PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ritchie Ravenhill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and eddy long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). eddy long acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Ravenhill
vs
long

172 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Hell's Kitchen Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ritchie Ravenhill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, eddy long!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

long shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ravenhill is squirming around, avoiding long's attempts to control the action.
long is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ravenhill wants to control but long is having none of it.
Ravenhill has given up his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ravenhill staying busy and making it hard for long to control.
long controlling the position well here. Ravenhill rolled but long kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Ravenhill is trying to stand back up.
Ravenhill looking very determined here, making life difficult for long.
Ravenhill tries to escape but long has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ravenhill looking very determined here, making life difficult for long.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ravenhill trying to control the position but long manages to sink in the hooks.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - long's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
long is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Ravenhill. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
long struggling to keep hold of the position.
Ravenhill holding both long 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
long is trying to stick to Ravenhill's back but Ravenhill is turning into long. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in long's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Ravenhill.
long is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ravenhill preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
long is looking to stand up but Ravenhill isn't so interested in that idea.
long wants to sweep but no luck.

long is working an open guard so Ravenhill takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

long scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
long wants to stand but Ravenhill has his arm trapped.
long looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ravenhill tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but long wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ravenhill struggling a bit here.
long wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ravenhill keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ravenhill trying to remain calm as long controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Ravenhill misses with the combination.

long feints and as Ravenhill raises his hands in defense, long changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
long not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
long tries to stand but Ravenhill is controlling from the bottom.
long trying to control but Ravenhill is working from the bottom.
long slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
long wants to control from the top but Ravenhill keeps moving.
long is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

eddy long has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Ravenhill fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Ravenhill shoots in and gets a takedown into long's guard.
long looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ravenhill is one step ahead there.
long is trying to control the position but Ravenhill postures up.
long working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ravenhill.
Ravenhill working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
long is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
long pulls Ravenhill in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ravenhill trying to control but long is working from the bottom.
long looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ravenhill wants to control from the top but long keeps moving.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ravenhill keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ravenhill throws a series of punches but long moves out of range.
long misses with a takedown attempt

and Ravenhill counters with a shoot takedown. long fights it but they end up in guard.
Ravenhill content to stall in guard here.
long keeping moving, preventing Ravenhill from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ravenhill looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Ravenhill gets to his feet - long follows without any prompting.
long throws a head kick that misses

and Ravenhill counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ravenhill.
long is trying to control the position but Ravenhill postures up.
Ravenhill passes into half guard.
Ravenhill looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ravenhill stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows long to get to his feet.

Ravenhill has long up against the cage in a clinch.

long drags the fight down to the ground.
long throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ravenhill wants to control from the top but long keeps moving.
long not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
long keeping moving, preventing Ravenhill from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ritchie Ravenhill dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

long misses with a jab to the body

and Ravenhill counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ravenhill trying to control the position from guard on top but long is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ravenhill won't allow long to sweep him here.
Ravenhill postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ravenhill missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ravenhill wants to stand but long has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
long working a defensive guard here.
long really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ravenhill. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ravenhill passes easily into side control. Nice work.
long is trying to control Ravenhill's posture but Ravenhill avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ravenhill throws an elbow but long slips to the side and avoids it well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
long is trying to improve his position.
Ravenhill sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but long is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
long sneaks back into half guard.
Ravenhill passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for long!
long tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
long is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ravenhill takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
long tries to buck Ravenhill off but he can't manage it.
Ravenhill landing strikes from the mount.
Ravenhill looking to control but long is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
long is desperately trying to improve his position but Ravenhill has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns long that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ravenhill unloading with bombs!
long is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ravenhill cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
long tries to hold on but Ravenhill pushes him away.
Ravenhill landing punches.
Ravenhill has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of long's face.
long tries to hold on but Ravenhill pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
long tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ravenhill postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. long looks a forlorn figure.
Ritchie Ravenhill overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ravenhill scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish long?
long is squirming around, avoiding Ravenhill's attempts to control the action.
Ravenhill thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
long is bucking up trying to escape but Ravenhill cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Ravenhill looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
long blocking the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ritchie Ravenhill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ravenhill has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ritchie Ravenhill!