PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Riley
vs
Reagan

220 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

200 cm
20
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Junior Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ronald Reagan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reagan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Riley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Riley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reagan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riley is looking to slow Reagan down with leg kicks.
A punch combination from Riley misses.
Reagan fails with a takedown attempt.
Riley tries to clinch up.
Riley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Riley tries to clinch up but Reagan circles away and keeps his distance.
Riley scores with a head kick.

Reagan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Riley quickly recovers to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riley wants to get back to his feet.
Reagan wants to free his trapped foot but Riley is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan thows a huge punch but Riley dodges it nicely.

Reagan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Riley has managed to free his arm - good work.
Reagan looks gassed!
Riley is trying to stand up here but Reagan is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Reagan is trying to work for a kimura but Riley is defending well.

Reagan is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Reagan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Riley is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Reagan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Reagan's back!
Riley has the hooks in. Reagan is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Riley gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Reagan is keeping busy.
Riley is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Reagan is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riley is persistently looking for the submission but Reagan is defending it well.
Reagan tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Riley wants to control the pace but Reagan is squirming around nicely.
Reagan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Riley wants to get back to his feet but Reagan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan wants to pass the guard but Riley is keeping the position.
Reagan throws a strike but Riley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Reagan can do anything to dispel that myth.

Reagan throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Riley escapes and throws Reagan's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Reagan is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Riley dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Riley scores with a head kick. Reagan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Riley wants to clinch.
Reagan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Riley lands a nice looking kick to the body. Reagan takes a step back to recover.
Junior Riley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Reagan scores with a takedown into Riley's guard.
Riley wants to stand up but Reagan is controlling him.
Reagan with a nice head shot there.
Reagan is breathing heavily.
Riley wants to stand up but Reagan is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Riley has his foot on Reagan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Reagan works his way back into a safe position though.
Reagan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reagan lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Reagan avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Reagan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Riley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Riley keeping moving, preventing Reagan from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reagan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reagan trying to control but Riley is working from the bottom.
Reagan won't allow Riley to get back to his feet.
Reagan wants to control from the top but Riley keeps moving.
Reagan pushes down on Riley's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Riley misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan drops an elbow to the side of Riley's head.
Reagan wants to control but Riley is keeping him busy.

Reagan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Riley is not content to let Reagan control the position.
Riley scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Reagan manages to mount him!
Reagan working Riley over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reagan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Riley?
Reagan lands a heavy elbow.
Reagan looking to finish Riley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Riley!
Reagan landing strikes from the mount.
Ronald Reagan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Reagan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Riley?
Reagan lands a big shot there that rocks Riley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Reagan with the ground and pound from mount.
Riley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Reagan looking to control but Riley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Reagan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A solid leg kick lands there for Riley.
Riley tries to clinch up

and Reagan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Riley's guard.
Reagan postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Riley keeping moving, preventing Reagan from controlling successfully.
Reagan prevents Riley from getting back to his feet.
Reagan postures up in Riley's guard and throws a big left but Riley blocks it.
Reagan wants to control from the top but Riley keeps moving.
Reagan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reagan forces his way into half guard.
Riley is trying to stand.

Reagan is working for a kimura but Riley is defending it quite comfortably.

Reagan seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Riley has recovered full guard.
Riley wants to stand but Reagan is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Reagan throws a big right hand that misses.
Riley will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Reagan passes Riley's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Reagan is working for a kimura here but Riley manages to reverse the position and he's now in Reagan's guard.
Riley is looking to stand up but Reagan won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reagan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Riley manages to get himself to full guard.
Reagan trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Riley manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Reagan has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Riley off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Riley moves in looking to clinch but Reagan pushes him off.
No joy there for Riley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Riley scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Riley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Riley gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Reagan to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Reagan wants to control from the top but Riley keeps moving.
Reagan postures up.
Riley is looking to stand up but Reagan isn't so interested in that idea.
Reagan advances to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Reagan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Reagan 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronald Reagan!