PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan comes to the cage accompanied by Survival of the Sickest by Saliva. Rivaldi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Joker's Wild kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chan
vs
Rivaldi

178 cm
34
183 lbs
26 - 8 - 1

180 cm
30
178 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

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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 26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominick Rivaldi!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chan scores with a shot to the body.
Rivaldi missing with a left hand there. Chan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rivaldi lands with a good body shot.

Chan moves into the clinch.
Rivaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chan's elbow.
Chan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chan throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivaldi.
Chan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chan throws a head punch that misses.
Rivaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rivaldi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi lands with a short shot to the head.
Chan misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Chan.
Chan prevents a body shot from Rivaldi.
Chan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rivaldi scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chan's elbow.
Chan scores with a hook to the body.
Rivaldi misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivaldi blocks an uppercut.
Chan throws a head punch that misses.
Chan misses with a punch to the body.
Chan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chan gets through Rivaldi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rivaldi throws a punch but it's blocked by Chan.
Rivaldi is trying to maintain a safe position but Chan gets an underhook and turns Rivaldi into the cage.
Chan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Chan fails to land.
Rivaldi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
Chan lands a shoulder strike.
Rivaldi blocks an uppercut.
Chan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chan backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
Chan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivaldi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Chan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan misses with a punch on the inside.
Chan throws a head punch that misses.
Rivaldi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivaldi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rivaldi tries to throw a body punch but Chan avoids it by throwing Rivaldi back against the cage.
Good body shot from Chan.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chan throws the kick towards the body but Rivaldi avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Chan blocks the low kick.
Chan misses with the body kick
and Rivaldi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Chan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivaldi.
Chan lands with a good body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi scoring well with a low kick there.
Rivaldi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rivaldi misses with an uppercut
and Chan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chan misses with a body kick.
Chan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rivaldi doesn't seem bothered though.
Rivaldi digs a good body shot into Chan's ribs.
Rivaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chan.

Chan forces Rivaldi back against the cage and clinches.
Chan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chan can't find room to land a body shot as Rivaldi controls the action.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan throws a head kick but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Chan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rivaldi moves away.
Chan with a nice cross.
Chan looks to land a body kick but Rivaldi moved away.
Rivaldi tried to score with a low kick but Chan checks it.
Rivaldi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big left from Rivaldi misses.
Chan looks to land a body kick but Rivaldi moved away.
Chan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rivaldi wants to land a leg kick but Chan is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chan.
Rivaldi tries to land a leg kick but Chan saw it coming and moves away.
Chan misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Chan dominated that round.
That's time! Chan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Chan scores with a nice head shot.
Rivaldi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rivaldi at a distance.
Chan moves out of range of the body kick.
Chan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rivaldi is able to avoid easily.
Rivaldi fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivaldi missing with a left hand there. Chan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chan cracks Rivaldi with an open hand slap.
Chan connects with an inside leg kick.
Chan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rivaldi. Rivaldi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Chan takes the fight into the clinch.
Rivaldi tries to work over Chan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chan blocking some punches.
Chan blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan misses with a punch on the inside.
Rivaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Chan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivaldi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chan misses with a body punch.
Chan throws a head punch that misses.
Chan misses with some punches.
A short right from Rivaldi on the inside.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Rivaldi - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rivaldi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rivaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chan swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rivaldi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivaldi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rivaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Chan tries to work over Rivaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Chan misses with some punches.
Chan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chan misses with a punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Rivaldi.
Chan tries to work over Rivaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivaldi presses Chan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A shot in the inside from Chan.
Rivaldi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chan lands an uppercut.
Chan tries a body shot but Rivaldi blocks it.
Rivaldi throws a head punch that misses.
Chan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivaldi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chan's elbow.
Rivaldi tries to work over Chan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rivaldi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivaldi scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
Chan throws a jab when Rivaldi was well out of range.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Rivaldi's head but Rivaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rivaldi misses with a straight left.
Rivaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rivaldi falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rivaldi cracks Chan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Chan loads up on a big right hand but Rivaldi slips the punch.
Chan throws a body punch but Rivaldi moves out of range.
Rivaldi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivaldi moves out of range of the body kick from Chan.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick but Chan checks it.
Rivaldi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Chan counters with a nice leg kick.
Chan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Chan clinches up against the cage.
Rivaldi misses with some punches.
Chan tries to work over Rivaldi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi lands an uppercut.
Rivaldi slows down the pace here.
Chan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dominick Rivaldi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Chan.
Rivaldi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rivaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chan.
A left lands for Rivaldi.
A cross from Chan lands.
Rivaldi swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.

Chan moves into range and clinches up with Rivaldi.

Rivaldi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rivaldi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Chan walks into a left hand.
Johnny Chan is winning the standup battle so far.
Chan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chan lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chan lands with an uppercut that bounces Rivaldi off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivaldi.
Chan is looking to wear down Rivaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rivaldi thows a body kick. Chan tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A big right from Chan misses.
Chan darts in trying to clinch
and Rivaldi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rivaldi throws the left hand but Chan avoids the punch easily.
Chan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Johnny Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivaldi throws a leg kick which misses Chan's front leg but catches the back leg as Chan tries to avoid it.
Rivaldi cracks Chan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Chan tried to score with a low kick but Rivaldi checks it.
Rivaldi on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan misses with a looping left.
Nice uppercut lands for Rivaldi. That snapped Chan's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chan scores with a jab.
Rivaldi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chan manages to avoid it.
Chan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Chan.
Chan tries to score with a low kick but Rivaldi moves his leg out of the way.
Chan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Rivaldi's head but Rivaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chan comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chan misses with a straight right.
Chan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chan misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rivaldi - that will leave a mark!
Chan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rivaldi.
Chan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rivaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rivaldi is looking to slow Chan down with leg kicks.
Rivaldi swings for the body but Chan moves out of range.
Chan misses with a wild body shot.
Rivaldi just misses with a punch to the body.
Chan connects with a looping right hand.
Rivaldi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rivaldi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rivaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chan chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Rivaldi misses with a looping left.
Chan cracks Rivaldi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Chan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rivaldi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rivaldi. That one must have hurt.
Crunch! Rivaldi slams his shin into Chan's torso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Chan moves into range and clinches up with Rivaldi.

Rivaldi breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chan takes a swing at Rivaldi's ribcage but misses.
Chan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rivaldi pushes Chan away with a front kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Rivaldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rivaldi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick Rivaldi!
Dominick Rivaldi decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.