PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Riley
vs
Louis

160 cm
19
174 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nate Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Louis!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley shoots in looking for a takedown. Louis tries to sprawl out of it but Riley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Louis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Riley could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Riley moves to clinch but Louis breaks away
and Louis counters with a nice body shot.
Louis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley tries for a takedown but Louis circles away easily
and Louis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Riley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Riley wants to clinch but Louis slips to the side
enabling Louis to counter with a crisp jab.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Riley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Louis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Riley counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Louis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Louis lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch but Louis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riley manages to avoid it.
Louis throws a looping overhand right but Riley ducks down to avoid it.
Louis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riley circles away quickly and effectively.
Louis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riley misses with a takedown attempt
and Louis counters with a straight right hand.
Louis has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Riley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Michael Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Louis counters with a nice uppercut.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riley.
Riley closes the distance but Louis moves to the side
and Louis counters with a stiff right hand.
Riley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Louis sprawls well. Louis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Riley gets slowly back to his feet.
A slow jab from Louis misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley fails with the takedown
enabling Louis to counter with a crisp jab.
Riley is breathing heavily.
A shot to the liver by Louis. Beautiful body shot.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Riley tries for a takedown but Louis circles away easily
and Louis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Louis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Riley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Riley doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Louis counters with a three punch combo that has Riley backing up. Riley nods at Louis to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riley slips a jab and a cross from Louis.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by Louis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Riley at a distance.
Louis cracks Riley with a right hand to the side of the head.
Louis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riley.
Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Riley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Louis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Riley. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Louis scores with a hook.
Louis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Louis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Riley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Louis is fending him off so far but Riley persists. Nope, Louis circles away and we're back to standing.
Louis throws a series of punches but Riley avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Riley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riley avoids the body shot from Louis.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Louis counters with a three punch combo that has Riley backing up. Riley nods at Louis to acknowledge the strikes.
Riley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Louis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Riley.
Riley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Louis scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louis lands a nice shot that snaps Riley's head back.
Louis scores with a jab to the body.
Louis cracks Riley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Louis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Louis lands with a nice body punch.
Louis slaps away a takedown attempt from Riley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Riley wants to clinch but Louis slips to the side
and Louis makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circling - Louis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Riley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Louis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Riley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Louis but Louis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Riley might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A shot to the liver by Louis. Beautiful body shot.
Louis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Riley rather than just go for the knockout.
Louis fails to land with a series of punches.
Riley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Louis counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Louis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riley misses with a takedown attempt
and Louis counters with a straight right hand.
Riley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Riley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis lands with a right hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Riley.
Riley takes one to the chin there.
Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Riley doesn't seem bothered though.
Louis scores with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis scores with a one two! Riley had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis lands with a nice body punch.
Riley tries to clinch up
and Louis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Louis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Louis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riley with a lazy takedown attempt
and Louis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Louis throws a right and a left that both miss.
Louis misses with a wild combination.
Riley closes the distance and clinches up with Louis, looking for a takedown. Riley pushes Louis against the cage but Louis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Louis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws out a powerful jab.
Louis dips to his left and cracks Riley with an uppercut!
Michael Louis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Riley takes one to the chin there.
Louis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riley was well out of range. Poor timing from Louis.
Louis is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nice takedown defense from Louis. No joy for Riley on that attempt.
Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Riley doesn't seem bothered though.
Louis looks to land a combination but Riley avoids it well.
Riley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Louis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Riley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch but Louis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Riley throws a nice looking combination but Louis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riley tries to clinch up
and Louis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Riley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Louis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Louis throws a nice looking combination but Riley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Riley moves into the clinch successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Louis wants to break free but Riley has control.
Riley trying to control the position but instead, Louis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riley into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Louis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Louis scores with a jab.
Riley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Louis avoids it really well and circles away.
Nate Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Riley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Louis works over Riley's head and body with a nice combination.
Sloppy strikes from Louis. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riley has his takedown stuffed
and Louis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nate Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis throws a right and a left that Riley avoids nicely.
Riley defending well as Louis loads up on a big left hand.
Riley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Louis.
Louis swats away the attempt to clinch by Riley.
Riley fails to land the takedown.
Riley wants to clinch
and Louis counters with a two punch combo.
Louis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Louis but Louis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Riley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Louis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Louis lands with a nice body punch.
Louis lands with a cross.
Good shot there by Louis.
Riley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Louis lands with a straight right. Riley didn't see that one coming.
Louis works Riley's body with a nice hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Louis.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis scores with a sloppy right hand. Riley should have avoided that one.
Louis jabs Riley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Riley darts in trying to clinch
and Riley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Riley on the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Louis.
Donk. Louis catches Riley right on the button with a cross.
Louis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Louis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Riley.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis throws out a powerful jab.
Louis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Louis lands with a straight right. Riley didn't see that one coming.
Louis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Louis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Riley doesn't seem phased though.
Riley wants to clinch
and Louis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riley shoots in and drives through. Louis sprawls well.
Louis scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nate Riley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michael Louis is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Nate Riley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Louis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Riley back to the cage. Louis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Louis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Louis winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Louis!