PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Riscatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riscatelli comes to the cage accompanied by Speak Softly Love. Dan Wade acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Riscatelli
vs
Wade

178 cm
20
210 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
217 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Syndicate Drugs
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Silvio Riscatelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Wade!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Riscatelli with that takedown attempt.
Wade slaps away a takedown attempt from Riscatelli, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Riscatelli will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Silvio Riscatelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riscatelli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wade was well out of range. Poor timing from Riscatelli.
Riscatelli misses with a wild body shot.
Wade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Riscatelli fails with the takedown.
Riscatelli lands a nice shot to the body.
Riscatelli shoots in for a takedown but Wade shows good takedown defense.
Riscatelli looks to throw the jab but Wade is out of range.
Riscatelli fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wade avoids it really well and circles away.
Wade swinging wilding here.
Riscatelli misses with a body shot.

Riscatelli feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riscatelli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wade swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wade being controlled here, momentarily.

Riscatelli drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Wade dives on top into guard.
Riscatelli tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wade is working Riscatelli over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wade postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riscatelli trying to control the position here.
Riscatelli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wade is looking to stand up but Riscatelli won't let him.
Riscatelli wants to sweep here but Wade controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wade being controlled here momentarily.
Riscatelli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Wade must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Riscatelli trying to control the position.

Riscatelli has his foot on Wade's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wade works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Riscatelli seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Riscatelli isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Wade stacks Riscatelli on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Wade!
Riscatelli tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Wade wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
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 Silvio Riscatelli will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wade stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wade wants it to stay on the feet.
Wade tries a head kick but it misses.
Riscatelli changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wade tries to avoid it but Riscatelli manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wade to the ground. Wade escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wade throws a leg kick which misses Riscatelli's front leg but catches the back leg as Riscatelli tries to avoid it.
Wade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Riscatelli.
Riscatelli misses with a body shot.
Wade takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Silvio Riscatelli has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riscatelli throws a body punch but Wade moves out of range.
Wade turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Riscatelli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wade scores with a leg kick.
Riscatelli drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wade scores with a decent looking hook.
Wade lands a jab to Riscatelli's midsection.
Wade lands a jab to Riscatelli's midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
BOOM! Wade lands a beautiful left hook that drops Riscatelli. Riscatelli tries to recover but Wade is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Riscatelli lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Wade!