PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Boyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Rider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Boyd
vs
Rider

182 cm
19
176 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
20
173 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Boyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Rider!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rider pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boyd shoots in but Rider avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Rider feints and as Boyd raises his hands in defense, Rider changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Boyd is looking for a triangle but Rider pushes his legs off easily.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
Rider distracts Boyd with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Boyd manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rider manages to get himself to full guard.
Rider tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rider thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Boyd passes into half guard.
Rider tries to get to full guard but Boyd has control of the leg.
Rider throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rider punching from the bottom.

Boyd seems to be looking for submissions.
Rider lands with a few short shots to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Boyd is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rider misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Boyd frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Boyd prevents Rider from getting the reversal.
Rider gets back to half guard.
Rider gets full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rider can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rider lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Rider lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Boyd stopping the sweep attempt from Rider.
Rider looks gassed!
Rider trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rider looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rider lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Boyd!
Boyd is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rider is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Boyd can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Boyd is trying desperately to improve position.
Rider has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyd's face.
Boyd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rider has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyd's face.
Rider punishing his opponent with strikes.
Boyd is trying desperately to improve position.
Rider lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyd squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Rider postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boyd looks a forlorn figure.
Rider looking to finish Boyd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Boyd!
Rider putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Boyd taking shots to the head.
Rider fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rider scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Boyd?
Rider lands with some strikes.
Rider scoring with strikes but Boyd is staying in there.
Rider with shots to the head and body - Boyd looks very uncomfortable down there.
Boyd is in a horrible position here. Rider smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rider thowing shots but they're missing.
Boyd is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rider throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Boyd working to try and regain half guard.
Boyd taking shots to the head.
Rider in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rider punching from mount but Boyd doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Boyd is trying to escape the mount.
Rider postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Boyd looks a forlorn figure.
Boyd is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rider connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rider looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rider working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Boyd working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Rider dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rider lands a head kick!
Rider pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boyd tries for a takedown but Rider circles away easily

so Rider counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rider pushing down on Boyd's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Boyd moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rider works over Boyd with some ground and pound from guard.
Rider scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Boyd has his foot on Rider's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rider works his way back into a safe position though.
Rider stands up over Boyd, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ryan Rider has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Boyd escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rider gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rider won't allow Boyd to sweep him here.

Boyd working for a triangle but Rider defends it easily.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Rider.
Rider scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rider throws a looping overhand right but Boyd ducks down to avoid it.
Rider pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Rider feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Rider avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rider postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boyd escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rider gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rider working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rider sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Boyd's guard.
Boyd is looking to improve his position.
Rider looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Boyd with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rider winds up and cracks Boyd with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rider winds up and cracks Boyd with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rider working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Boyd looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Rider is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider tries to pass to full mount but Boyd defends it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Boyd shoots and misses

and Rider counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Boyd looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Boyd is pressing down on Rider's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rider must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rider passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Boyd is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Rider is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rider raining down shots from the mount!
Boyd is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rider lands a nice shot to the head.
Rider landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Boyd that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rider working the ground and pound effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyd can't escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rider cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Boyd can't escape the position.
Rider connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rider has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Boyd's face.
Boyd taking shots to the head.
Rider with the ground and pound from mount.
Boyd is looking to get to half guard.
Rider connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rider working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Boyd is desperately trying to improve his position but Rider has a good base and remains in mount.
Rider lands a big shot there that rocks Boyd but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Rider showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Boyd shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rider but Rider pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A head kick misses from Rider.
Boyd with a poor takedown

and Rider decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Boyd's guard.

Boyd is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rider chips away with some ground and pound.
Rider scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
Rider scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rider lands a couple of elbows.
Rider working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rider lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Boyd misses with a takedown

and Rider counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ray Boyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rider landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyd is trying to get back to full guard.
Boyd works his way to full guard. Good work.

Boyd is looking for a triangle here but Rider uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Rider lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Boyd is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rider off and has taken his back!
Rider tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Boyd blocks Rider's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Boyd looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rider is trying desperately to improve position.
Rider is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Boyd has hold of Rider's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rider manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rider sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Rider misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rider slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rider wants to sweep here but Boyd controlling him for the moment.
Rider trying to strike off his back.
Rider throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boyd pushes down on Rider's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rider works his way to full guard. Good work.
Boyd won't allow Rider to sweep him here.
Rider punching to the body, from the bottom.
Rider tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Boyd is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rider is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rider has escaped and now he's on top!

Boyd is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rider's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rider lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rider lands a couple of digs.
Rider throwing strikes from guard but Boyd blocks nicely.

Boyd had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Rider is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Boyd Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Rider's back instead.
Rider tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Boyd looking for a guillotine from mount but Rider is having none of it.
Boyd wants to take his opponent's back but Rider doesn't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rider manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ray Boyd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rider moves into full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Rider comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rider has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Rider!