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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Wallace (ranked 83 p4p, 821 weight class) and William Riker (ranked 14 p4p, 109 weight class). Wallace comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Home Alabama. Bubba Wallace has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bubba Wallace!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Riker!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wallace thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wallace has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Wallace jabs at Riker's body.
Wallace lands a nice looking body shot.
Wallace staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Wallace - just one landing.
Riker manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Wallace on his heels. He'll look to pass Wallace's guard now, I'm sure.
Wallace has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Riker has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Riker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riker fails to pull guard.
Riker working aggressively here.
Riker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wallace tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wallace breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wallace moves out of range as Riker strikes.
Wallace misses with a right hand
and Riker counters with a single leg into guard. Wallace didn't expect that.
Riker missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riker postures up in Wallace's guard and throws a big left but Wallace blocks it.
Wallace wants to sweep but no luck.
Riker scoring with punches to the head and body.
Riker throwing strikes but missing.
Wallace avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Riker loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Riker engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Riker trying to control the position from guard on top but Wallace is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Riker in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Riker trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Some wild striking there from Riker.
Some wild striking there from Wallace.
Wallace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wallace takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wallace takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Bubba Wallace has been cut.
Wallace throws a series of punches but Riker avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riker throws a sloppy body shot
and Wallace counters with a left to the body.
Wallace steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Riker.
Riker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Riker cracks Wallace with a good jab.
Decent striking displayed by Wallace there.
Riker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Riker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
Wallace lands a right hook to the body.
Wallace throws a looping overhand right but Riker ducks down to avoid it.
Riker with the counter takedown but Wallace avoids it easily.
Riker takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Wallace misses.
Bubba Wallace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot lands for Wallace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wallace, as that shot connected.
It looks like William Riker has been cut.
Wallace lands a nice hook to Riker's body. Riker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bubba Wallace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riker looks winded!
Wallace misses with an uppercut.
Wallace takes a swing at Riker's ribcage but misses.
Wallace throws a body shot but no joy.
Riker blocks a jab.
Wallace paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Riker misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riker moves away.
Wallace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riker moves away.
Wallace misses with an uppercut.
Riker throws a hook but Wallace blocks it.
Riker fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wallace avoids it really well and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bubba Wallace dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riker misses with a body shot.
Wallace digs a good hook to Riker's body.
Riker thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Riker misses the body punch
letting Wallace counter with a right hand.
Riker looks to throw the jab but Wallace is out of range.
Wallace takes a swing at Riker's ribcage but misses.
Riker is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wallace lands a nice looking body shot.
Riker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wallace cracks Riker with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Wallace has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Riker to stand back up!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Riker is rocked!
Wallace steps in with a hook that catches Riker right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Wallace follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Riker looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bubba Wallace!
Bubba Wallace retains his heavyweight title!
Bubba Wallace very nearly forgot to thank Brooklyn Apothecary amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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