PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Riddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Lopez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Riddell
vs
Lopez

185 cm
27
178 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

182 cm
30
185 lbs
13 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Riddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jose Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lopez jabs Riddell right on the nose. Riddell blinks but takes it well.
Lopez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Riddell is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lopez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Riddell scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Riddell.
Riddell not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lopez looks like he's trying to stand up.

Riddell seems to be looking for submissions.
Lopez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riddell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Riddell has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Riddell is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Riddell is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Lopez!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddell looking to ground and pound but Lopez is blocking nicely.
Lopez wants to try and get back to his feet.
Riddell dominating with strikes here.
Lopez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Riddell.
Lopez wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lopez is in a horrible position here. Riddell smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Riddell raining down hammerfists from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riddell drops a big elbow. That's hurt Lopez! More shots from Riddell and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Riddell!