PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Riddler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riddler has chosen Getting Away With Murder as his entrance music. Paul Sass has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sass
vs
Riddler

183 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Sass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Riddler!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddler misses with a two punch combination.
Riddler lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Paul Sass has been cut.
Riddler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riddler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sass throws out the jab.
Sass slips a jab and a cross from Riddler.
Riddler throws a right and a left that Sass avoids nicely.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.
Riddler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sass. Riddler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riddler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Riddler lands a left and a right that send Sass crashing to the mat, dazed. Riddler thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Sass is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riddler misses with a wild combination.
Riddler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Riddler misses with a jab, cross combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sass.
Sass is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Riddler.
Riddler ducks under a wild hook from Sass.
No joy there for Riddler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riddler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sass throws out the jab.
A punch combination from Riddler misses.
Jason Riddler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riddler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Sass looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Sass tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sass stands up and beckons Riddler to join him on the feet.
Sass is breathing heavily.
Riddler misses with a two punch combination.
Riddler looks to land a combination but Sass avoids it well.
Sass fails to land with a series of punches.
Riddler throws a right and a left that Sass avoids nicely.
Sass tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sass swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Riddler misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Riddler misses.
Riddler misses with a double jab.
Riddler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jason Riddler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sass fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Riddler avoids it really well and circles away.
Riddler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Riddler swinging wildly here.
Riddler throws a right hand that Sass ducks under and follows up with a left that Sass also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Riddler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riddler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sass circles away quickly and effectively.
Riddler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Riddler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Riddler.
Riddler looks to land a combination but Sass avoids it well.

Riddler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sass to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Sass decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Riddler, up you get!
Riddler throws a nice looking combination but Sass bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riddler lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Riddler.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.
Riddler scores with a three punch combo!
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass moves out of range.
Riddler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sass.
Riddler is working the combinations to good effect here.
Sass misses with a series of wild punches.
Riddler throws a nice looking combination but Sass bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Riddler does no damage.
Sass misses the jab.
Riddler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sass jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Riddler fails to land with a series of punches.
Sass showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riddler.
Sass swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A combination from Riddler does no damage.
Riddler throws a right hand that Sass ducks under and follows up with a left that Sass also avoids with ease.
Riddler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sass.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Riddler tries to bum rush Sass with a series of wild strikes but Sass uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sass misses with a looping right.
Riddler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sass.
Riddler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Riddler misses with a series of wild punches.

Sass closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sass lands in his opponent's guard.
Riddler wants to stand and escape but Sass is having none of it.
Sass trying to stand up but can't free himself from Riddler's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riddler keeping moving, preventing Sass from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Riddler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Paul Sass's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.
Riddler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riddler misses with the combination.
Riddler misses with the combination.
Sass fails with a takedown attempt.
Riddler lands a two punch combo.
A combination from Riddler does no damage.
Riddler misses with a double jab.
Riddler avoids the body shot from Sass.
Sass dodges the punch combination from Riddler.
Riddler misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddler fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Riddler does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Riddler throws a nice looking combination but Sass bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sass throws a body punch but Riddler moves out of range.
Riddler misses with a two punch combination.
Riddler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sass.
Riddler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sass.
Riddler's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Riddler duly obliges.
Riddler slips a straight right by Sass.
Sass showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riddler.
Riddler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sass avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sass misses with a wild combination.
Riddler scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sass looks to land a left hand but Riddler moved out of range nicely.
Riddler misses with a double jab.

Riddler gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Sass to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sass wants to stand but Riddler is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sass gets to his feet. Riddler looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Riddler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Riddler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sass throws a series of punches but Riddler avoids them all with ease.
Riddler misses with a series of wild punches.
Riddler swinging wildly here.
Riddler misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddler misses with a few strikes there.
Riddler misses with the combination.
Sass tries to clinch there but Riddler circles away.
Sass throws a right and a left that Riddler avoids nicely.
Riddler lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riddler defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sass.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Sass. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riddler misses with a few strikes there.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass moves out of range.

Sass darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Sass decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass moves out of range.
Riddler tries to bum rush Sass with a series of wild strikes but Sass uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sass scores with a crisp jab that stopped Riddler in his tracks.
Sass fails with a takedown attempt.
Riddler lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riddler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sass.
Sass shoots in but Riddler avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.
Riddler stuffs the takedown attempt from Sass. Sass gets slowly back to his feet.
Riddler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sass throws a jab when Riddler was well out of range.
Sass slips a jab and a cross from Riddler.
Sass wants to clinch up but Riddler keeps it at a distance.
No luck for Sass with that takedown attempt.
Riddler looks to land a combination. Sass sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sass throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circling - Sass throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Sass dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Sass's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Riddler throws a right and a left that Sass avoids nicely.
Riddler misses with a two punch combination.
A punch combination from Riddler misses.
Riddler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sass misses with a looping left.
Sass tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Riddler swivels and escapes.
Some wild striking there from Riddler.
Jason Riddler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riddler lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sass backs up against the cage.
Riddler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sass circles away quickly and effectively.
Riddler displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sass.
Riddler stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Sass. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riddler lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sass circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddler swinging wildly here.
Sass is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riddler tries to bum rush Sass with a series of wild strikes but Sass uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sass looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Riddler is fending him off so far but Sass persists. Nope, Riddler circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sass.
Riddler misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddler lands a two punch combo.
No joy there for Riddler, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riddler falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sass counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sass is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Riddler looks to land a combination but Sass avoids it well.
Sass throws out a loose jab but Riddler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sass tries to clinch but Riddler moves out of range.
Riddler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sass looks to throw the jab but Riddler is out of range.
Sass is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sass throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sass.
Riddler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sass moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass avoids them all with ease.
Sass lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Riddler throws a right hand that Sass ducks under and follows up with a left that Sass also avoids with ease.
Riddler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riddler moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Riddler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sass closes this distance looking for a takedown but Riddler circles away.
Riddler misses with a two punch combination.
Riddler misses with a wild combination.
Sass shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Riddler sprawls well. Riddler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sass gets slowly back to his feet.
Riddler throws a series of punches but Sass moves out of range.
Riddler misses with a few strikes there.
Riddler throws a combination that misses

and Sass counters with a nice double leg into side control. Riddler won't be happy with that.
Riddler is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sass asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Sass stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sass is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Riddler.
Riddler throws a right and a left that Sass avoids nicely.
Riddler throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sass avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riddler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jason Riddler seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sass shoots for a double leg takedown but Riddler sprawls well. He's pushed Sass's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Riddler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Sass misses.
Sass rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riddler moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riddler displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Riddler misses with a wild combination.
Sass shoots in but no luck this time.
Riddler looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riddler leaves Sass with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Riddler's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Riddler duly obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Sass bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Riddler is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Sass asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Sass decides to take the fight back to the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Sass showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sass has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Sass!