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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bogan Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 cm
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170 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
25
167 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bogan Riley! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Jackson! The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Riley swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Riley misses the shot to the body. Riley lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jackson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Riley scores with a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Riley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Riley lands with an overhand left.
Jackson is rocked! Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch. Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center. Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson. Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away. A head kick misses from Jackson. Jackson gets a clinch. This has been an exciting period of action! Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Riley tries to score a body lock takedown but Jackson shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson lands a nice elbow. A frustrated look appears on Riley's face as he tries to break the clinch. Riley dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Riley wants to stall.
Riley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jackson working some nice short punches in the clinch. Jackson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riley tries a body shot but Jackson blocks it.
Riley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses. Riley avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage. Jackson lands a knee to the head.
Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Jackson keeps control of Riley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Jackson lands an elbow inside. Jackson with a knee to the head.
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks. Jackson lands an uppercut. Jackson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riley's face.
Riley trying to control the position but instead, Jackson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riley into the cage. Jackson lands a nice uppercut. Nice elbow from Jackson.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jackson lands an elbow inside. Riley has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Nice elbow from Jackson. Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jackson obliges. Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riley backwards. Jackson lands an elbow that stopped Riley in his tracks for a moment. A right hook to the body lands for Riley.
Jackson looks gassed! Jackson with a knee to the head.
Riley misses with a short punch on the inside. Jackson scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Jackson.
Riley avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Riley tries to pull guard but Jackson won't allow it.
Riley tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage. Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Riley's face as he tries to break the clinch. Riley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jackson has Riley pressed against the cage, preventing Riley from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Riley working hard to break the clinch. Jackson lands a body punch in the clinch. Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Jackson trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Riley tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Riley back against the cage. Riley tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position. Riley has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment. Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson lands an elbow inside. Riley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jackson lands a damaging elbow. Jackson throws a punch but it's blocked by Riley. Jackson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Riley misses with a hook from the clinch. Riley wants to break free but Jackson has control.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Riley takes an elbow to the forehead. Riley is trying to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling him. Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses. Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson lands a nice uppercut. Jackson has Riley pressed against the cage, preventing Riley from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Jackson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bogan Riley. That's going to take a lot out of him. Jackson prevents Riley from breaking the clinch. A short body shot lands from Riley as the two fighters clinch.
Riley tries to break free but Jackson pushes him back against the cage. Jackson has Riley pressed against the cage, preventing Riley from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Riley dodges an elbow strike from Jackson.
Jackson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Riley backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Jackson lands on the inside with an uppercut. Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jackson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. A knee to the head by Jackson.
Riley blocks an uppercut.
Riley throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson. Jackson tries a knee to the head but Riley blocks it.
Riley fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jackson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Riley working hard to break the clinch. Riley avoiding damage as Jackson throws knees to the body.
Riley has a couple of punches blocked by Jackson.
Jackson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Riley misses with a body punch.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riley jumps into guard, dragging Jackson to the mat.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Riley keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arthur Jackson will probably get the nod. 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.
Jackson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Jackson lands with a kick to the temple. Riley shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Jackson forces Riley back against the cage and clinches. Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson lands a nice elbow. Riley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jackson up against the cage. Riley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Jackson misses with an elbow over the top. Knees to the body from Jackson.
Riley has had enough of the clinch but Jackson keeps him there for the moment. Knees to the body from Jackson.
Jackson prevents Riley from breaking the clinch. Jackson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Jackson is breathing heavily. Riley wants to stall.
Jackson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Riley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round. Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riley can't break the clinch.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Riley lands with a short shot to the head. A left hand lands to the body for Riley.
Jackson lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those. Riley manages to break the clinch.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Riley circles away and keeps his distance. Jab, jab by Riley - just one landing. A head kick misses from Jackson. Jackson tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range. Riley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Riley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Riley throws a good cross that connects.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.
Jackson tries to clinch but Riley is having none of it. Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson. Jackson tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Riley works Jackson's body with a nice hook. Riley throws a series of punches but Jackson moves out of range. Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riley paws at him with a jab and circles away. Riley blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Riley scores with a body shot.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Jackson wants to clinch. Riley cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Jackson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Jackson moves into range and connects with a jab. Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch. Riley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Riley is looking to wear down Jackson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Riley misses with a body shot.
Jackson moves forwards but Riley connects with a nice, crisp jab. Riley thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jackson tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range. Jackson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riley.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center. Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Riley pushes him off. Riley misses with a hook. Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center. Riley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Riley!
Riley jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Riley swinging wildly here.
Riley takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Riley lands a nice shot to the body.
Riley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Riley lands with a hook. Jackson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Decent striking displayed by Riley there. Jackson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Riley tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position. Jackson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riley's defenses. Jackson scores with a shoulder strike. Riley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Riley takes an elbow to the temple. Riley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage. Jackson lands a nice elbow. Jackson lands an elbow inside that Riley shrugs off. Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Riley takes an elbow to the forehead. Jackson lands an elbow inside. Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson lands a hook to the side of the head. Riley takes a knee to the side of the body. Jackson landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Jackson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Riley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jackson just stands there and leans against the cage. Jackson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Nice elbow from Jackson. Jackson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Jackson lands an elbow inside. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Arthur Jackson will probably get the nod - 10:9. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson. The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Riley looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range. Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riley paws at him with a jab and circles away. Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Riley. Riley throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Riley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it. Jackson tries to clinch but Riley is having none of it. Riley misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Riley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jackson tries to clinch there but Riley circles away.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Riley.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson. Jackson wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Riley. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet. A head kick misses from Jackson. Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Riley pushes him off. Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Riley digs a good hook to Jackson's body.
Riley lands a nice looking body shot.
Jackson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range. Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.
Jackson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Riley misses with a looping right. Jackson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Riley lands a really nice looking cross but Jackson seems unphased.
Riley cracks Jackson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Riley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch. Jackson needs to keep his hands up - Riley had a free shot at his head there. Bogan Riley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Riley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Riley scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Jackson tries to clinch up. Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riley paws at him with a jab and circles away. Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Riley lands an overhand right. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Riley. Riley uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch. Riley lands with a hook. Jackson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Jackson tries to clinch but Riley is having none of it. Jackson tries to clinch there but Riley circles away.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Riley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jackson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riley scores with a body shot.
Riley throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely. Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch. Bogan Riley is winning the standup battle so far. Riley lunges at Jackson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jackson's hand. Jackson walks into a stiff left hand from Riley. Riley dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Riley pushes him off. Jackson wants to clinch. Riley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Arthur Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Riley swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson. Riley throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range. Riley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jackson fails in his attempt to clinch. Jackson tries to clinch up. Jackson tries to clinch there but Riley circles away.
Jackson clinches. Riley tries to break the clinch but Jackson is controlling the position. Riley misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson misses with a knee strike.
Riley tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Riley back against the cage. Riley avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Riley's face as he tries to break the clinch. Riley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Jackson has double underhooks. Riley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jackson has him pressed against the cage. Jackson prevents a body shot from Riley. Riley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jackson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bogan Riley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center. Jackson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Riley, pushing him back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight! Bogan Riley showed his dominance in that final round. I think Jackson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29 Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29 Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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