PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Kael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Rizzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kael's entrance music is Paplebon. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kael
vs
Rizzo

187 cm
27
222 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
25
244 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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, Tyson Kael!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kael. Rizzo shrugs it off though.
Rizzo misses the jab.
Rizzo misses the jab.
A clash of legs there as Rizzo blocks the low kick.
Rizzo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kael looks to land a body kick but Rizzo moved away.
Kael throws out a leg kick but Rizzo moves out of range and Kael only half commits.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Kael avoids it well.
Rizzo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rizzo just misses with a punch to the body.
Kael feints and then cracks Rizzo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rizzo down.
Kael moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rizzo looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping body kick lands there for Kael.
Kael tries a low kick but Rizzo avoids it.
Rizzo blocks a leg kick.
Kael throws a leg kick but Rizzo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kael lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kael throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kael tries to land a leg kick but Rizzo saw it coming and moves away.
Kael pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rizzo is out of range and Kael settles back down.
Rizzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Kael.
Rizzo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rizzo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Kael tries a low kick but Rizzo avoids it.
Kael looks to land a body kick but Rizzo moved away.
Kael tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rizzo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kael misses with a low kick.
Rizzo misses with a wild combination.
Rizzo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kael walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Rizzo misses the target.
Kael tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kael throws a leg kick
and Rizzo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kael scores with a leg kick.
Rizzo checks a low kick from Kael.
Rizzo checks the leg kick.
Kael tries to work over Rizzo's front leg with a kick but Rizzo checks it.
Rizzo lands a two punch combo.
Rizzo misses with a looping left.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that Kael avoids nicely.
Kael throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tyson Kael seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzo loads up on a big right hand but Kael slips the punch.
Rizzo checks the leg kick.
Rizzo checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo blocks a leg kick.
Rizzo throws a hook but Kael avoids it easily.
Kael cracks the inside of Rizzo's front leg.
A leg kick checked by Rizzo.
Kael tries to work over Rizzo's front leg with a kick but Rizzo checks it.
Rizzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kael throws a low kick, looking for Rizzo's leg but Rizzo calmly moves out of range.
Kael misses with a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a leg kick.
Kael tries to land a leg kick but Rizzo saw it coming and moves away.
Rizzo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kael throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kael lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kael feints and then cracks Rizzo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rizzo down.
Kael lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rizzo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kael.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzo. Kael does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kael tries a low kick but Rizzo avoids it.
Kael throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rizzo counters with a thumping low kick.
Kael throws a leg kick but Rizzo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kael lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rizzo wants to slow Kael down by chopping away at his legs.
Kael misses with a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick from Rizzo misses.
Rizzo throws a series of punches but Kael moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kael misses with a low kick.
Rizzo checks a low kick from Kael.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Kael avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Kael dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rizzo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rizzo throws a body punch but Kael moves out of range.
Tyson Kael is winning the standup battle so far.
Good work by Rizzo as he checks the leg kick.
Kael throws a low kick but Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Kael throws a low kick but Rizzo avoids it.
Rizzo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rizzo checks a leg kick.
Rizzo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Kael.
Kael throws out a leg kick but Rizzo moves out of range and Kael only half commits.
Kael lands with a thumping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Rizzo blocks the low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body kick from Kael.
Kael swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rizzo scores with a punch to the head.
Kael throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rizzo misses with a low kick.
Pedro Rizzo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kael walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kael uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzo.
Kael scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rizzo throws a body punch but Kael moves out of range.
Kael throws a low kick but Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Kael buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kael misses with a low kick.
Rizzo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Kael misses with a low kick.
Rizzo checks a low kick from Kael.
Rizzo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo tries to bum rush Kael with a series of wild strikes but Kael uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kael is looking to score with low kicks.
Rizzo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rizzo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kael is looking to land body kicks.
Rizzo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kael 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.
Kael throws a leg kick that misses.
Kael throws a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a good low kick that Kael was not able to check.
Kael throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rizzo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rizzo misses with an uppercut.
Rizzo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rizzo looks to land a combination but Kael avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kael throws a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kael throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rizzo misses with a wild body shot.
Rizzo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rizzo throws a leg kick which misses Kael's front leg but catches the back leg as Kael tries to avoid it.
Kael misses with a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a series of strikes. Kael will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kael thows a leg kick but Rizzo checks it
and Rizzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Rizzo misses with a series of wild punches.
Kael throws a leg kick
and Rizzo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kael tries to score with a low kick but Rizzo moves his leg out of the way.
Kael connects with a solid leg kick.
Kael is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rizzo can do to turn this around?
Rizzo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Rizzo does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Kael is predictable there
and Rizzo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kael avoids the body shot from Rizzo.
Rizzo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kael pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kael feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rizzo's calf.
Kael tries a low kick but Rizzo avoids it.
Kael wants to land a leg kick but Rizzo is out of range.
Rizzo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kael motions for Rizzo to come forward. Kael throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kael showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rizzo.
Kael is looking to score with low kicks.
Kael throws a low kick but Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Kael is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyson Kael dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Kael misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kael.
Kael throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rizzo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kael.
Kael motions for Rizzo to come forward. Kael throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Rizzo blocks the low kick.
Kael throws a leg kick that misses.
Kael throws a leg kick that misses.
Rizzo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rizzo checks a leg kick.
Kael moves out of range as Rizzo strikes.
Rizzo throws a right hand that Kael ducks under and follows up with a left that Kael also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kael avoids the body shot from Rizzo.
Kael tries to land a leg kick but Rizzo saw it coming and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo lands a lovely overhand right.
Kael throws a leg kick that misses.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that Kael avoids nicely.
Kael throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rizzo counters with a left and a right that stings Kael.
A head kick misses from Rizzo.
Kael uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rizzo.
Good standup being displayed there by Rizzo as he connects with a hook.
Rizzo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rizzo throws a series of punches but Kael avoids them all with ease.
Rizzo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kael throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kael throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Kael misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kael throws out a leg kick but Rizzo moves out of range and Kael only half commits.
Kael throws a leg kick that misses.
Kael buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rizzo misses with a jab, cross combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rizzo checks a leg kick.
Kael tries to work over Rizzo's front leg with a kick but Rizzo checks it.
Kael throws a low kick but Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Kael pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rizzo is out of range and Kael settles back down.
Kael fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rizzo is out of range.
Kael slips a straight right by Rizzo.
Rizzo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Rizzo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rizzo fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kael throws a low kick but Rizzo moves out of range easily.
Kael is looking to chop away at Rizzo's legs.
Rizzo checks the leg kick.
Rizzo misses with a wild combination.
Kael thows a leg kick but Rizzo checks it
and Rizzo counters with a low kick, right behind Kael 's knee.
Kael throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A punch combination from Rizzo misses.
Kael misses with a leg kick.
Kael avoids a punch combination nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Rizzo blocks the leg kick.
Rizzo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tyson Kael is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kael tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rizzo is able to avoid easily.
A low kick from Kael misses
and Rizzo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kael's knee momentarily.

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.
Rizzo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kael throws a chopping leg kick but Rizzo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kael fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rizzo checks it well.
Rizzo connects with a solid leg kick.
Rizzo throws a shot from downtown. Kael moves away and avoids it.
Kael walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rizzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kael looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kael attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A low kick from Kael misses
and Rizzo counters with an outside leg kick.
Rizzo swings for the body but Kael moves out of range.
Rizzo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kael doesn't seem bothered though.
Rizzo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pedro Rizzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rizzo fails to land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Rizzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kael has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Kael!