PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Mikael Saputo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dierk Riese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saputo's entrance music is The Milk Song. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Saputo
vs
Riese

175 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
142 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Dangerous knees
Big right hand

Excellent MT
Determined

Island Xtreme Fight-Gear
Atlantis

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mikael Saputo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dierk Riese!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Saputo rushes Riese and presses him up against the cage.
Riese misses with a body punch.
Riese misses with some punches.
Saputo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Riese can't find room to land a body shot as Saputo controls the action.
Saputo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riese backwards.
Saputo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Riese has a couple of punches blocked by Saputo.
Saputo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Riese misses with the head strike.
Saputo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Saputo tries to land a knee to the head but Riese blocks with his arms.
Saputo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saputo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riese.
Saputo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Riese is trying to break the clinch but Saputo has him pressed against the cage.
Riese doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saputo tries to throw a body punch but Riese avoids it by throwing Saputo back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saputo.
Saputo landing knees to the head.
Riese can't break the clinch.
Riese lands a nice shot to the body.
Saputo looking to throw knees to the head but Riese is blocking nicely.
Riese looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Riese takes a shot to the head.
Saputo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Saputo.
Saputo is leaning against Riese and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Saputo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Riese lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Saputo tries to land knees in the clinch but Riese avoids the damage to the body.
Riese struggles to land a body shot inside as Saputo controls his hands.
Saputo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riese.
Riese misses with a short punch on the inside.
Saputo lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Saputo - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saputo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saputo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riese's face.
Riese swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saputo lands a body punch.
Saputo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Saputo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Saputo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Riese.
A shot in the inside from Riese.
Saputo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riese is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Riese tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Riese.
Saputo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saputo blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Saputo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riese goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saputo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Saputo is working Riese over against the cage.
Saputo avoiding damage.
Riese takes a shot to the head.
Saputo slowing the pace effectively.
Saputo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Riese fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riese on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riese wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riese looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saputo lands with a left to the head.
Riese has a couple of punches blocked by Saputo.
Riese misses with some punches.
Saputo blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saputo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Riese is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saputo.
Riese is still on wobbly legs! Can Saputo finish him?
Saputo scores with a shot to the side of Riese's head.
Saputo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riese putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saputo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saputo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Riese or not.
Saputo lands with a right to the head.
Saputo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riese.
Saputo creates a bit of distance and cracks Riese with a big uppercut! Riese goes down! The referee pushes Saputo away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Riese make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Saputo takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Mikael Saputo!
A very excited looking Mikael Saputo rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.