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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Goldberg (ranked 2552 p4p, 2308 weight class) and Jacob Riker (ranked 331 p4p, 304 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jacob Riker!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Goldberg misses
and Riker counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Goldberg. Riker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riker throws a hook to the side of Goldberg's head but Goldberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Riker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Goldberg's hands.
Goldberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Riker throws out the jab.
Goldberg misses with a leg kick
letting Riker counter with a right hand.
Goldberg definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Goldberg shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goldberg seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goldberg not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Goldberg takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Goldberg 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.
Goldberg missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Goldberg thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Goldberg thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Goldberg slows the pace down in half guard.
Goldberg lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Goldberg there.
Goldberg perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Goldberg thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Riker's head.
Goldberg sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Riker defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg is nestled in close to Riker, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Goldberg missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Goldberg winds up and cracks Riker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Goldberg.
Goldberg stalling.
Goldberg throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Riker has hold of Goldberg's hands but Goldberg slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Goldberg working Riker over with strikes.
Goldberg perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Goldberg has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riker on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Riker is looking to improve his position.
Goldberg working Riker over with strikes.
We've been informed that Riker has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Goldberg uses his free foot to push down on Riker's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Riker.
Goldberg with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Goldberg working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Riker that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Riker can do anything to dispel that myth.
Goldberg lands a couple of good shots and Riker has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goldberg really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Riker.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Goldberg looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Riker looks winded!
Goldberg lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Goldberg is punishing Riker with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
David Goldberg dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Goldberg shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Goldberg is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riker can do to turn this around?
Riker checks a leg kick.
A big left from Riker misses.
Riker misses with a hook.
Goldberg gets the takedown into side control.
Goldberg working the ground and pound.
Goldberg connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Riker some visible discomfort.
Goldberg lands some shots froms side control.
Goldberg controls the position.
Goldberg working the ground and pound but Riker is defending the strikes.
Goldberg looks up at the clock and then as Riker takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Goldberg smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Riker seems a little lost for a moment, as Goldberg dominates the positioning.
Goldberg is putting a hurting on Riker here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riker is being controlled here.
Goldberg is putting a hurting on Riker here, landing some big shots from side control.
Riker is breathing heavily.
Riker takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Riker is rocked!
Goldberg cracks Riker with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Goldberg immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Riker is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Goldberg!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Goldberg!
David Goldberg spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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