PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Riordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruce has chosen Migos-Y.R.H as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Riordan
vs
Bruce

182 cm
26
185 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

189 cm
23
183 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Riordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leo Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bruce rushes Riordan and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bruce is trying to push Riordan away but Riordan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bruce has had enough of the clinch but Riordan keeps him there for the moment.
Bruce looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Riordan lands an elbow just above Bruce 's eye.
Bruce wants to break free but Riordan has control.
Bruce wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Riordan has him pressed against the cage.
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Riordan has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Riordan.
Bruce is trying to break free.
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Riordan is controlling him.
Bruce tries to circle away but Riordan has him pinned against the cage.
Come on Riordan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Riordan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riordan lands a nice elbow.
Riordan misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riordan is looking to control Bruce's arms but Bruce gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riordan has his back to the cage.
Bruce wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Bruce's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Riordan is controlling him.
Bruce wants to get back to striking at distance but Riordan won't allow it.
Bruce wants to break free but Riordan has control.
Bruce wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bruce tries to break the clinch but Riordan is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riordan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riordan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bruce's defenses.
Riordan keeps control of Bruce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riordan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Riordan lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Leo Bruce has been cut.
Riordan keeps control of Bruce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riordan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Riordan is controlling him.
Riordan lands an elbow inside.
Bruce has had enough of the clinch but Riordan keeps him there for the moment.
Riordan lands an elbow just above Bruce 's eye.
Bruce tries to break free but Riordan pushes him back against the cage.
Riordan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bruce wants to break free but Riordan has control.
Bruce looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bruce wants to break free but Riordan has control.
Riordan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bruce looks winded!
Riordan lands a damaging elbow.
Bruce has had enough of the clinch but Riordan keeps him there for the moment.
Bruce is looking to break free of the clinch but Riordan has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riordan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Riordan lands an elbow inside.
Riordan misses with an elbow over the top.
Bruce takes an elbow to the temple.

Bruce is rocked!
Bruce tries to circle away but Riordan has him pinned against the cage.
Riordan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bruce is still on wobbly legs! Can Riordan finish him?
Riordan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bruce is trying to break free.

Bruce gets dropped by a huge elbow on the inside by Riordan! He drops to his knees and Riordan takes his back! This one might not last much longer!
A bit of a pause in the action here. Riordan controlling the positon.

Riordan goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Bruce escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Riordan controlling the position well.
Bruce seems to have recovered his senses.
We've been hearing good reports from Riordan's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Riordan wants to control but Bruce is keeping busy.
Riordan desperately trying to maintain half guard.

Riordan looking for submissions off his back.
Bruce takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Riordan keeping hold of Bruce's head, controlling as best he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riordan gets full guard.
Bruce is fighting to break Riordan's control of his arms but Riordan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bruce with a flurry of punches that miss.
Riordan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Riordan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bruce is in close to Riordan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bruce must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bruce tries to free his leg and advance position but Riordan is retaining full guard.
Riordan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Riordan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bruce working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Riordan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leo Bruce's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Riordan throws a good cross that connects.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Bruce gets a clinch.
Riordan keeps control of Bruce as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riordan slowing the pace effectively.
Riordan lands a damaging elbow.
Riordan lands an elbow that stopped Bruce in his tracks for a moment.
Riordan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riordan lands an elbow just above Bruce 's eye.
Bruce has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Riordan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bruce's brow.
Bruce is trying to break the clinch but Riordan has him pressed against the cage.
Riordan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bruce can do to turn this around?
Bruce wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Riordan has him pressed against the cage.
Bruce has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bruce wants to break free but Riordan has control.
Nice elbow from Riordan.
Bruce wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riordan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bruce wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Bruce's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bruce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bruce has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Riordan closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Riordan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riordan lands an elbow inside.
Riordan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Bruce's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bruce is pressed against the cage. Riordan pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Bruce! Two more big strikes from Riordan and Bruce crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tommy Riordan!
The defeated Leo Bruce had this to say: 'got out skilled but it was a great match.'.