PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Van Hentelaaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Riley
vs
Van Hentelaaar

190 cm
21
212 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

150 cm
24
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jan Van Hentelaaar!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Riley shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Riley is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hentelaaar defends it well.

Riley is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hentelaaar sees it coming and defends easily.
Riley works his way into full mount!

Riley is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hentelaaar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.

Riley with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Riley working for a submission but Hentelaaar is keeping him at bay.
Hentelaaar is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Riley with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Riley with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hentelaaar tries to hold on but Riley postures up.
Hentelaaar is trying desperately to improve position.

Riley is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hentelaaar is surviving well by controlling Riley's body position as best he can.

Riley looking to secure an arm triangle but Hentelaaar defends it well.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Hentelaaar has eaten all the pies!
Hentelaaar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hentelaaar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Riley is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hentelaaar has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Riley working for a guillotine from mount but Hentelaaar is in no mood to give up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Riley working for a guillotine from mount but Hentelaaar is in no mood to give up.
Hentelaaar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Riley takes Hentelaaar's back.
Hentelaaar is trying to break free.

Riley is persistently looking for the submission but Hentelaaar is defending it well.

Riley working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Riley looking for the RNC.
Hentelaaar looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Riley has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Hentelaaar! Can he survive? No! He's out! Riley gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcus Riley!