PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi comes into the arena with Joker's Wild blaring out of the sound system. Black has chosen Dr Dre - The Next Episode as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rivaldi
vs
Black

180 cm
31
178 lbs
18 - 5 - 1

178 cm
27
182 lbs
13 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

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 18 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Henry Black!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rivaldi misses with a wild combination.
Black will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rivaldi throws a front kick aimed at Black's knee but Black avoids it well.
Black fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rivaldi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Black lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Black attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jab from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi looks to throw the jab but Black is out of range.
Rivaldi scores with a jab to the body.
Black throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rivaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rivaldi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Black jabs Rivaldi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Henry Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Black lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Black lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivaldi.
Nice defenses there by Black.
Rivaldi misses the body punch
and Black counters with a good, hard body kick but Rivaldi shrugs it off.
Sloppy strikes from Black. Those never looked like landing.
Rivaldi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Black walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rivaldi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Black looks to land a left hand but Rivaldi moved out of range nicely.
Rivaldi scores with a shot to the body.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivaldi is just out of range.
Rivaldi lands with a good body shot.
Rivaldi throws a jab but it's blocked by Black.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rivaldi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Black takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws a shot from downtown. Black moves away and avoids it.
Rivaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Black takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rivaldi avoids a kick to the body.
Rivaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Black manages to avoid it.
Black scores with a nice body kick.
Rivaldi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rivaldi swinging wildly here.
Rivaldi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rivaldi throws a solid leg kick but Black takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rivaldi.
Black swinging wildly here.
Rivaldi connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws the left hand but Black avoids the punch easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivaldi. That's going to slow Black down.
Black fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rivaldi misses with a straight right.
Black moves away from the strike by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi lands a head shot.
Black throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Black throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rivaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Black moves out of range easily.
Rivaldi tries to move into range but Black moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Black tries to move into range but Rivaldi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Black scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Black misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to clinch there but Rivaldi circles away.
A big right from Rivaldi misses.
Rivaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Black.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rivaldi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Black checks a leg kick.
Black throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Black lands a body shot.
Rivaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Black throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rivaldi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Black takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Black takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rivaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Black was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dominick Rivaldi will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Black looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A low kick from Black misses
letting Rivaldi counter with a right hand.
Black stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Black thumps Rivaldi with a low kick.
Rivaldi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rivaldi misses with a wild combination.
Black's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slow jab from Rivaldi misses its intended target.
A cross from Black lands.
Black tries to bum rush Rivaldi with a series of wild strikes but Rivaldi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Black connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi looks to land a body kick but Black moved away.
Black stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rivaldi.
Black looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rivaldi looks to land a body kick but Black moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivaldi misses the target.
Black looks to score with a jab to the body but Rivaldi is just out of range.
Black scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Black misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rivaldi jabs Black to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Black shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Black has closed the distance and engaged Rivaldi in a clinch.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Black in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rivaldi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Rivaldi won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rivaldi blocks it with crossed arms.
Black creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rivaldi's defenses.
Black misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivaldi digs a right hand underneath Black's ribcage. Black let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Black scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Rivaldi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Black backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Black keeps control of Rivaldi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rivaldi tries to work over Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
Black takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Black fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivaldi manages to avoid it.
Black throws a front kick aimed at Rivaldi's knee but Rivaldi avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi throws the kick towards the body but Black avoids it.
Rivaldi misses with a straight left.
Black throws a leg kick
and Rivaldi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Black fails to land with a series of punches.
Black misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Black blocks the low kick.
Rivaldi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Black throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rivaldi lands the left hand.
Black scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Black misses with a wild body shot.
Black lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rivaldi takes a step back to recover.
Rivaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Black throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Rivaldi as he connects with a hook.
Black throws a wild body kick that Rivaldi sees coming a mile off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivaldi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rivaldi pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Black back to the cage. Rivaldi follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Black on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rivaldi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rivaldi misses with a kick to the body.
Rivaldi with a hook.

Black is rocked!
Rivaldi drops Black with a big left hand! Black is injured, injured bad! Rivaldi jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominick Rivaldi!
Dominick Rivaldi bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.