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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yeehaw McKickAss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McKickAss comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hallowed be thy name kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ryan Rider has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Rider!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yeehaw McKickAss!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rider throws a head kick that McKickAss semi-blocks.
It looks like Yeehaw McKickAss has been cut.
McKickAss throws a right hand that Rider ducks under and follows up with a left that Rider also avoids with ease.
McKickAss scores with a decent looking hook.
McKickAss gets caught flat footed, as Rider shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rider postures up and lands a big shot to McKickAss's brow.
Rider working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McKickAss's head.
Rider throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
McKickAss trying to keep a closed guard but Rider is proving a slippery customer.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
Rider 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.
McKickAss looking for a sweep. Not yet McKickAss, not yet.
Rider landing some decent shots from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rider is looking to work some ground and pound but McKickAss has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rider postures up in McKickAss's guard and throws a big left but McKickAss blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rider drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but McKickAss manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Rider has McKickAss in his guard.
Rider on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rider tries to get out of the position.
Rider trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
McKickAss preventing the sweep.
Rider looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but McKickAss puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
McKickAss moves into full mount! Rider won't be happy about that!
Rider flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rider is working to get back to half guard.
McKickAss blocks Rider's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rider swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
McKickAss blocks Rider's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rider tries to get back to half guard but can't.
McKickAss blocks Rider's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rider working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rider is working hard here to advance position.
Rider slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
McKickAss wants to stand but Rider has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Rider is trying to get back to full guard.
McKickAss wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rider keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider tries to roll over but McKickAss keeps him under control.
Rider misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rider striking from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McKickAss fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yeehaw McKickAss is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rider throws a head kick but McKickAss moves out of range.
Yeehaw McKickAss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rider changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. McKickAss looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ground and pound from Rider seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
McKickAss takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Rider's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rider is putting a hurting on McKickAss here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rider creates some space and throws a big elbow, but McKickAss sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Rider misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Rider working the ground and pound.
McKickAss is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
McKickAss moves into full guard.
McKickAss has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
McKickAss avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rider with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rider is working McKickAss over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rider accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rider dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yeehaw McKickAss's cut.
That's time! Rider's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McKickAss ducks under a wild hook from Rider.
Rider fails to land the takedown.
Rider showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McKickAss.
Rider takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rider pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rider moves out of range as McKickAss strikes.
McKickAss with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McKickAss fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rider.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKickAss misses with a looping right.
Rider throws a head kick but McKickAss moves out of range.
Yeehaw McKickAss is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McKickAss scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McKickAss looks to land a combination but Rider avoids it well.
Rider shoots for a double leg takedown but McKickAss sprawls well. He's pushed Rider's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rider showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McKickAss.
Rider throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McKickAss's waist but McKickAss gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rider off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Rider. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McKickAss throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKickAss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rider circles away quickly and effectively.
Rider closes this distance looking for a takedown but McKickAss circles away.
Rider shoots in looking for a takedown. McKickAss tries to sprawl out of it but Rider keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McKickAss manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
McKickAss throws a one two combo.
McKickAss looks to land a body kick but Rider moved away.
Rider shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McKickAss as he avoids it easily.
McKickAss fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rider is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKickAss scores with a one two! Rider had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
McKickAss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rider circles away quickly and effectively.
McKickAss is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rider looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rider stopping the sweep attempt from McKickAss.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
McKickAss looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rider working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
McKickAss thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rider throws a big right hand that misses.
Rider throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McKickAss works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rider is in close to McKickAss's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McKickAss is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rider throwing strikes but missing.
Rider throws and elbow that misses. McKickAss uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rider's guard. Nice move by McKickAss!
Rider thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rider thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rider doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Rider with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing McKickAss can't handle though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yeehaw McKickAss showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yeehaw McKickAss's cut.
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.
McKickAss smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rider shoots for a double leg takedown but McKickAss sprawls well. He's pushed Rider's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rider shoots for a takedown but McKickAss saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rider misses the shot to the body.
Rider takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rider feints and as McKickAss raises his hands in defense, Rider changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
McKickAss is trying to keep Rider in close.
Rider stops McKickAss from standing up.
Rider with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rider trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rider missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rider is working McKickAss over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McKickAss thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
McKickAss wants to stand up but Rider is controlling him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
McKickAss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rider showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McKickAss.
McKickAss is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
McKickAss scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rider will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Rider. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rider looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McKickAss!
