PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donald Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Tickel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Will Tickel will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Riley
vs
Tickel

180 cm
18
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
18
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Will Tickel!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tickel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Riley circles away quickly and effectively.
Tickel just misses with a punch to the body.
Tickel swinging wildly here.
Tickel scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Donald Riley has been cut.
Riley takes one to the chin there.
Tickel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tickel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tickel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Riley is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tickel connects with a combination that backs up Riley into the cage. Tickel lands a flurry of punches that gets past Riley's guard. Riley is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Tickel bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Will Tickel!
After winning the bout, Will Tickel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.