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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kennedy Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels has chosen Folsom Prison Blues cover by Everlast as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Riddle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennedy Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riddle with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Michaels misses with a straight right.
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Riddle saw that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Riddle darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Michaels throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Riddle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Michaels.
Michaels takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Riddle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Michaels's calf.
Good leg kick by Riddle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Riddle fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Michaels has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Riddle.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Michaels takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle dips to his left and cracks Michaels with an uppercut!
Michaels with a nice cross.
Michaels tries to clinch but Riddle moves away
and Riddle counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Michaels connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Riddle circles away from the clinch attempt
and Riddle counters with a nice low kick that buckles Michaels's knee momentarily.
Riddle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riddle swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Michaels.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riddle throws a leg kick but Michaels checks it.
Riddle throws out a loose jab but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Riddle throws a leg kick but Michaels checks it.
Riddle throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Michaels counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Michaels misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle misses with a punch on the inside.
Riddle throws a punch but it's blocked by Michaels.
Michaels prevents Riddle from breaking the clinch.
Michaels putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Riddle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Riddle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Michaels digs a right hand underneath Riddle's ribcage. Riddle let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knees to the body from Michaels.
Riddle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Michaels trying to land knees to the body.
Michaels tries to stall but Riddle uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Michaels breaks from the clinch.
Michaels doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Michaels misses with a shot to the body
and Riddle counters with an inside leg kick.
Riddle misses the jab.
Justin Riddle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Riddle. That's going to slow Michaels down.
Michaels throws a right and a left that both miss.
Riddle lands with a kick to the temple. Michaels shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Riddle slips a jab and a cross from Michaels.
Riddle stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle throws a sloppy head kick and Michaels moves out of range easily.
Riddle walks into a jab.
Michaels takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Riddle connects with the punch.
Riddle keeps the fight on the outside.
Riddle throws a leg kick but Michaels checks it.
Michaels tests Riddle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Riddle moves forwards but Michaels connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Riddle throws the left hand but Michaels avoids the punch easily.
Michaels rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Riddle counters with an outside leg kick.
Michaels scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Michaels jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some wild striking there from Riddle.
Michaels walks into a left hand.
Michaels closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riddle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Riddle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riddle throws a low kick but Michaels moves out of range easily.
Riddle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riddle lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Riddle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Michaels closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riddle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Michaels might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Riddle throws a leg kick
and Michaels counters by moving into the clinch.
Michaels wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riddle has had enough of the clinch but Michaels keeps him there for the moment.
Michaels lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Riddle breaks from the clinch.
Riddle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
Riddle throws a lazy right hand but Michaels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Michaels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Riddle.
Riddle lands a jab to Michaels's midsection.
Michaels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Riddle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels throws a body punch but Riddle moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle misses with a wild body shot.
Riddle throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Riddle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riddle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Riddle displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Riddle lands with a hook. Michaels tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Michaels thuds his right hand into Riddle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Riddle is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Riddle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Riddle tries a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Michaels lands with a good body shot.
Riddle scores with the left hand. Michaels knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle looks to land a left hand but Michaels moved out of range nicely.
Riddle thows a leg kick but Michaels checks it
and Michaels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michaels lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riddle blocks the body kick.
Riddle throws a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Michaels blocks a head kick by Riddle.
Michaels stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Riddle.
Riddle looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Justin Riddle is winning the standup battle so far.
Riddle looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Riddle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Riddle.
Riddle scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Michaels is out of range.
Riddle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Michaels checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Michaels is looking to chop away at Riddle's legs.
Riddle throws a leg kick that misses.
Michaels wants to clinch.
Riddle misses with a wild body shot.
Michaels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Riddle throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Riddle misses with a series of wild punches.
Michaels drops his hands momentarily and Riddle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riddle moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michaels takes one to the chin there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riddle.
Michaels tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Riddle counters with a low kick, right behind Michaels 's knee.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Michaels tries to clinch up but Riddle circles away and keeps his distance.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Riddle.
Riddle moves into range and connects with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riddle throws a right hand that misses
letting Michaels counter with a right hand.
Riddle connects with a body shot.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Riddle pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Riddle dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Riddle connects with a body shot.
Michaels takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Riddle slips a straight right by Michaels.
Michaels's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Riddle scores with a jab.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Riddle throws a jab when Michaels was well out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Riddle.
Michaels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Riddle throws a solid leg kick but Michaels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Riddle.
Riddle misses with a hook.
A head kick by Michaels misses
and Riddle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Michaels missing with a left hand there. Riddle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Michaels throws a hook to the side of Riddle's head but Riddle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Michaels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riddle connects with a leg kick. Michaels looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Michaels blocks a jab.
Michaels takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Riddle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michaels with a nice cross.
Michaels blocks a jab.
Riddle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riddle takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Riddle is just out of range.
Riddle throws a leg kick that is checked
and Michaels counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddle throws a chopping leg kick but Michaels manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Michaels tries to clinch but Riddle is having none of it.
Michaels keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Riddle throws a hook to the side of Michaels's head but Michaels sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riddle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Michaels in his tracks.
Riddle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Michaels sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Riddle misses the target.
Michaels closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Riddle counter with a right hand.
Riddle connects with the punch.
Michaels takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Riddle lands a leg kick that knocks Michaels off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riddle moves away.
Riddle misses with a straight left.
Riddle checks a leg kick.
Riddle swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels walks into a left hand.
Michaels slips under a jab from Riddle.
Kennedy Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Michaels misses with a hook
enabling Riddle to counter with a crisp jab.
Riddle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michaels. That did some damage!
Riddle lands with an overhand left.
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Riddle is looking to chop away at Michaels's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Riddle connects with a jab.
Michaels checks a leg kick.
Riddle punishes Michaels's body with a nice straight punch.
Riddle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels misses with a body shot
and Riddle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Michaels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Riddle connects with a body shot that sends Michaels's belly button to the back.
Riddle thuds his right hand into Michaels's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch lands to the side of Michaels 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Michaels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Justin Riddle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riddle ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Riddle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Riddle, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Riddle!
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