PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Ridgeon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ridgeon comes to the cage accompanied by who let the dogs out. Lewis Ridgeon has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Ridgeon
vs
Short

200 cm
20
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

225 cm
22
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Lewis Ridgeon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Short!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridgeon tries to clinch but Short moves away

and Short counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ridgeon keeping moving, preventing Short from controlling successfully.
Short has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ridgeon is proving hard to escape from.
Short stopping the sweep attempt from Ridgeon.
Ridgeon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeon seems keen to control Short's posture.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Short swats away the attempt to clinch by Ridgeon.

Ridgeon pushes Short up against the cage in a clinch.

Ridgeon works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Ridgeonis looking to pass into half guard but Short pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Short is in guard.
Short wants to stand and escape but instead Ridgeon has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeon wants to control from the top but Short keeps moving.

Short is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ridgeon is aware though and is defending well.
Ridgeon is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ridgeon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Short is trying to hold Ridgeon in close to prevent damage but Ridgeon has managed to pass into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ridgeon keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Short is trying to get back to full guard.
Ridgeon content to control rather than advance.
Short wants to get back to full guard.
Ridgeon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Short knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ridgeon lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Short keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ridgeon is working for a submission of some sort.
Short trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeon is looking to take a break and control but Short is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ridgeon works his way into full mount!
Ridgeon with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ridgeon working the ground and pound effectively.
Ridgeon prevents Short from getting the reversal.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ridgeon trying to control but Short is having none of it.
Ridgeon postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Short in real trouble here! The ref calls for Short to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lewis Ridgeon!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Lewis Ridgeon waved his t-shirt featuring [WOT] Inner Beast Nutrition And Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.