PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nanda Rizky (ranked 7356 p4p, 683 weight class) and Jethro Tull (ranked 5207 p4p, 584 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rizky might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Guts Over Fear. Jethro Tull has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rizky
vs
Tull

191 cm
22
198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Nanda Rizky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jethro Tull!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tull misses with a hook. Rizky ducked under it nicely.
Tull lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rizky backs up against the cage.
Tull throws a hook but Rizky avoids it easily.
Rizky seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tull has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tull misses with a few strikes there.
Rizky appears to be looking for a big counter.

Rizky shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tull napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Tull tries to bench press Rizky off him but Rizky keeps the position.
Rizky tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tull is looking for a sweep.
Tull takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tull keeping his opponent close.
Rizky tries to move into full mount but can't pass Tull's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tull avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rizky.
I wouldn't like to be where Tull is right now.
Rizky fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rizky working away.
Rizky grinds an elbow into Tull's temple.
Tull is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rizky scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tull is trying to improve his position.
The ground and pound from Rizky seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Rizky stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Tull throws a body shot but no joy.

Rizky looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rizky missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rizky sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tull defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tull avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rizky.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizky thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tull tries to roll over but Rizky keeps him under control.
Rizky tries to pass to full mount but Tull defends it.
Rizky thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tull's head.
Tull blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rizky.
Rizky not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rizky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rizky lands with a punch from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tull can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tull blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rizky.
Rizky not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've been hearing that Rizky has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rizky connects with a nice short shot to Tull's temple.

Rizky is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tull sees it coming and defends easily.
Rizky thows a huge punch but Tull dodges it nicely.

Rizky is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tull sees it coming and defends easily.
Rizky lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rizky working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tull tries to roll over but Rizky keeps him under control.
Rizky wants to control but Tull is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nanda Rizky dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rizky connects with a solid leg kick.
Rizky gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tull counters with a straight right hand.
Rizky blocks a jab.
Rizky throws a leg kick but Tull sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rizky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tull.
Rizky misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rizky uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tull.
Tull throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tull connects with a right hand. Rizky shakes it off.
Tull scores with a sloppy right hand. Rizky should have avoided that one.
Jethro Tull is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tull scores with a body shot.
Tull scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rizky doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rizky misses with a head kick.
Nanda Rizky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tull comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tull is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tull grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Rizky takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Tull cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jethro Tull!