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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Fury (ranked 6571 p4p, 4592 weight class) and Luke Riley (ranked 521 p4p, 446 weight class). Luke Riley looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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206 cm 21 275 0 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm 20 235 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Solid boxing Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Brawler Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Fury! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Riley! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fury has a takedown stuffed. Riley looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Fury fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Fury will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Fury. That's going to take a lot out of him. Fury pivots, looking for a leg kick but Riley is out of range and Fury settles back down. As Fury backs off Riley throws a huge counter combo but Fury manages to avoid it all. Fury darts in and clinches Riley up against the cage. Fury is looking to break free of the clinch but Riley has double underhooks. Fury is looking to take this one to the mat. Riley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fury up against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Fury jumps guard but Riley stands there with Fury around his waist. Fury gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round. Riley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fury napping and manages to drive through into side control! Fury explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there! Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fury shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Riley's guard. Riley is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Fury presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat. This has been an exciting period of action! Fury tries to pull guard but Riley holds him up against the cage and eventually Fury drops back down to his feet.
Fury pulls guard successfully.
Riley won't allow Fury to sweep him here. Fury is trying to control the position but Riley postures up. Fury tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fury seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now. Fury has his feet on Riley's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Riley moves forwards but Fury connects with a nice, crisp jab. Fury looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Fury gets the takedown into side control. Fury happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fury tries to score with some ground and pound. Riley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. Fury decides to stand up, so the ref orders Riley to his feet. Fury scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Fury cracks Riley with a big elbow. Riley struggling a bit here. Riley is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Fury is staying active.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fury landing a few strikes. Riley tries to buck Fury off but Fury is having none of it. Riley takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fury wants to control but Riley is keeping him busy. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Fury takes a little break here. Riley wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Fury dominated that round. That's time! Fury's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Fury throws a head kick that misses. Fury defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Riley. Fury throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Riley's waist but Riley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fury off to one side. A head kick by Fury misses and Riley counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Fury breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyson Fury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Fury shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Fury was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Riley can't do much from the bottom here. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Fury trying to control the action but Riley is working from the bottom. Riley is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fury works to advance to full mount. Riley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Fury looking to control but Riley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Fury dominating with strikes here. Riley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Fury tries to control but Riley wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fury content just to control the position here. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fury cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Riley that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fury will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Fury with a couple of short strikes. Fury 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. Fury is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Riley can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fury looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fury cracks Riley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fury postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riley looks a forlorn figure.
Riley is rocked! Fury breaks from Riley's wrist control and lands an elbow. Riley is still in real trouble! Can Fury finish him? Fury looking to control and managing it successfully. Fury is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riley can do to turn this around? Fury lands a big elbow - Riley is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Riley is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tyson Fury!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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