PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brick Tamland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamland comes to the cage accompanied by Afternoon Delight. Riley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Queen - It's A Hard Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tamland
vs
Riley

180 cm
31
188 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

184 cm
37
188 lbs
33 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brick Tamland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronnie Riley!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tamland just misses with a punch to the body.
Riley misses with a body shot.
Tamland tries to counter with a takedown but Riley is quick to defend against it.
Riley looks to land a left hand but Tamland moved out of range nicely.
Tamland avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tamland has been working on his boxing with his coaches at WildBoar's Pig Pen (Strength and Conditioning) $40 in the buildup to the fight.
Ronnie Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tamland scores with a kick to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Riley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tamland has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tamland and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Riley lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tamland has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tamland and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tamland fires out a quick counter leg kick but Riley just manages to avoid it.
Tamland looks to land a right hand but Riley moved out of range.
Tamland comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Riley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tamland's sensitive parts.
Riley misses with a low kick.
It looked like Tamland was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tamland takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Riley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tamland was well out of range. Poor timing from Riley.
Tamland goes for a double leg but Riley avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Riley continues to drive forward.
Tamland misses the shot to the body.
Tamland walks forward, straight into a front kick from Riley.
Riley tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tamland sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Riley somewhat.
Tamland tried to counter with a leg kick but Riley avoided it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Riley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Tamland.
Riley misses with a body shot
and Tamland counters with a straight right hand.
Riley misses with a kick to the body.
Tamland misses with a body shot

and Riley counters by clinching up.
Riley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tamland's efforts to push away.
Tamland changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Riley fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Riley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tamland lands a nice leg kick that just misses Riley's sensitive parts.
Tamland jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tamland blocks a leg kick.
Riley throws the kick towards the body but Tamland avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Riley avoids the head kick by Tamland.
Tamland throws a lazy right hand but Riley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Riley tried to score with a low kick but Tamland checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamland throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riley wants to counter with a clinch but Tamland pushes him away.
Riley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tamland can pounce on him.
Tamland throws the left hand but Riley avoids the punch easily.
Riley feints the counter takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamland is looking to slow Riley down with leg kicks.
Riley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tamland.
Tamland takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tamland keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Riley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Riley.

Tamland gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tamland prevents Riley from breaking the clinch.
Riley avoids a wild elbow strike from Tamland.
A short uppercut from Riley.
Tamland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Tamland manages to break the clinch.
Tamland blocks a low kick nicely.
Tamland slaps away a takedown attempt from Riley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Riley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamland lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tamland.

Tamland forces Riley back against the cage and clinches.

Tamland breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tamland misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tamland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riley manages to avoid it.
Riley scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tamland doesn't seem bothered though.

Tamland gets a takedown into half guard.
Tamland not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tamland thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Tamland is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Riley is just riding it out for now. Tamland eventually gives up the hold.
Riley trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Tamland is thwarting Riley's attempts to control the position.
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!
Riley slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tamland pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Riley is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamland missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tamland throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tamland trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tamland throwing strikes from guard but Riley blocks nicely.
Riley is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Riley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tamland is one step ahead there.
Tamland loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brick Tamland dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Tamland breaks from the clinch.
Riley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tamland.
Riley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tamland sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Riley as Tamland shoots in.
Tamland uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Riley.
Riley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brick Tamland is winning the standup battle so far.
Riley looks for the body kick but Tamland saw that one coming.
Good standup being displayed there by Riley as he connects with a hook.
Riley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley looks to throw a body kick
and Tamland counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tamland throws a jab but it's blocked by Riley.
Tamland lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tamland feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Riley's calf.
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!
Tamland looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Riley tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riley throws a series of punches but Tamland avoids them all with ease.
Tamland half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Tamland is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riley can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamland jabs Riley to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Riley takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Riley.
Tamland lands a slapping body shot.
Tamland throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Riley throws a body kick that misses.
Tamland digs a good hook to Riley's body.
Tamland gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Riley throws a hook to the side of Tamland's head but Tamland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tamland is able to avoid easily.
Tamland seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Tamland works Riley's body with a nice hook.
Riley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tamland under the eye.
Tamland pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tamland stuns Riley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riley blocks a jab.
Riley lands with a shot to the body.
Riley scores with a jab to the body.
Riley closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Tamland closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Tamland gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Tamland thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Riley trying to control here.

