PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frankestein Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Semmy Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mir comes to the cage accompanied by FRANKIE by 80Kidz. Rizzo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. open road song kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Semmy Rizzo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mir
vs
Rizzo

185 cm
22
277 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

219 cm
22
285 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frankestein Mir!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Semmy Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo fakes the leg kick and cracks Mir in the body.
Mir doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rizzo counters with a nice body kick.
Rizzo wants to land a leg kick but Mir is out of range.
Mir gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rizzo counters with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rizzo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mir's knee momentarily.
Mir misses with a body punch
and Rizzo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mir misses the jab.
Mir swings widly with a right hand
and Rizzo counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo lands a front kick.
Semmy Rizzo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mir throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rizzo.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rizzo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir tries to clinch
and Rizzo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rizzo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mir misses with a wild combination.
Rizzo stuffs the takedown attempt from Mir. Mir gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankestein Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo ducks under a wild hook from Mir.
Rizzo tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Rizzo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Mir shoots in for a takedown but Rizzo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rizzo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Frankestein Mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mir misses with an uppercut
and Rizzo counters with an inside leg kick.
Mir moves to clinch but Rizzo breaks away
and Rizzo counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rizzo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rizzo slaps away a takedown attempt from Mir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Mir. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Mir misses with a lunging right hand
and Rizzo counters with a nice leg kick.
Mir will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Mir as he checks the leg kick.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rizzo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mir.
Frankestein Mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rizzo counters with a big head kick but Mir shrugs it off.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankestein Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Mir's front leg but catches the back leg as Mir tries to avoid it.
Mir takes a swing at Rizzo's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir has his takedown stuffed
and Rizzo counters with a nice body kick.
Rizzo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rizzo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Rizzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nice uppercut there from Mir.
Rizzo tries to land a leg kick but Mir saw it coming and moves away.
Mir avoids a kick to the body.
Rizzo scores with a head kick. Mir tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mir thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rizzo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mir swings widly with a right hand
and Rizzo counters with a big head kick but Mir shrugs it off.
Mir looks to clinch
and Rizzo counters with a good low kick that Mir was not able to check.
Rizzo stuffs the takedown attempt from Mir. Mir gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir misses the shot to the body.
Rizzo throws a low kick but Mir avoids it.
Rizzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mir has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rizzo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rizzo slips under a jab from Mir.
Semmy Rizzo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mir forces Rizzo back against the cage and clinches.
Mir tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
Mir looking for a takedown.
Mir missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Rizzo.
Mir is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rizzo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Mir goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rizzo prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankestein Mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mir looking to throw knees to the head but Rizzo is blocking nicely.
Mir blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rizzo gets underhooks to prevent Mir's takedown attempt.

Rizzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mir jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Rizzo really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rizzo motions for Mir to come forward. Rizzo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rizzo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mir looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rizzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mir tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rizzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mir is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo throws a leg kick but Mir sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mir on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mir misses with a takedown
and Rizzo counters with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir tries for a takedown but Rizzo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rizzo.
Mir tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mir swings widly with a right hand
and Rizzo counters with a good, hard body kick but Mir shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir swings for the body but Rizzo moves out of range.
Mir misses with a left hand
and Rizzo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rizzo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Good leg kick by Rizzo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mir avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mir rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rizzo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rizzo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mir.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Semmy Rizzo dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rizzo lands a leg kick that knocks Mir off balance momentarily.
Mir looks to clinch
and Rizzo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rizzo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo ducks under a wild hook from Mir.
Mir shoots for a double leg takedown but Rizzo sprawls well. He's pushed Mir's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Mir checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mir moves out of range of the body kick from Rizzo.
Rizzo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rizzo throws a head kick that misses.
Frankestein Mir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mir fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rizzo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mir misses with a combination
and Rizzo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rizzo throws the kick towards the body but Mir avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mir lands with an uppercut that bounces Rizzo off the cage and back into rage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rizzo.
Mir misses with an uppercut
and Rizzo counters with a solid body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo is looking to land body kicks.
Rizzo tries a low kick but Mir avoids it.
Mir checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mir throws a right hand that misses
and Rizzo counters with a thumping low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Semmy Rizzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rizzo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 43:50
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 43:50
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 43:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Semmy Rizzo! Semmy Rizzo retains his super heavyweight title!