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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between D J Rich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cj Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cj Riley is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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145 lbs
19 - 16 - 0 |
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176 cm
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153 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good takedowns
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, D J Rich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cj Riley!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley throws a nice head kick!
Riley slips a jab from Rich.
Riley doesn't manage to clinch there - Rich circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rich.
Rich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rich shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Riley as he avoids it easily.
Riley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rich manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rich throws a leg kick but Riley sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley tries to clinch but Rich moves out of range.
Rich circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rich swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A cross from Riley lands.
Nice shot lands for Rich.
Riley rushes Rich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Riley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riley tries to work over Rich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riley misses with a punch on the inside.
Riley lands an uppercut.
Rich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riley lands a head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Rich does no damage.
Rich tries for a takedown but Riley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for D J Rich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rich swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Rich.
Rich misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riley tries to clinch up.
Riley wants to clinch up but Rich keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley throws a hook but Rich blocks it.
Riley misses with a double jab.
Rich tries to clinch up.
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rich paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rich being controlled against the cage.
Rich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riley wants to clinch but Rich slips to the side
and Rich counters with a stiff right hand.
Rich throws a body punch but Riley moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Rich.
Rich decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rich missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rich stops Riley from getting back to his feet.
Rich is trying to control the action in half guard but Riley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rich tries to pass to full mount but Riley defends it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riley wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rich stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Rich tries to close the distance and clinch but Riley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that D J Rich will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rich instigates a clinch.
Riley leaning against his opponent.
Rich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rich fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Riley lands with a cross.
Riley misses with a hook. Rich ducked under it nicely.
Rich works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rich avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rich buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rich tries to close the distance and clinch but Riley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rich is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rich tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rich looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cj Riley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riley moves in looking to clinch but Rich pushes him off.
Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rich scores with a jab to the head.
Rich shoots for a double leg takedown but Riley sprawls well. He's pushed Rich's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for D J Rich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Riley's waist but Riley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rich off to one side.
Rich lands a leg kick that knocks Riley off balance momentarily.
Riley has Rich up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rich wants to get back to striking at distance but Riley won't allow it.
Rich managing to block the knees to the body from Riley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rich.
Riley lands with a left to the head.
Riley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riley taking a breather.
Rich has Riley pressed against the cage.
Rich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rich backwards.
Riley tries to land a knee to the head but Rich blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Riley fails to land.
Riley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riley working aggressively here.
Riley is pushing Rich up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Rich.
Riley with a knee to the head.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Riley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rich's elbow.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rich connects with the punch.
Rich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Riley's waist but Riley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rich off to one side.
Riley swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cj Riley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Rich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rich swats away the attempt to clinch by Riley.
Riley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rich connects with the punch.
Nice cross by Rich.
Riley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riley lands an elbow inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rich blocks an uppercut.
Riley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riley can't find room to land a body shot as Rich controls the action.
Riley looking to throw knees to the head but Rich is blocking nicely.
Rich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley tries to throw a body punch but Rich avoids it by throwing Riley back against the cage.
Rich breaks the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rich.
Riley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rich.
Riley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rich closes the distance and clinches.
Riley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rich working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Riley is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Rich has denied him.
Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Rich controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley trying to land knees to the body.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
Rich dodges an elbow strike from Riley.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cj Riley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Riley throws an elbow but misses.
Riley struggles to land a body shot inside as Rich controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Riley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rich's brow.
Riley keeps control of Rich as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley misses with the head strike.
Riley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riley working aggressively here.
Rich blocks a body shot from Riley.
Riley misses with an elbow over the top.
Riley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riley stalling in the clinch but Rich improves position.
Riley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rich wants to get back to striking at distance but Riley won't allow it.
Rich blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cj Riley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Riley 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cj Riley!
Cj Riley seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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