PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Rizzuto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Potatos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potatos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Just Another Victim by Helmet&House of Pain. Alessandro Rizzuto has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rizzuto
vs
Potatos

215 cm
25
275 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

197 cm
25
260 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Alessandro Rizzuto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Potatos!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Rizzuto
and Potatos counters with a stiff right hand.
Rizzuto scores with a body shot.
Potatos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rizzuto manages to avoid it.
Rizzuto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Potatos was well out of range. Poor timing from Rizzuto.
Potatos misses with a hook to the body
and Rizzuto counters with a right hand to the body.
Rizzuto is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Potatos.

It looks like Alessandro Rizzuto has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potatos takes a swing at Rizzuto's ribcage but misses.
Jack Potatos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rizzuto throws a body kick that misses.
Rizzuto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rizzuto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rizzuto misses the shot to the body.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Potatos cracks Rizzuto with an open hand slap.
Rizzuto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Potatos scores with a nice head shot.
Potatos thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzuto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Potatos cracks Rizzuto with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab from Rizzuto misses.
A big left from Potatos misses.
Rizzuto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rizzuto throws a looping overhand right but Potatos ducks down to avoid it.
Potatos fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Potatos avoids the body shot from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto throws a body punch but Potatos moves out of range.
Potatos lands a body 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!
Rizzuto throws a body punch but Potatos moves out of range.
Potatos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rizzuto moves away.
Rizzuto tries to move into range but Potatos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Potatos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rizzuto.

Rizzuto forces Potatos back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Potatos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potatos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rizzuto's elbow.
Rizzuto blocks a body shot from Potatos.
Potatos misses with the head strike.
Rizzuto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potatos's defenses.
Rizzuto goes for a takedown attempt but Potatos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rizzuto throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rizzuto avoids the body shot from Potatos.
Rizzuto just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzuto throws a body kick that misses.
Rizzuto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Potatos lands with a good body shot.
Potatos looks to land a left hand but Rizzuto moved out of range nicely.
Potatos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rizzuto moves away.
Potatos clobbers Rizzuto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potatos throws a right hand that misses
and Rizzuto counters with a nice body kick.
Potatos motions for Rizzuto to come forward. Potatos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rizzuto avoids the body shot from Potatos.
Potatos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rizzuto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot.
Potatos lands a nice looking body shot.
Potatos takes a swing at Rizzuto's ribcage but misses.
Potatos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rizzuto jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Potatos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rizzuto is looking to wear down Potatos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Potatos checks a low kick from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto swings for the body but Potatos moves out of range.
Potatos defending well as Rizzuto loads up on a big left hand.
Rizzuto lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rizzuto misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potatos ducks right into an uppercut from Rizzuto.
Rizzuto misses with a double jab
and Potatos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rizzuto.
Potatos misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Potatos.
Rizzuto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rizzuto cracks the inside of Potatos's front leg.
Potatos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Potatos lands with a cross.
Rizzuto is breathing heavily.
Rizzuto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Potatos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potatos slips under a jab.
Potatos checks a leg kick.
Potatos defending well as Rizzuto loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Potatos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alessandro Rizzuto's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Potatos thumps Rizzuto with a low kick.
Potatos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rizzuto swings for the body but Potatos moves out of range.
Rizzuto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rizzuto digs a good body shot into Potatos's ribs.
Jack Potatos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Potatos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Potatos lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rizzuto misses with a leg kick.
Potatos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Potatos throws a leg kick but Rizzuto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rizzuto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Potatos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Alessandro Rizzuto's cut is getting worse.
Potatos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzuto. Potatos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potatos throws an overhand right that lands on Rizzuto's shoulder, as Rizzuto tries to avoid the shot.
Potatos misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzuto scoring well with a low kick there.
Potatos lands an overhand right.
Rizzuto digs a good hook to Potatos's body.
Potatos moves out of range as Rizzuto throws a body kick.
Potatos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Potatos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rizzuto throws out the jab.
Rizzuto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Potatos.
Potatos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rizzuto throws a lazy uppercut
and Potatos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rizzuto's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potatos misses with a straight left.
Potatos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzuto.
A bone on bone clash there as Potatos blocks the leg kick.
Potatos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rizzuto.
Potatos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potatos scores with a hook to the body. Rizzuto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rizzuto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Potatos works Rizzuto's body with a nice hook.
Potatos cracks Rizzuto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Alessandro Rizzuto's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Potatos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Potatos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Potatos throws a body punch but Rizzuto moves out of range.
Potatos with a nice cross.
Potatos throws a right and a left that Rizzuto avoids nicely.
Potatos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That kick from Potatos tenderised Rizzuto's leg. Rizzuto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Potatos connects with a body shot.
Potatos lands with a shot to the body.
Potatos lands with a shot to the body.
Potatos thuds a left hand into Rizzuto's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potatos lands with a shot to the body.
Potatos thuds a left hand into Rizzuto's body.

Potatos steps into range and cracks Rizzuto with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Rizzuto flops backwards and Potatos dives into his guard looking to finish!

Rizzuto is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rizzuto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Oh Rizzuto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Potatos trying to control the position from guard on top but Rizzuto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rizzuto seems to have got his legs back now.
Potatos tries to free his leg and advance position but Rizzuto is retaining full guard.
Potatos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rizzuto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Potatos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Potatos cracks Rizzuto with a solid left hand.
Rizzuto is trying to keep Potatos in close.
Potatos trying to control but Rizzuto is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potatos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rizzuto keeping moving, preventing Potatos from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Potatos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rizzuto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Potatos manages to get himself to full guard.
Potatos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rizzuto controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Potatos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Potatos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alessandro Rizzuto's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Potatos lands a jab.
Rizzuto takes one on the button.
Rizzuto tries a low kick but Potatos avoids it.
Potatos punishes Rizzuto's body with a nice straight punch.
No joy there for Rizzuto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Potatos looks to score with a jab to the body but Rizzuto is just out of range.
Potatos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rizzuto was well out of range. Poor timing from Potatos.
Rizzuto on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rizzuto lands a right hook to the body.
Potatos avoids the body shot from Rizzuto.
Potatos swings for the body but Rizzuto moves out of range.
Rizzuto 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 gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Jeez, Alessandro Rizzuto's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rizzuto looks to score with a jab to the body but Potatos is just out of range.
Potatos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Potatos scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rizzuto lands a jab-cross combination.
A low kick from Rizzuto is predictable there
and Potatos counters with an inside leg kick.
Potatos jabs at Rizzuto's body.
Rizzuto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Potatos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Potatos scores with a sloppy right hand. Rizzuto should have avoided that one.
A combination from Potatos does no damage.
Potatos staying out of range there.
Potatos cracks the inside of Rizzuto's front leg.
Rizzuto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Potatos lands a slapping body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzuto slips under a jab from Potatos.
Potatos's corner calls for a 1-2. Potatos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alessandro Rizzuto's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jack Potatos!