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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gegard Mousasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Riley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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200 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryan Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gegard Mousasi!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mousasi throws a sloppy head kick and Riley moves out of range easily.
Riley throws out a powerful jab.
Mousasi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Riley as he avoids it easily.
Mousasi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Riley has Mousasi up against the ropes in a clinch.
Mousasi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Riley connects with a knee to the head.
Riley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Riley looking to slow down the pace here.
Mousasi tries to pull guard but Riley won't allow it.
Ryan Riley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gegard Mousasi.
Mousasi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mousasi's efforts to push away.
Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mousasi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A cross from Riley lands.
Riley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
so Mousasi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riley wants to stand up but Mousasi is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi looking to pass the guard.
Mousasi looks gassed!
Riley is adopting a defensive guard.
Mousasi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Riley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Riley kicks Mousasi off and gets to his feet.
Riley tries to bum rush Mousasi with a series of wild strikes but Mousasi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Riley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mousasi.
Riley misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Riley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mousasi fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Riley avoids it really well and circles away.
Mousasi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mousasi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Riley. That one must have hurt.
Riley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Riley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Riley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riley lands a head kick!
Riley with a jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mousasi managing to block the knees to the body from Riley.
Riley lands a damaging elbow.
Riley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ryan Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Riley scores with a head kick. Mousasi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mousasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Riley finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Riley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mousasi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Riley goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Riley connects with a looping right hand.
Mousasi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mousasi gets tackled into the ropes by Riley. Riley maintains the clinch.
Riley stalling the fight.
Mousasi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Riley lands a nice elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riley.
Riley tries a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands an elbow that stopped Mousasi in his tracks for a moment.
Riley with a knee to the head.
Riley lands a good knee to the midsection. Mousasi won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley crunches a lovely knee into Mousasi's ribcage.
Riley creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mousasi's defenses.
Riley lands a damaging elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mousasi as Riley tries to tie him up.
Riley breaks from the clinch.
Riley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Riley feints and then cracks Mousasi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mousasi down.
Riley clinches up with Mousasi and pushes him back against the ropes.
Riley lands an elbow that stopped Mousasi in his tracks for a moment.
Riley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mousasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riley is pushing Mousasi up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riley delivers a nice body kick.
Riley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Riley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Mousasi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Riley finds it's way round the side to connect with Mousasi's head.
Riley wants to clinch.
Riley tries to score with a low kick but Mousasi moves his leg out of the way.
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch but Mousasi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mousasi is defended easily by Riley.
Riley goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Riley scores with a jab to the body.
Riley is looking to clinch but Mousasi is avoiding it.
Both fighters circling a little - Riley finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mousasi is breathing heavily.
Riley forces Mousasi back against the ropes and clinches.
Riley tries to land a knee to the head but Mousasi blocks with his arms.
Riley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Riley.
Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ryan Riley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Mousasi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Riley.
Riley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mousasi on the side of the head.
Riley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mousasi tries to keep at a distance but Riley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riley lands a head kick. Mousasi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Riley clinches with his opponent.
Riley working Mousasi over with knees to the body.
Riley crunches a lovely knee into Mousasi's ribcage.
Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Riley moves into the clinch.
Riley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mousasi blocks it with crossed arms.
Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mousasi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ryan Riley is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Riley.
Riley lands with an overhand left.
Nice body kick from Riley.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riley, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley forces Mousasi back against the ropes and clinches.
Riley misses with a knee to the head.
Mousasi avoids the elbow strike from Riley, against the ropes.
Riley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mousasi can do to turn this around?
Riley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Riley.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Riley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Riley breaks the clinch.
Riley keeps the fight on the outside.
Mousasi shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Riley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Riley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley connects with a high kick.
Mousasi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Riley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mousasi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Riley counters with a stiff right hand.
Riley throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Riley tries to clinch but Mousasi is having none of it.
Riley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riley throws a sloppy head kick and Mousasi moves out of range easily.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Riley counters with a three punch combo that has Mousasi backing up. Mousasi nods at Riley to acknowledge the strikes.
Jab, jab by Riley - just one landing.
Riley bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Riley lands with a kick to the temple. Mousasi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mousasi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Riley.
A slapping body kick lands there for Riley.
Mousasi tries for a takedown but Riley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ryan Riley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gegard Mousasi.
Mousasi gets tackled into the ropes by Riley. Riley maintains the clinch.
Mousasi fails to pull guard.
Riley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riley landing knees to the body.
Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riley moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Riley gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees to the body from Riley.
Riley trying to control the position but instead, Mousasi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riley into the ropes.
Riley trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Riley dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Riley has closed the distance and engaged Mousasi in a clinch.
Riley misses with a knee to the head.
Riley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mousasi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley throws a leg kick that misses.
Mousasi throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Riley was covering up waiting for the punch and Mousasi finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Riley looking to control.
Mousasi trying to control the position from guard on top but Riley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riley lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Mousasi!
Riley thowing shots but they're missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mousasi tries to hold on but Riley postures up.
Riley looking to finish with strikes here!
Mousasi is squirming around, avoiding Riley's attempts to control the action.
Mousasi tries to reverse the position but Riley maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Riley controlling the pace for now.
Riley can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mousasi is looking to escape.
Riley throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mousasi because Riley loaded up on that one.
Riley trying to control but Mousasi is having none of it.
Riley lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mousasi defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Riley.
Riley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mousasi looks a forlorn figure.
Mousasi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mousasi blocking the ground and pound.
Mousasi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Riley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Riley working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley wants to control the pace but Mousasi is squirming around nicely.
Ryan Riley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riley controlling from mount.
Riley avoids the attempt from Mousasi to control.
Riley controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Riley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riley 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Ryan Riley!
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight for Ryan Riley!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for Ryan Riley!
Ryan Riley wins by unanimous decision!
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FIGHT
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