PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Johnson (ranked 2301 p4p, 1500 weight class) and Zack Rize (ranked 287 p4p, 193 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rize's choice of entrance music: Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Johnson
vs
Rize

190 cm
20
280
4 - 1 - 0

197 cm
18
260
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fedor Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zack Rize!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rize slips a jab from Johnson.
Rize with the inside leg kick.
Johnson misses with a double jab.
Rize appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Johnson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rize throws a body shot but no joy.
Johnson throws an off balance right hand
and Rize counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Johnson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rize counters with a nice low kick that buckles Johnson's knee momentarily.
Rize throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rize connects with a solid leg kick.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot

and Rize counters by clinching up.
Johnson missing with knees to the body.
Rize lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Johnson or not.
Rize scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rize digs a right hand underneath Johnson's ribcage. Johnson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Rize avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Rize connects with a nasty looking knee right to Johnson's face.

It looks like Fedor Johnson has been cut.
Rize scores with a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rize lands a nice uppercut.
Rize lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rize.
Rize struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Johnson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rize's elbow.
Rize lands a left hand.
Rize struggles to land a body shot inside as Johnson controls his hands.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Johnson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rize lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rize lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Johnson is rocked!
Rize pushes Johnson against the cage. Rize is working some dirty boxing. Rize pushes off with a quick right hook! Johnson goes down! Johnson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rize moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zack Rize!
An out of breath Zack Rize thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.