PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mack Truck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Riddle
vs
Truck

195 cm
20
213 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Riddle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mack Truck!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Truck is looking to clinch but Riddle is avoiding it.
Truck shoots in for a takedown but Riddle shows good takedown defense.
Truck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riddle.
Mack Truck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Truck throws a sloppy head kick and Riddle moves out of range easily.
Truck shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Riddle but Riddle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Truck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Truck shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Justin Riddle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mack Truck.
Truck slips a jab and a cross from Riddle.
Truck throws a combination that misses
enabling Riddle to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truck tries for a takedown but Riddle circles away easily
and Riddle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Riddle moves into range and connects with a jab.
Truck throws a push kick but Riddle slaps the foot to one side.
Truck misses with a takedown
and Riddle counters with an outside leg kick.
Truck tries to clinch up but Riddle circles away and keeps his distance.
Truck fails with the takedown
and Riddle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Truck looks gassed!
Truck misses with a takedown attempt - Riddle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Truck doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Riddle counters with a body kick that stops Truck in his tracks momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle misses with a series of wild punches.
Riddle misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riddle throws a right hand that Truck ducks under and follows up with a left that Truck also avoids with ease.
Truck dodges the punch combination from Riddle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Riddle.
A lazy body kick from Truck
and Riddle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A punch lands to the side of Truck 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Riddle throws a right hand that Truck ducks under and follows up with a left that Truck also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle throws a nice looking combination but Truck bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riddle throws a nice looking combination but Truck bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Riddle moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Riddle misses with a few strikes there.
Riddle throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Truck with a poor takedown
and Riddle counters with a thumping low kick.
Riddle lands a front kick.
Riddle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Riddle misses with a wild combination.
Truck is trying desperately to land a takedown but Riddle is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Truck.
Truck has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Truck.
Truck takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Riddle looks to land a combination but Truck avoids it well.
Riddle misses with a wild combination.
Riddle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riddle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Truck shoots and misses
and Riddle counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Riddle dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Riddle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Truck blocks the body kick.
Riddle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Truck tries to clinch there but Riddle circles away.
Riddle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Truck.
A head kick by Truck misses
and Riddle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Truck throws a sloppy head kick
and Riddle counters with a leg kick.
Riddle lands with a nice combination. Truck backs away looking to recover.
Riddle lands a nice hook to Truck's body. Truck takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Truck is breathing heavily.
Riddle lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Riddle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Truck avoids the head kick by Riddle.
Riddle stalks Truck and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Truck's face. Truck staggers backwards, shaken.
Riddle is working the combinations to good effect here.
Riddle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Truck shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
enabling Riddle to counter with a crisp jab.
Truck takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Truck avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riddle misses with a wild combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Riddle.
Riddle throws a one two combo.
Riddle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Riddle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Truck circles away quickly and effectively.
Riddle avoids the head kick by Truck.
Truck tries to move into range but Riddle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Riddle throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Truck.
A punch combination from Riddle misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Truck might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Riddle has got the better of the exchanges.
Riddle tries to bum rush Truck with a series of wild strikes but Truck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle misses with the combination.
Justin Riddle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Truck darts in trying to clinch
and Riddle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Truck cracks the inside of Riddle's front leg.
Truck gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Riddle counters with a nice uppercut.
Truck throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Riddle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riddle throws a right and a left that Truck avoids nicely.

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.
Truck throws a leg kick
and Riddle counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Riddle misses with a few strikes there.
Truck pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riddle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Truck throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Riddle counters with a straight right hand.
Truck tries for a takedown but Riddle circles away easily
and Riddle counters with a three punch combo that has Truck backing up. Truck nods at Riddle to acknowledge the strikes.
Justin Riddle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mack Truck.
Riddle lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A nice combination there by Riddle.
Riddle uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Truck has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Riddle dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Truck has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Riddle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Riddle cracks Truck with a right hand to the side of the head.
Truck misses with a takedown
and Riddle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Truck with a lazy takedown attempt
and Riddle counters with a nice uppercut.
Justin Riddle is winning the standup battle so far.
Riddle misses with a kick to the body.
Riddle throws a series of punches but Truck moves out of range.
Truck gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Riddle counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Justin Riddle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mack Truck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Truck's hands.
Riddle throws a head kick but Truck moves out of range.
Truck misses with a takedown attempt
and Truck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riddle throws a series of punches but Truck moves out of range.
Riddle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Truck circles away quickly and effectively.
Riddle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Truck shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Riddle counters with a straight right hand.
Riddle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Truck closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riddle counters with a three punch combo that has Truck backing up. Truck nods at Riddle to acknowledge the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle lands a jab-cross combination.
Riddle throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Riddle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Truck circles away quickly and effectively.
Riddle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Justin Riddle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Truck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riddle.
Riddle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Truck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Truck swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Riddle counters with a nice uppercut.
Truck misses with a takedown attempt
and Riddle counters with a three punch combo that has Truck backing up. Truck nods at Riddle to acknowledge the strikes.
Truck fails with the takedown.
Truck has his takedown stuffed
and Riddle counters with a head kick. That will keep Truck thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Riddle lands a jab to Truck's midsection.
Truck tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riddle scores with a nice strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Truck has his takedown stuffed
and Riddle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Riddle misses with a body kick.
Truck tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riddle counters with a stiff right hand.
Riddle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Truck throws the kick towards the body but Riddle avoids it.
Mack Truck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justin Riddle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Truck tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Riddle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Riddle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Justin Riddle!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Justin Riddle!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Justin Riddle!

Justin Riddle wins by unanimous decision!