PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ouriel Semiazas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Rizzuto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!This should be fireworks!

Semiazas
vs
Rizzuto

199 cm
20
275 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

215 cm
20
275 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ouriel Semiazas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alessandro Rizzuto!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semiazas throws a good cross that connects.
Rizzuto just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzuto swings for the body but Semiazas moves out of range.
Semiazas avoids the body shot from Rizzuto.
Semiazas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rizzuto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rizzuto misses with an uppercut.
Semiazas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Semiazas throws a looping overhand right but Rizzuto ducks down to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Rizzuto.
Alessandro Rizzuto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzuto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rizzuto throws a body punch but Semiazas moves out of range.
Rizzuto misses with a hook.
Rizzuto moves out of range of the strikes.
Rizzuto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rizzuto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Semiazas.
Semiazas slips under a jab.
Rizzuto throws a body punch but Semiazas moves out of range.
Rizzuto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Semiazas has time to react.
Rizzuto wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Semiazas avoids the body shot from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto lands a jab to the head.
Rizzuto gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Semiazas.
Rizzuto scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzuto throws the left hand but Semiazas avoids the punch easily.
Semiazas misses with a few strikes there.
Rizzuto misses with a combination
and Rizzuto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rizzuto is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Semiazas rather than just go for the knockout.
Rizzuto connects with a nice looking jab.
Rizzuto lands a jab to Semiazas's midsection.
Rizzuto lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Semiazas slips a jab and a cross from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Semiazas is breathing heavily.
Rizzuto scores with a body shot.
Semiazas takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semiazas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Ouriel Semiazas has been cut.
Rizzuto throws a body punch but Semiazas moves out of range.
Rizzuto has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rizzuto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Semiazas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Semiazas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rizzuto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rizzuto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rizzuto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Semiazas has time to react.
Rizzuto misses the shot to the body.
Rizzuto misses with a shot to the body
and Semiazas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rizzuto thinking.
Rizzuto just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzuto scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzuto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Semiazas moves away.
Semiazas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rizzuto scores with the left hand. Semiazas knows he should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Semiazas throws a shot from downtown. Rizzuto moves away and avoids it.
Rizzuto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rizzuto lands a body shot.
Rizzuto is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot.
A lazy left from Rizzuto finds it's target.
Rizzuto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rizzuto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rizzuto scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Semiazas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzuto.

Rizzuto gets a clinch.
Rizzuto can't find room to land a body shot as Semiazas controls the action.
Rizzuto misses with a body punch.
Rizzuto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rizzuto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rizzuto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Semiazas blocks a body shot from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto struggles to land a body shot inside as Semiazas controls his hands.
Rizzuto can't find room to land a body shot as Semiazas controls the action.

