PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Keenwah Granes (ranked 885 p4p, 1256 weight class) and Frank Rizzo (ranked 49 p4p, 74 weight class). Granes comes to the cage accompanied by æ•¢ä¸æ•¢. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Granes
vs
Rizzo

167 cm
25
140
13 - 6 - 0

150 cm
25
140
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Bondi MMA ðŸï¸

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 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keenwah Granes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Granes misses with an uppercut. Rizzo saw that one coming.
Rizzo lands with a shot to the body.

Rizzo moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rizzo.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rizzo.

Granes is trying to trip Rizzo. He has hold of a leg but Rizzo is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Granes persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Granes is looking to work some ground and pound but Rizzo has wrist control.
Granes controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rizzo has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at ubergym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Rizzo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Granes trying to control the position from guard on top but Rizzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Granes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Granes scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granes seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Granes throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rizzo keeping moving, preventing Granes from controlling successfully.
Granes throws an elbow that misses. Rizzo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Granes's guard. Nice move by Rizzo!

Granes is trying to control the position but Rizzo postures up.
Rizzo won't allow Granes to sweep him here.
Rizzo distracts Granes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Granes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rizzo postures up and lands a big shot to Granes's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo trying to control but Granes is working from the bottom.
Granes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rizzo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Granes is keeping the position for now.
Rizzo preventing the sweep.
Rizzo landing with the ground and pound.
Granes looking for a sweep. Not yet Granes, not yet.
Granes pulls Rizzo in close to prevent any damage.
Granes trying to keep a closed guard but Rizzo is proving a slippery customer.
Rizzo stopping the sweep attempt from Granes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo wants to control from the top but Granes keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Granes is looking to stand up but Rizzo isn't so interested in that idea.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Granes misses with a low kick.
Granes throws a big shot that misses.

Granes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rizzo gets full guard.
Rizzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rizzo keeping moving, preventing Granes from controlling successfully.
Granes postures up and lands a big shot to Rizzo's brow.
Granes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Granes is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Granes is looking to work some ground and pound but Rizzo has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo pulls Granes in close to his closed guard and prevents Granes from doing any damage or advancing position.
Granes wants to control from the top but Rizzo keeps moving.
Granes with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rizzo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Granes throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Granes throws a big right hand that misses.
Granes won't allow Rizzo to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Keenwah Granes will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rizzo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Rizzo is looking to cinch up a triangle. Granes throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Rizzo's body to avoid the submission. Rizzo has instead reached around Granes's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Rizzo arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Frank Rizzo!
After the fight, Frank Rizzo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.