PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley has chosen Ambitionz Az a Ridah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rua
vs
Riley

185 cm
25
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
210 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mark Riley!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua looks to clinch
and Riley counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Mauricio Rua has been cut.
Rua closes the distance but Riley moves to the side
enabling Riley to counter with a crisp jab.
Rua tries to clinch up
and Riley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rua looks to clinch
letting Riley counter with a right hand.
Rua tries to clinch but Riley moves away
and Riley counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Riley does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Riley.
Riley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rua wants to clinch but Riley slips to the side

and Riley counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley lands a body shot.
Rua avoiding damage as Riley throws knees to the body.
Riley pushes Rua back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Riley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Riley looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Mauricio Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua wants to clinch
and Riley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a two punch combo.
Rua wants to clinch
and Riley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua closes the distance but Riley moves to the side
and Riley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rua takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua tries to clinch
and Riley counters with a right hand to the body.
A jab from Riley does it's job there.
Rua tries to clinch
and Rua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riley lands with a cross.
Riley throws a lazy right hand but Rua sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rua looks to clinch
and Rua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Riley misses the target.
Rua tries to clinch up
and Riley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua tries to clinch
and Rua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riley swinging wildly here.
Rua wants to clinch but Riley slips to the side
and Riley counters with a straight right hand.
Riley lands a body shot.
Rua 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 circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rua had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Riley counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to clinch up

and Riley counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Riley works on Rua's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Riley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Riley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley landing knees to the head.
Riley works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Come on Riley - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.

Riley manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Riley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Rua's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rua darts in trying to clinch
and Riley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua wants to clinch but Riley slips to the side
and Riley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rua tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rua looks to clinch
and Riley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Riley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt

and Riley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley pushes Rua back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Riley manages to break the clinch.
Rua darts in trying to clinch
and Riley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua closes the distance but Riley moves to the side
and Riley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rua thinking.
Rua closes the distance but Riley moves to the side
and Riley counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
A punch combination from Riley misses.
Rua slips a jab from Riley.
Rua tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rua takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua darts in trying to clinch
and Riley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Riley counter with a right hand.
Rua avoids the head kick by Riley.
Sloppy strikes from Riley. Those never looked like landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to clinch up

and Riley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riley.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Riley - that landed with a thud.
Riley avoids the elbow strike from Rua, against the cage.
Rua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Riley breaks the clinch.
Rua tries to clinch
and Riley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua wants to clinch but Riley slips to the side
and Riley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Rua moves into the clinch.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua misses with an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Riley.
Riley pushes Rua back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mark Riley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley avoiding damage as Rua throws knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Riley.
Nice body punch from Riley - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Riley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Riley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Riley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Riley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Rua's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Rua tries to clinch up
and Riley counters with a left to the body.
Rua tries to clinch
and Riley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rua wants to clinch but Riley slips to the side
and Riley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Rua is rocked!
Rua gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Riley gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Riley!
Our winner, Mark Riley, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.