Rider raining down shots from the mount!
McKickAss regains half guard.
McKickAss avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rider.
Rider lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McKickAss avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rider.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rider looks to land a strike but McKickAss avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Rider throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ryan Rider overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rider prevents McKickAss from getting back to his feet.
Rider won't allow McKickAss to sweep him here.
McKickAss takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rider scoring with punches to the head and body.
McKickAss controls Rider momentarily but Rider frees himself.
Rider might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
McKickAss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rider in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rider looks for a takedown but McKickAss sprawls well.
McKickAss throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rider.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McKickAss uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rider has time to react.
McKickAss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rider circles away quickly and effectively.
Rider walks into a stiff left hand from McKickAss.
Rider with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McKickAss works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Rider shoots in but no luck this time.
McKickAss throws a leg kick but Rider checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Ryan Rider did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Yeehaw McKickAss's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
McKickAss stuffs the takedown.
Rider throws a series of punches but McKickAss avoids them all with ease.
McKickAss scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rider misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McKickAss rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rider moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rider shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McKickAss as he jumps to the side.
Rider checks the leg kick nicely there.
McKickAss tries to bum rush Rider with a series of wild strikes but Rider uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKickAss misses with a double jab.
A combination from McKickAss does no damage.
Rider avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A combination from McKickAss does no damage.
Rider looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Rider. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McKickAss swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McKickAss stuffs the takedown attempt from Rider. Rider gets slowly back to his feet.
McKickAss throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rider looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McKickAss is fending him off so far but Rider persists. Nope, McKickAss circles away and we're back to standing.
Rider looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rider is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
McKickAss trying to control but Rider postures up.
Rider sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McKickAss defending well though.
McKickAss manages to get to full guard.
Rider is working McKickAss over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKickAss keeping full guard, as Rider tries to pass.
Rider won't allow McKickAss to sweep him here.
Rider connects with a couple of short punches.
Rider throws and elbow that misses. McKickAss uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rider's guard. Nice move by McKickAss!
McKickAss must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rider tries to strike from the bottom.
McKickAss trying to control but Rider is working from the bottom.
Rider throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Rider throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
McKickAss connects with a couple of short punches.
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.
McKickAss wants to pass the guard but Rider is keeping the position.
McKickAss is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Rider doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
McKickAss misses with a straight right.
McKickAss throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rider.
Rider misses with a takedown attempt - McKickAss sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McKickAss misses with a leg kick
so Rider counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
McKickAss looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rider wants to pass the guard but McKickAss is keeping the position.
Rider stopping the sweep attempt from McKickAss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rider had his way with Yeehaw McKickAss in that round.
The cut man is working on Yeehaw McKickAss's cut.
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. This is the final round!
McKickAss gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Rider throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rider postures up and lands a big shot to McKickAss's brow.
Rider in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rider scoring with some ground and pound.
Rider trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rider postures up.
Rider throwing strikes from guard but McKickAss blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKickAss will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
McKickAss is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rider lands a couple of digs.
Rider throwing strikes from guard but McKickAss blocks nicely.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
McKickAss thows a leg kick but Rider checks it
and Rider decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in McKickAss's guard.
McKickAss trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Rider throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McKickAss works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rider postures up and lands a big shot to McKickAss's brow.
Rider lands a couple of digs.
Rider with a nice head shot there.
Rider loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rider is looking to work some ground and pound but McKickAss has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rider in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McKickAss working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rider.
Rider throws and elbow that misses. McKickAss uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rider's guard. Nice move by McKickAss!
McKickAss postures up in Rider's guard and throws a big left but Rider blocks it.
McKickAss passes Rider's left leg - he's now in half guard.
McKickAss missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rider tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rider moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
McKickAss passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKickAss is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ryan Rider is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rider is looking to control McKickAss's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rider avoid being mounted?
Rider is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Rider flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Rider is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
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.
Rider is trying to defend against the ground and pound but McKickAss scores with a couple of nice shots.
Yeehaw McKickAss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rider is doing well to control the position and prevent McKickAss from advancing to side control.
Rider is trying to maintain the position but McKickAss is very close to passing his half guard.
Rider is concentrating on defense, preventing McKickAss from advancing position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Ryan Rider just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
McKickAss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McKickAss swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rider counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rider takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Rider showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rider 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 49:46
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 49:46
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Rider!
Ryan Rider retains his welterweight title!
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