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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Kolling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley's entrance music is Get Up. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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179 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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185 cm
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170 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Simon Kolling!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kolling swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Riley doesn't manage to clinch there - Kolling circles away.
Kolling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riley misses with a double jab.
Kolling takes a swing at Riley's ribcage but misses.
Kolling misses the shot to the body.
Riley cracks Kolling with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kolling throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Riley counters with a one-two to the body.
Riley lands a really nice looking cross but Kolling seems unphased.
Riley gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kolling takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kolling tries to bench press Riley off him but Riley keeps the position.
Riley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kolling keeps working.
Riley 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.
Riley misses with the ground and pound.
Riley working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riley working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Riley are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kolling is looking to regain half guard here but Riley keeps moving and retains side control.
Riley scoring with punches and elbows.
Riley trying to control the action but Kolling is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riley lands some shots froms side control.
Riley scoring with punches and elbows.
Riley connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kolling some visible discomfort.
Riley scores with a couple of short elbows.
Kolling is looking for a sweep.
Riley scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kolling to see if he's OK.
Kolling tries to bench press Riley off him but Riley keeps the position.
Riley thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Riley trying to control the action but Kolling is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kolling has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kolling wants to get back to his feet but Riley drags him back down.
Riley creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kolling tries to buck Riley off but Riley is having none of it.
Riley lands an elbow.
Kolling takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kolling takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Riley landing strikes.
Kolling looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley advances to full mount.
Riley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Kolling is working to get back to half guard.
Riley in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kolling is looking to get to half guard.
Riley with the ground and pound from mount.
Riley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Riley trying to control but Kolling is having none of it.
Riley controlling his opponent.
Riley landing shots from mount.
Riley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley cracks Kolling with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Riley pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kolling is in a horrible position here. Riley smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Riley controlling the pace for now.
Riley jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Kolling manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Riley landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riley lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riley works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Riley working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Riley dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kolling on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Riley misses with a combination
and Kolling counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kolling misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kolling's head.
Riley tests Kolling's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kolling misses with a hook to the body
and Riley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kolling won't be happy with that.
Kolling gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Riley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kolling is looking for a sweep. Riley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kolling on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Riley is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Riley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kolling hang on?
Kolling is breathing heavily.
Riley controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kolling taking shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Riley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Riley lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kolling is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Riley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kolling looks a forlorn figure.
Riley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kolling looks a forlorn figure.
Riley pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Riley putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kolling is rocked!
Riley scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kolling is still in real trouble! Can Riley finish him?
Riley drops a big elbow. That's hurt Kolling! More shots from Riley and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Riley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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