PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Riddick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tito Hall is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Hall
vs
Riddick

189 cm
18
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

200 cm
23
206 lbs
0 - 15 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Dragon

New World Order Clothing

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Riddick!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddick misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Riddick scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Riddick wants to stand up but Hall is controlling the position.
Hall controlling the position for now.
Hall tries to roll over but Riddick keeps him under control.
Hall moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall controlling Riddick's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Tito Hall just wasn't active enough.

Hall dives in and scores a takedown into Riddick's guard.
Riddick wants to sweep but no luck.
Riddick trying to keep a closed guard but Hall is proving a slippery customer.
Hall lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Riddick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riddick wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Riddick trying to strike off his back.
Hall wants to stand but Riddick is controlling his posture from full guard.
Riddick wants to get back to his feet but Hall is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Riddick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddick wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Hall trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hall is working Riddick over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Riddick trying to control the position.
Hall is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hall trying to control but Riddick is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Hall is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hall drops back looking for a leg! Riddick is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Riddick manages to kick Hall off! Hall jumps back into Riddick's guard.
Hall makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hall wants to control from the top but Riddick keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riddick controls Hall momentarily but Hall frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hall shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Riddick manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hall preventing the sweep.
Riddick controlling the position.
Hall is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Riddick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tito Hall overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hall would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hall might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Tito Hall has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Riddick as Hall shoots in.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Riddick closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hall is pushing Riddick's head away, looking to escape. Riddick manages to hold on to the position though.
Hall can't do much from the bottom here.
Hall pushes Riddick away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Riddick gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Riddick working away.
Riddick is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hall here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Riddick is trying to ground and pound but Hall uses the momentary lack of control by Riddick to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks like he's trying to stand up.
Riddick wants to get back to his feet.
Riddick is thwarting Hall's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Riddick shoots in and gets a takedown into Hall's guard.
Hall is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Riddick trying to hold on to Hall's head to control him but Hall postures up.
Hall is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Riddick is looking to escape.
Hall is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hall prevents Riddick from improving his position.
Riddick is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddick wants to control but Hall is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hall seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Hall lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Hall maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Riddick could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Hall has cracked it and Riddick is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Hall!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tito Hall!
A pretty intense looking Tito Hall took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.