one coming.
Ribbler looks to land a left hand but Zrinski moved out of range nicely.
Ribbler uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zrinski.
A swing and a miss from Ribbler.
A slow jab from Ribbler misses its intended target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski just misses with a punch to the body.
Ribbler with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Zrinski to score with a decent uppercut.
Ribbler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zrinski.
Ribbler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zrinski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zrinski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ribbler scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Zrinski connects with a right hand. Ribbler shakes it off.
Ribbler rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Zrinski counter with a right hand.
Ribbler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zrinski.
Zrinski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ribbler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zrinski connects with a body shot that sends Ribbler's belly button to the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zrinski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marko Zrinski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eddie Ribbler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ribbler misses with a series of wild punches.
A left and a right from Ribbler both land. Nice combination.
Ribbler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ribbler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zrinski manages to avoid it.
Zrinski is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ribbler with a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ribbler!
Zrinski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ribbler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zrinski manages to avoid it.
Ribbler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zrinski moves away.
Zrinski has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zrinski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zrinski lands a right hook to the body.
Ribbler moves away from the strike by Zrinski.
Ribbler swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ribbler jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribbler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zrinski.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribbler moves forwards but Zrinski connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zrinski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zrinski scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zrinski looks to throw the jab but Ribbler is out of range.
Zrinski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zrinski misses with a body shot.
Ribbler darts in looking for a takedown but Zrinski gets double underhooks and turns Ribbler into the cage.
A nice side step and Zrinski releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zrinski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Zrinski fails to land.
Zrinski working aggressively here.
Zrinski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ribbler's elbow.
Zrinski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zrinski prevents a body shot from Ribbler.
Zrinski misses with the head strike.

Zrinski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Eddie Ribbler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ribbler is looking for a counter combo.
Ribbler throws a body punch but Zrinski moves out of range.
Ribbler misses with a wild body shot.
Zrinski throws a big shot that misses.
Ribbler lands with an uppercut that bounces Zrinski off the cage and back into range.
Ribbler scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Zrinski there.
Zrinski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ribbler was well out of range. Poor timing from Zrinski.
Zrinski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ribbler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ribbler ducks under a wild hook from Zrinski.
Ribbler closes this distance looking for a takedown but Zrinski circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Ribbler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ribbler takes one to the side of the head.
Zrinski slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ribbler misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler throws a series of punches but Zrinski moves out of range.
Ribbler takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ribbler looks to land a right hand but Zrinski moved out of range.
Zrinski throws a body shot but no joy.
Ribbler throws a body punch but Zrinski moves out of range.
Zrinski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zrinski throws out a loose jab but Ribbler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ribbler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zrinski.
Ribbler misses with an uppercut.
Zrinski gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ribbler waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zrinski.
Ribbler swings for the body but Zrinski moves out of range.
Zrinski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ribbler cracks a nice hook into Zrinski's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zrinski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zrinski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zrinski digs a good body shot into Ribbler's ribs.
Zrinski sizes up Ribbler with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zrinski scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ribbler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zrinski scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zrinski connects with the punch.
Zrinski jabs at Ribbler's body.
Zrinski lands a head shot.
Zrinski changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zrinski lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ribbler backs up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zrinski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ribbler on the side of the head.
Marko Zrinski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Zrinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Zrinski comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zrinski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Zrinski!