PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Riendeau (ranked 1075 p4p, 1956 weight class) and Ben Solomon (ranked 127 p4p, 237 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Riendeau
vs
Solomon

163 cm
31
184
10 - 4 - 0

179 cm
24
183
6 - 3 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Riendeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ben Solomon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riendeau fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Solomon manages to avoid it.
Solomon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Eric Riendeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riendeau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Solomon jabs Riendeau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Riendeau tries to clinch up.
Solomon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Riendeau.
Riendeau fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riendeau misses with an uppercut
enabling Solomon to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Solomon there.

Riendeau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Solomon, pushing him back against the cage.
Solomon misses with a punch to the body.
Solomon struggles to land a body shot inside as Riendeau controls his hands.
Riendeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Riendeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Solomon lands an uppercut.
Solomon blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riendeau lands an uppercut.
Solomon throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Riendeau.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riendeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Solomon.
Riendeau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Solomon.
A left hand lands to the body for Riendeau.
Riendeau misses with the head strike.
Riendeau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Solomon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riendeau tries to clinch up but Solomon circles away and keeps his distance.
Solomon swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Solomon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riendeau tries to clinch but Solomon is having none of it.
Riendeau lands a nice looking body shot.

Solomon tries to keep at a distance but Riendeau has taken the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Solomon.
Riendeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riendeau lands a shot to the body.
Solomon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riendeau's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Solomon fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Riendeau - that landed with a thud.
Solomon looks winded!
Riendeau lands a shot to the body.
Riendeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riendeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Solomon misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Riendeau.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Riendeau.
Riendeau pushes Solomon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Riendeau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Riendeau - that landed with a thud.
Riendeau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Solomon backwards.
Riendeau scores with a shoulder strike.
Riendeau lands a nice uppercut.

Solomon is rocked!
Riendeau throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Solomon is still on wobbly legs! Can Riendeau finish him?
Riendeau working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riendeau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Solomon or not.
Riendeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Riendeau dips a shoulder and cracks Solomon with a mighty uppercut! Solomon falls back against the cage and Riendeau unloads with a barrage of strikes! Solomon is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Riendeau screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Riendeau!
A very excited looking Eric Riendeau rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.