Rizzuto breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzuto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Semiazas manages to avoid it.
Rizzuto swings for the body but Semiazas moves out of range.
Rizzuto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Semiazas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Semiazas slips a jab and a cross from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto staying out of range there.
Rizzuto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzuto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rizzuto thows a body shot but no joy.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rizzuto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A jab from Rizzuto does it's job there.
Rizzuto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Semiazas was well out of range. Poor timing from Rizzuto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rizzuto digs a good body shot into Semiazas's ribs.
Rizzuto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzuto. Semiazas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzuto thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessandro Rizzuto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ouriel Semiazas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rizzuto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Semiazas misses with a jab to the body
and Semiazas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Alessandro Rizzuto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rizzuto connects with a crisp jab.
Rizzuto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rizzuto throws a jab when Semiazas was well out of range.
Semiazas misses with a combination
and Rizzuto counters with a right hand to the body.
Rizzuto misses with a hook.
Semiazas misses with a series of wild punches.
Rizzuto dodges the punch combination from Semiazas.
Semiazas walks into a straight right hand from Rizzuto.
Ouriel Semiazas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rizzuto throws the left hand but Semiazas avoids the punch easily.
Semiazas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Semiazas tries to clinch up.
Rizzuto misses the body punch
and Semiazas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rizzuto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Semiazas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rizzuto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Semiazas moves away.
Rizzuto takes a swing at Semiazas's ribcage but misses.
Semiazas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rizzuto misses with a combination
and Semiazas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Rizzuto.
Semiazas scores with a jab. Rizzuto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rizzuto lands with a nice body punch.
Rizzuto throws a hook to the side of Semiazas's head but Semiazas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rizzuto takes a swing at Semiazas's ribcage but misses.
Semiazas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rizzuto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Semiazas was well out of range. Poor timing from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto digs a good body shot into Semiazas's ribs.
Semiazas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rizzuto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semiazas looks to throw the jab but Rizzuto is out of range.
Semiazas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Semiazas walks into a stiff left hand from Rizzuto.
Semiazas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rizzuto throws a jab when Semiazas was well out of range.
Rizzuto stuns Semiazas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rizzuto misses the target.
Rizzuto misses with a body punch
and Semiazas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Semiazas tries to bum rush Rizzuto with a series of wild strikes but Rizzuto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rizzuto connects with a body shot.
Rizzuto works Semiazas's body with a nice hook.
Semiazas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Semiazas ducks under a wild hook from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto throws out a powerful jab.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Semiazas.
Rizzuto swings for the body but Semiazas moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzuto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Semiazas.
Semiazas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Semiazas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rizzuto misses the shot to the body.
Rizzuto works Semiazas's body with a nice hook.
No joy there for Rizzuto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Rizzuto forces Semiazas back against the cage and clinches.
Rizzuto has a couple of punches blocked by Semiazas.
Rizzuto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rizzuto can't find room to land a body shot as Semiazas controls the action.
Rizzuto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Semiazas or not.
A hook to the body from Rizzuto.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rizzuto.
Rizzuto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rizzuto misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzuto gets through Semiazas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rizzuto is leaning against Semiazas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rizzuto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Semiazas.
Rizzuto tries to throw a body punch but Semiazas avoids it by throwing Rizzuto back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto digs a right hand underneath Semiazas's ribcage. Semiazas let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzuto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto tries to work over Semiazas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Semiazas.
Rizzuto lands a right hand.
Semiazas trying to control the position but instead, Rizzuto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Semiazas into the cage.
Rizzuto lands a nice shot to the body.
Rizzuto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rizzuto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rizzuto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rizzuto tries to throw a body punch but Semiazas avoids it by throwing Rizzuto back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Rizzuto.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rizzuto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Semiazas's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Rizzuto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Rizzuto.
A short left from Rizzuto.
A head punch on the inside from Rizzuto fails to land.
Rizzuto lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alessandro Rizzuto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ouriel Semiazas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Semiazas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Semiazas misses with a combination
and Rizzuto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rizzuto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Semiazas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Semiazas moves out of range as Rizzuto strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rizzuto.
Semiazas staying out of range there.
Semiazas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rizzuto throws a body punch but Semiazas moves out of range.
Rizzuto misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Semiazas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rizzuto misses with a wild body shot.
Rizzuto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rizzuto throws a jab but it's blocked by Semiazas.
Rizzuto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rizzuto connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzuto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rizzuto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rizzuto misses with a hook to the body
and Semiazas counters with a two punch combo.
Rizzuto takes a swing at Semiazas's ribcage but misses.
Semiazas stuns Rizzuto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Semiazas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Semiazas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rizzuto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Semiazas manages to avoid it.
Rizzuto lands with an overhand left.
Rizzuto moves into range and connects with a jab.
Semiazas takes one to the chin there.
Semiazas ducks under a wild hook from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rizzuto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Semiazas. Rizzuto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouriel Semiazas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semiazas doesn't manage to clinch there - Rizzuto circles away.
Rizzuto looks to throw the jab but Semiazas is out of range.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Semiazas.
Semiazas looks to land a left hand but Rizzuto moved out of range nicely.
Rizzuto swings for the body but Semiazas moves out of range.
Rizzuto scores with a three punch combo!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzuto. Semiazas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzuto misses with a two punch combination.
Semiazas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Semiazas circles away from the clinch attempt.

Rizzuto darts in and clinches Semiazas up against the cage.
Rizzuto tries to throw a body punch but Semiazas avoids it by throwing Rizzuto back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto tries to break the clinch but Semiazas is controlling the position.
Semiazas lands a body shot.
Rizzuto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Rizzuto - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzuto tries to break free but Semiazas pushes him back against the cage.
Rizzuto misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rizzuto.
Rizzuto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rizzuto fails to land.
Rizzuto stalling in the clinch.
Rizzuto is looking to break free of the clinch but Semiazas has double underhooks.
Semiazas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rizzuto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alessandro Rizzuto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rizzuto blocking some punches.
Semiazas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rizzuto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Semiazas is stalling here.
Rizzuto scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Semiazas trying to stall but Rizzuto improves his position.
Rizzuto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rizzuto lands an uppercut.
Semiazas lands a right hand.
Rizzuto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Semiazas.
Rizzuto tries to work over Semiazas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rizzuto misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Semiazas trying to control the position but instead, Rizzuto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Semiazas into the cage.
Rizzuto blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alessandro Rizzuto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rizzuto 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alessandro Rizzuto!