PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernhard Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernhard Taylor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rizzo
vs
Taylor

175 cm
22
186 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Rizzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bernhard Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo shoots and misses
and Taylor counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Antonio Rizzo has been cut.
Rizzo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Taylor jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rizzo fails with a takedown attempt.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rizzo manages to avoid it.

Rizzo clinches.
Rizzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor blocks a body shot from Rizzo.
Taylor struggles to land a body shot inside as Rizzo controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rizzo.
Rizzo stalling.
Taylor lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rizzo.
Taylor tries to stall but Rizzo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor stops a takedown attempt from Rizzo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Rizzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rizzo is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor is trying to push Rizzo away but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rizzo lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Rizzo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Taylor is defending well.
Rizzo is breathing heavily.
Taylor wants to break free but Rizzo has control.
Rizzo can't break the clinch.
Rizzo wants to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rizzo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Taylor is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Taylor wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rizzo backwards.
Rizzo is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
Rizzo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Rizzo has him pressed against the cage.
Rizzo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taylor's elbow.
Taylor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rizzo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rizzo is trying to break the clinch but Taylor is controlling him.
Rizzo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo misses with an elbow strike.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taylor has a couple of punches blocked by Rizzo.
Taylor trying to stall but Rizzo improves his position.
Taylor has Rizzo pushed against the cage.
Taylor working hard to break the clinch.

Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor slips a jab from Rizzo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rizzo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Taylor looks to land a combination but Rizzo avoids it well.
Rizzo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Taylor.
Rizzo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Taylor but Taylor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rizzo could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taylor drops Rizzo with a beautiful combination! Rizzo stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Taylor is looking for the KO!

Rizzo is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Rizzo is out on his feet! Taylor sets himself and nearly takes Rizzo's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bernhard Taylor!
Bernhard Taylor spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.