PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manya Kizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kizz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Go Hard Or Go Home. This should be fireworks!

Riley
vs
Kizz

185 cm
35
180 lbs
32 - 16 - 0

184 cm
35
185 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Travis Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manya Kizz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Kizz with that takedown attempt.
Riley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riley tries a head kick but it misses.

Riley closes the distance and clinches.
Kizz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Kizz tries to score a body lock takedown but Riley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kizz throws an elbow that misses.
Kizz trying to land knees to the body.
Kizz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Riley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riley misses with an elbow strike.
Kizz blocks an elbow strike from Riley.
Kizz lands a body punch.
Riley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kizz lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Kizz.
Kizz lands a nice elbow.
Riley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Riley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riley misses with an elbow over the top.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Kizz.
Kizz lands a hook that snaps the head of Riley backwards.
Riley has a couple of punches blocked by Kizz.
Kizz blocks a body shot from Riley.
Kizz tries to stall but Riley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Kizz controls his hands.
Riley working aggressively here.

Kizz has hold of one of Riley's legs. Riley is fighting the takedown attempt but Kizz gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Kizz postures up.
Kizz connects with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kizz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Riley pulls Kizz in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizz wants to control from the top but Riley keeps moving.
Riley looking for a sweep. Not yet Riley, not yet.
Kizz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Riley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Riley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kizz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Riley looking to control.
Riley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kizz.
Riley wants to sweep here but Kizz controlling him for the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Riley wants it to stay on the feet.
Travis Riley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manya Kizz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riley closes the distance and pushes Kizz back into the cage.
Kizz avoids the elbow strike from Riley, against the cage.
Riley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riley pushes off an throws an elbow but Kizz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kizz looking to stall.
Kizz lands an elbow just above Riley 's eye.
Kizz trying to stall but Riley improves his position.
Riley lands a body punch.
Riley stops a takedown attempt from Kizz.
Kizz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Riley working aggressively here.
Kizz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kizz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Riley smiles and moves away.
Riley is looking to slow Kizz down with leg kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Riley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kizz, pushing him back against the cage.
Riley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kizz or not.
Riley lands an uppercut.
Riley gets through Kizz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kizz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riley is keeping busy.
Riley lands a left hand.
Riley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley can't find room to land a body shot as Kizz controls the action.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Riley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kizz backwards.
Kizz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
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 Travis Riley will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kizz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riley.
Kizz keeps the fight on the outside.
Some bone on bone action there as Kizz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Riley wants to slow Kizz down by chopping away at his legs.
We've been told by Riley's head coaches at Bushido Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kizz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kizz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Riley counters with an outside leg kick.
Travis Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kizz shoots in looking for a takedown but Riley manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kizz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Riley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kizz.
Travis Riley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manya Kizz.
Riley thumps Kizz with a low kick.
Riley fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Horrible takedown by Kizz or perhaps it was just good defense by Riley which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley thows a body shot but no joy.
A good leg kick by Riley.
Riley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Riley misses with a leg kick.
Riley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kizz misses with a takedown attempt - Riley sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Riley works the jab nicely.
Riley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kizz fails with the takedown
and Riley counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Riley rushes Kizz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Kizz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riley dodges an elbow strike from Kizz.
Riley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Riley is pressed up against the cage. Kizz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Riley down to the mat. Riley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kizz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Riley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kizz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Kizz moves into range and clinches up with Riley.
Kizz misses with an elbow over the top.
Riley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kizz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kizz is trying to drag Riley to the mat but Riley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kizz takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kizz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riley's brow.
Kizz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Riley lands an elbow inside that Kizz shrugs off.

It looks like Manya Kizz has been cut.
Riley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kizz.
Riley lands a nice uppercut.
Riley misses with a punch on the inside.
Riley digs a right hand underneath Kizz's ribcage. Kizz let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Kizz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Kizz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Riley content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Kizz is rocked!
Riley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riley throwing strikes but missing.
Riley throwing strikes from guard but Kizz blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Riley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riley postures up in Kizz's guard and throws a big left but Kizz blocks it.
Kizz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Riley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manya Kizz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kizz drives through with a takedown into Riley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kizz is working Riley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Riley is trying to control the position but Kizz postures up.
Manya Kizz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kizz works over Riley with some ground and pound from guard.
Riley is trying to keep Kizz in close.
Riley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kizz is controlling him.
Kizz won't allow Riley to sweep him here.
Riley looking to control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kizz distracts Riley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kizz looking to pass the guard.
Kizz postures up in Riley's guard and throws a big left but Riley blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kizz landing with the ground and pound.
Riley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kizz preventing the sweep.
Kizz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kizz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kizz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kizz is looking to work some ground and pound but Riley has wrist control.
Kizz won't allow Riley to sweep him here.
Kizz wants to control from the top but Riley keeps moving.
Riley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kizz throwing strikes but missing.
Kizz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Riley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Riley tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kizz tries to free his leg and advance position but Riley is retaining full guard.
Riley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kizz is controlling him.
Kizz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Riley is trying to control the position but Kizz postures up.
Kizz stopping the sweep attempt from Riley.
Riley is trying to keep Kizz in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Travis Riley has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Horrible takedown by Kizz or perhaps it was just good defense by Riley which made him look bad.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice body punch from Riley.
Riley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Riley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kizz dodges an elbow strike from Riley.
Riley blocks an elbow strike.
Manya Kizz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kizz is working Riley over against the cage.
Riley lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kizz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Riley.
Riley has a couple of punches blocked by Kizz.
Riley scores with a shot to the side of Kizz's head.
Kizz blocking some punches.
Kizz lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off.
Riley misses with some punches.
Riley tries to throw a body punch but Kizz avoids it by throwing Riley back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.
Riley lands a nice uppercut.
Kizz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Manya Kizz.
I think Riley has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Riley!