PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Steiner (ranked 2480 p4p, 306 weight class) and Serhey Rishkinov (ranked 1468 p4p, 187 weight class). Steiner comes to the cage accompanied by THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Serhey Rishkinov enters the cage!

Steiner
vs
Rishkinov

180 cm
19
175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
176 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Groove Gear

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Steiner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Serhey Rishkinov!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steiner with a poor takedown
and Rishkinov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steiner misses with a takedown attempt
and Rishkinov counters with a good, hard body kick but Steiner shrugs it off.
Steiner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Steiner. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rishkinov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Rishkinov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Steiner takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Rishkinov lands a decent elbow from side control.
Steiner tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Rishkinov presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rishkinov is in the full mount, landing strikes.

It looks like John Steiner has been cut.
Steiner really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rishkinov loads up with a big shot that hurts Steiner! He's pulled Rishkinov in close but Rishkinov has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Steiner survive? More strikes from Rishkinov and Steiner is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Serhey Rishkinov!
Serhey Rishkinov decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
John Steiner spoke after the fight, saying 'You see that win was a fluke! I'll be back to avenge this loss at next year's SACRIFICE!'.