PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro Rizzuto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klas Micropop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Alessandro Rizzuto has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Alessandro Rizzuto seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Rizzuto
vs
Micropop

215 cm
22
275 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
275 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

MADE IN GERMANY
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alessandro Rizzuto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Klas Micropop!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Micropop slips a jab from Rizzuto.
Micropop throws a leg kick but Rizzuto moved away.
A shot to the body from Rizzuto misses
and Micropop counters with an inside leg kick.
Micropop lands with a thumping leg kick.
Micropop moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot.
Rizzuto cracks a nice hook into Micropop's ribs.
Micropop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzuto.
Rizzuto looks to score with a jab to the body but Micropop is just out of range.
Micropop tried to score with a low kick but Rizzuto checks it.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Micropop.
Rizzuto misses with a wild body shot.
Micropop takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Micropop bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Micropop lands with a thumping leg kick.
Micropop feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rizzuto's calf.
Micropop slips a jab from Rizzuto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzuto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Micropop missing with a left hand there. Rizzuto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rizzuto misses with a hook
and Micropop counters with a low kick, right behind Rizzuto 's knee.
Micropop is looking to clinch but Rizzuto is avoiding it.
Rizzuto connects with a right hand. Micropop shakes it off.
Rizzuto throws a leg kick
and Micropop counters with an outside leg kick.
Rizzuto misses with a leg kick
and Micropop counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rizzuto's knee momentarily.
Micropop throws a hook but Rizzuto avoids it easily.
Micropop wants to slow Rizzuto down by chopping away at his legs.
Micropop misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rizzuto. Micropop does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rizzuto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rizzuto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Micropop.
Rizzuto lands a glancing blow to the side of Micropop's head.
Micropop misses with a shot to the body
and Rizzuto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Micropop thinking.
Micropop scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rizzuto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Micropop counters with a good low kick that Rizzuto was not able to check.
Rizzuto is breathing heavily.

Micropop moves into range and clinches up with Rizzuto.
Rizzuto cracks Micropop with a nice body shot.
Micropop throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Micropop lands an elbow just above Rizzuto 's eye.
Micropop creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Micropop lands an elbow that stopped Rizzuto in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Alessandro Rizzuto has been cut.
Rizzuto can't find room to land a body shot as Micropop controls the action.
Rizzuto avoids the elbow strike from Micropop, against the cage.
Micropop misses with an elbow over the top.
Rizzuto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters up against the cage, Micropop throws an elbow but misses.
Micropop creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rizzuto can't find room to land a body shot as Micropop controls the action.
Rizzuto is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Micropop throws an elbow but misses.
Rizzuto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Micropop.
Rizzuto tries to work over Micropop's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rizzuto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rizzuto avoids the elbow strike from Micropop, against the cage.
Rizzuto tries a body shot but Micropop blocks it.
Micropop throws an elbow that misses.
Micropop misses with an elbow strike.
Micropop blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Micropop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Micropop lands a damaging elbow.
Rizzuto managing to block the knees to the body from Micropop.

Rizzuto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Micropop throws a leg kick but Rizzuto moved away.
Micropop connects with an inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Micropop pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Micropop is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rizzuto is defending well for now.

Rizzuto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rizzuto checks a leg kick.
Micropop tries to land a leg kick but Rizzuto saw it coming and moves away.
Micropop takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alessandro Rizzuto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Micropop attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Micropop misses with a looping left.
Rizzuto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rizzuto moves out of range of the body kick from Micropop.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rizzuto swings widly with a right hand
and Micropop counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Micropop with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rizzuto to score with a decent uppercut.
Rizzuto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rizzuto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Micropop counters with a stiff right hand.
Rizzuto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Micropop missing with a left hand there. Rizzuto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rizzuto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Micropop counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Micropop lands a leg kick that knocks Rizzuto off balance momentarily.
Micropop tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzuto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rizzuto misses with a right hand
and Micropop counters with a low kick, right behind Rizzuto 's knee.
Micropop with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rizzuto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rizzuto throws a lazy uppercut
and Micropop counters with a leg kick.
Micropop is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rizzuto misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Micropop lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klas Micropop dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alessandro Rizzuto's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Micropop misses with a double jab.
Rizzuto tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Micropop is able to avoid easily.
Micropop swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rizzuto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Micropop fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rizzuto.
Rizzuto misses with a hook
and Micropop counters with a nice leg kick.
Micropop throws a leg kick which misses Rizzuto's front leg but catches the back leg as Rizzuto tries to avoid it.
Rizzuto throws an overhand right that lands on Micropop's shoulder, as Micropop tries to avoid the shot.
Micropop loads up on a big right hand but Rizzuto slips the punch.
Micropop throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rizzuto scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rizzuto misses with a wild body shot.
Rizzuto is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rizzuto misses with a jab to the body

and Micropop counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Micropop.
Micropop lands an elbow that stopped Rizzuto in his tracks for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Micropop landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Micropop just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rizzuto's brow.
Micropop looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Micropop lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Alessandro Rizzuto's cut is getting worse.
Micropop prevents Rizzuto from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Micropop throws an elbow but misses.
Micropop putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rizzuto in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rizzuto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rizzuto takes an elbow to the temple.
Micropop creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rizzuto working hard to break the clinch.
Micropop creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rizzuto's defenses.

Alessandro Rizzuto's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Come on Micropop - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Micropop misses with an elbow over the top.
A knee to the head by Micropop.
Micropop comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jeez, Alessandro Rizzuto's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alessandro Rizzuto's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Klas Micropop!
Klas Micropop is the new heavyweight champion!