PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Crazy Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristian Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dog comes to the cage accompanied by Fan of Marrizle. Tristian Riley told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Dog
vs
Riley

180 cm
21
155 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

175 cm
23
167 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Crazy Dog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tristian Riley!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Riley misses with a head kick.
Tristian Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Decent striking displayed by Dog there.
Dog avoids the body shot from Riley.
Riley missing with a left hand there. Dog was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Riley moves out of range of the strikes.
Riley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Riley misses with a kick to the body.
Riley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dog's head.
Riley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Riley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Dog blocks a head kick by Riley.
Dog is looking to chop away at Riley's legs.
Riley tries a head kick but it misses.
Dog throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Riley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dog throws a right and a left that Riley avoids nicely.
Dog misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog's corner calls for a 1-2. Dog obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Riley tries a head kick but it misses.
No luck for Dog with that takedown attempt.
Dog misses with a two punch combination.
Riley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dog thows a leg kick but Riley checks it
and Riley counters with a head kick. That will keep Dog thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Dog misses with a few strikes there.
Dog misses with a leg kick
and Riley counters with an inside leg kick.
Dog throws a right hand that Riley ducks under and follows up with a left that Riley also avoids with ease.
A clash of legs there as Riley blocks the low kick.
Dog tries to clinch up but Riley circles away and keeps his distance.
Riley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dog.
Riley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Riley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dog misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dog tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dog blocks a head kick by Riley.
Riley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dog moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Riley throws a head kick that misses.
Riley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dog throws a right and a left that Riley avoids nicely.
Riley throws a head kick that misses.
Dog throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riley misses with a head kick.
Dog lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riley ducks right into an uppercut from Dog.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good work by Dog as he checks the leg kick.
Dog throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riley lands with a right hand.
Dog tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Riley is able to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Riley throws a quick inside leg kick.
Riley throws a head kick that misses.
Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Riley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dog checks it well.
Riley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dog fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Riley feints and then cracks Dog's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dog down.
Dog takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dog avoids the head kick by Riley.
Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Riley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dog wants to clinch.
Dog throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dog is out of range.
Dog throws a series of punches but Riley avoids them all with ease.
Riley misses with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Riley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dog moves out of range of the body kick from Riley.
Riley throws a head kick but Dog moves out of range.
Riley looks for the body kick but Dog saw that one coming.
Riley dodges the punch combination from Dog.
Dog connects with a looping right hand.
Dog steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Riley.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Riley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dog misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riley moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tristian Riley dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Riley cracks the inside of Dog's front leg.
Riley tries to work over Dog's front leg with a kick but Dog checks it.
Riley slips a jab and a cross from Dog.
Riley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Riley tries a head kick but it misses.

Dog looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Riley!
Dog controlling the position easily from mount.
Riley is trying to escape the mount.
Riley is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog controlling the pace for now.
Dog lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Dog has hold of Riley's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Riley manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Dog controlling his opponent.

Dog looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley is looking to get to half guard.
Dog lands with some strikes.
Dog trying to control but Riley is having none of it.
Riley is trying to escape the mount.
Dog landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dog controlling from the full mount.
Dog looking to control but Riley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dog takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Dog's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dog unloading with bombs!

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.
Dog tries to control but Riley wriggling away.
Riley is looking to improve his position but Dog isn't that keen on the idea.
Riley regains half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Crazy Dog.
Dog punishes Riley's body with a nice straight punch.
Riley throws a head kick that Dog semi-blocks.
Riley lands a high kick!
Dog takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dog is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dog lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Crazy Dog is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riley feints and then cracks Dog's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dog down.
Nice shot by Dog.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Crazy Dog will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A slow jab from Dog misses its intended target.
Dog takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dog throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riley.
Good leg kick by Riley there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tristian Riley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Riley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Riley looks to land a left hand but Dog moved out of range nicely.
Dog misses with a two punch combination.
Dog swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Riley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dog.
Riley cracks the inside of Dog's front leg.
Dog cracks Riley with an open hand slap.
Dog moves out of range of the body kick from Riley.
Riley throws a sloppy head kick and Dog moves out of range easily.
Dog misses with a series of wild punches.
Riley tries to land a front kick but Dog steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice cross by Riley.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riley moves away.
Riley misses with a combination
and Dog counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Riley thinking.
Dog 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.
Dog misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dog lands a jab to the head.
Dog scores with a sloppy right hand. Riley should have avoided that one.
Dog throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dog tries a low kick but Riley avoids it.
Dog tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Riley swivels and escapes.
Dog throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riley throws a nice head kick!
Dog steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Riley.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley moves out of range of the strikes.
Dog misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riley.
Riley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Dog does no damage.
Riley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Riley misses with a head kick.
Dog stalks Riley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Riley's face. Riley staggers backwards, shaken.
Riley lands a high kick!
Dog throws a series of strikes that have Riley backpedaling.
Riley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice defenses there by Riley.
Riley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dog shoots in and drives through. Riley sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Crazy Dog. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Riley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Riley keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Riley throws a head kick that Dog semi-blocks.

Dog shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dog showed some decent athleticism there.

Riley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dog pulls his head out easily.

Riley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dog wants to work for an arm triangle but Riley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dog lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley is trying to control but can't.
Dog not doing much here.

Riley actively working from the bottom here.
Dog with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tristian Riley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Riley 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tristian Riley!