Tamland wants to work for an arm triangle but Riley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Riley is trying to maintain the position but Tamland is very close to passing his half guard.
Tamland throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Riley holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Riley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Tamland seems to be looking for submissions.
Tamland throwing shots but Riley is blocking nicely.

Tamland is looking for a kimura but Riley is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Tamland to get the leverage.
Riley gets back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamland trying to control but Riley is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Riley holds on and takes a little breather.
Tamland throwing strikes from guard but Riley blocks nicely.
Riley lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Tamland is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Riley is aware though and is defending well.

Riley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tamland has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Tamland is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Riley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tamland is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tamland looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Riley has picked Tamland up and slammed him! Tamland can't keep hold of the triangle and Riley manages to pass to side control!
Tamland manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Riley wants to take a breather but Tamland is having none of it.

Tamland looking for submissions off his back.
Tamland manages to get to full guard.
Riley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Riley wants to control from the top but Tamland keeps moving.
Riley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tamland looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Tamland is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brick Tamland will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Tamland looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ronnie Riley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A combination from Tamland does no damage.
Tamland on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tamland has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riley.
A combination from Riley does no damage.
Tamland shoots and misses
and Riley counters with a left and a right that stings Tamland.
Tamland throws a push kick but Riley slaps the foot to one side.
Riley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tamland has time to react.
Riley misses with a low kick.
Riley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riley avoids the body shot from Tamland.
Riley misses the shot to the body.
Tamland is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Riley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tamland lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab from Tamland.
Riley keeps Tamland at a distance using the push kick.
Tamland lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley tries to land a leg kick but Tamland saw it coming and moves away.
Riley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tamland moves out of range of the leg kick from Riley.
Riley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tamland.
Riley walks into a straight right hand from Tamland.
Tamland throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Riley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Riley throws a body shot but no joy.
Riley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tamland to score with a decent uppercut.
Riley lands a leg kick that knocks Tamland off balance momentarily.
Tamland takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tamland displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Riley throws out the jab.

Tamland gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tamland blocking some punches.
Tamland drops down looking for an ankle pick but Riley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tamland takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Riley.
Riley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Riley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tamland.
Riley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tamland is able to avoid easily.
Riley dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tamland. That did some damage!
Riley loads up on a big right hand but Tamland slips the punch.
Tamland is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Riley unleashes a big counter combination but Tamland bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tamland checks a leg kick nicely.
Tamland dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tamland with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tamland tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tamland.
Tamland tries to clinch there but Riley circles away.
Riley throws a right hand that Tamland ducks under and follows up with a left that Tamland also avoids with ease.
Riley tries to land a leg kick but Tamland saw it coming and moves away.
Brick Tamland is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries to work over Tamland's front leg with a kick but Tamland checks it.
Tamland shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brick Tamland. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tamland gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tamland blocks an uppercut.
Riley tries to land a knee to the head but Tamland blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Riley.
Riley working aggressively here.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Tamland.
Tamland tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Tamland misses with a knee strike.
Tamland is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tamland.
Tamland blocks an uppercut.
Riley lands an uppercut.
Riley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tamland backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley throws a head punch that misses.
Riley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riley.
Tamland tries for a takedown. No joy.
Riley prevents a takedown attempt there.
Riley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tamland.
Knees to the body from Tamland.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamland wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tamland drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tamland blocks an uppercut.
Riley lands a hook that snaps the head of Tamland backwards.
Tamland takes a shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronnie Riley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tamland has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brick Tamland!
A relieved looking Brick Tamland thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Ronnie Riley was interviewed post fight and said 'Personally I blame my manager for sending me in there with such a ridiculous gameplan, it's about time I got someone else to manage me.'.