PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gunna Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richardson comes to the cage accompanied by Show Goes On - Jon Connor. The crowd seem to be enjoying Riley's choice of entrance music: The Joker and The Thief. Gunna Richardson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Richardson
vs
Riley

165 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gunna Richardson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pierre Riley!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Richardson throws a combination that misses
and Riley counters with a left to the body.
Riley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Richardson in his tracks.
Riley avoids the head kick by Richardson .
Richardson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Richardson shoots for a takedown but Riley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Riley tries for a takedown but Richardson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Richardson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riley stuns Richardson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Riley takes a swing at Richardson 's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Riley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson has a takedown stuffed.
Riley avoids the head kick by Richardson .
Richardson throws a body kick that misses.
Riley with a poor takedown

and Richardson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richardson wants to control but Riley is keeping him busy.
Riley moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Richardson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Richardson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Richardson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley working a defensive guard here.
Richardson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Riley swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Riley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Richardson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Richardson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Richardson trying to control the position from guard on top but Riley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riley has control of Richardson 's left arm, preventing Richardson from doing any damage.
Richardson trying to control but Riley is working from the bottom.

Richardson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley looking for a sweep. Not yet Riley, not yet.
Richardson postures up in Riley's guard and throws a big left but Riley blocks it.
Richardson is working Riley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Riley tries to strike from the bottom.
Riley manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Richardson manages to get himself to full guard.
Riley trying to control the position from guard on top but Richardson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riley passes Richardson 's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Riley throwing shots but Richardson is blocking nicely.
Riley is trying to control the action in half guard but Richardson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richardson trying to control here.
Riley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Richardson is looking to control Riley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Richardson avoid being mounted?

Riley is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Richardson sees it coming and defends easily.
Riley working over Richardson with some ground and pound. Richardson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Richardson is not content to let Riley control the position.
Riley looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Riley dominated that 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.

Riley misses the jab.
Richardson misses with a low kick as Riley jumps back.
Richardson fails with the takedown
and Riley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Richardson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richardson checks a low kick from Riley.
Riley tries to land a leg kick but Richardson saw it coming and moves away.
Richardson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson misses with a takedown
and Riley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Richardson fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gunna Richardson . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riley blocks a head kick by Richardson .
Richardson tries to land a body kick

and Riley counters with a takedown into side control.
Riley trying to control the action but Richardson is working from the bottom.
Richardson sneaks back into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardson is trying to get back to full guard.
Riley slows the pace down in half guard.
Ground and pound from Riley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley blocks the strikes from Richardson .
Riley sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Richardson defending well though.
Richardson wants to control but Riley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Riley prevents Richardson from improving his position.
Riley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Riley is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Richardson trying to control here.
Richardson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Riley sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Riley pushing down on Richardson 's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Riley slows the pace down in half guard.
Richardson trying to control here.
Riley scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Riley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A leg kick checked by Riley.
Gunna Richardson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riley with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Richardson counter with a right hand.
Riley lands a slapping body shot.
Richardson throws a low kick but Riley avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Richardson . Those never looked like landing.

Richardson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Riley's guard.
Riley tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riley working a defensive guard here.
Richardson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson trying to control but Riley is working from the bottom.
Riley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Riley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Riley working a defensive guard here.
Riley bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Richardson 's guard.
Richardson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Riley is one step ahead there.
Richardson can't keep his opponent in guard - Riley advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Riley thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Richardson is looking for a sweep. Riley is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Riley trying to control from half guard but Richardson is working away.
Riley controlling the action here.
Riley trying to control the action but Richardson is working from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Pierre Riley was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Richardson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Riley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Riley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries for a takedown but Richardson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Riley leaves Richardson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Riley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Richardson rather than just go for the knockout.
Richardson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Riley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Riley looks to land a combination. Richardson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Richardson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Riley counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands an overhand right.
A cross from Riley lands.
Richardson misses with a combination
enabling Riley to counter with a crisp jab.
Richardson throws a series of punches but Riley moves out of range.
Richardson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Riley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunna Richardson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richardson throws a combination that misses

and Riley counters with a nice double leg into side control. Richardson won't be happy with that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Riley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Riley has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Riley!