PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Battle comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! William Battle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tony Rizzo's chin.

Rizzo
vs
Battle

188 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Catch Clothing
KrakHeaD Nutrition

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Rizzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Battle!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rizzo drops Battle with a beautiful combination! Battle stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rizzo is looking for the KO!

It looks like William Battle has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Rizzo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Battle to the mat! Battle manages to get full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Rizzo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Rizzo looking to pass the guard.

Rizzo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Rizzo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Battle being controlled here, momentarily.

Rizzo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rizzo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Battle looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rizzo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Rizzo maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Battle could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Rizzo has cracked it and Battle is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Rizzo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tony Rizzo!
Tony Rizzo 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.