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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between AsheT Yakobidze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Riley is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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250 lbs
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275 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, AsheT Yakobidze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Junior Riley!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yakobidze really is a fat lump.
Donk. Riley catches Yakobidze right on the button with a cross.
Yakobidze looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Yakobidze sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yakobidze prevents Riley from getting back to his feet.
Riley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Yakobidze defends it easily.
Riley wants to stand but Yakobidze is controlling the position.
Yakobidze stays in close to Riley's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley is looking to stand up but Yakobidze isn't so interested in that idea.
Riley looking for a sweep. Not yet Riley, not yet.
Yakobidze is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We're going to have a standup here because AsheT Yakobidze wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riley.
Riley bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Riley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Riley.
Riley tries to break free but Yakobidze pushes him back against the cage.
Yakobidze is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Yakobidze is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakobidze fails to pull guard.
Yakobidze tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for AsheT Yakobidze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yakobidze takes a knee right on the jaw!
Riley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yakobidze backwards.
Yakobidze tries for a takedown. No joy.
Riley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yakobidze goes for a takedown in the clinch but Riley prevents it.
Riley crunches a lovely knee into Yakobidze's ribcage.
Riley tries to break free but Yakobidze pushes him back against the cage.
Riley lands a knee to the head.
Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Riley, right into the meat.
Riley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Riley.
Yakobidze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yakobidze has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riley.
Riley lands a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Riley. Beautiful body shot.
Riley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Riley doesn't manage to clinch there - Yakobidze circles away.
Riley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yakobidze slips a jab and a cross from Riley.
Riley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yakobidze.
Riley connects with a high kick.
Riley looks to land a combination but Yakobidze avoids it well.
Riley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Riley thuds his shin into the meat of Yakobidze's side.
Riley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Riley connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yakobidze takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakobidze takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Riley throws a head kick that Yakobidze semi-blocks.
Riley throws a series of strikes that have Yakobidze backpedaling.
Riley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Riley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Riley goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Riley moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Riley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Riley thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Yakobidze if he has to take too many more of those.
Jab, jab by Riley - just one landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Riley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Danga de danga de dang - Riley scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Riley dominated that round.
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.
Riley works over Yakobidze's head and body with a nice combination.
Riley lands a big head kick that sends Yakobidze tumbling to the mat! Riley takes a step backwards and waves Yakobidze back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Yakobidze is rocked!
Yakobidze will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Riley is looking to slow Yakobidze down with leg kicks.
Junior Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riley lands a left and a right that send Yakobidze crashing to the mat, dazed. Riley thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Yakobidze is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yakobidze is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yakobidze takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Yakobidze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Riley can pounce on him.
Yakobidze seems to have got his legs back now.
Riley feints a jab promting Yakobidze to slip. Riley then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yakobidze slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Riley scores with a head kick.
Riley scores with a body shot.
Yakobidze stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Riley.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yakobidze takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Riley feints and then cracks Yakobidze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yakobidze down.
Riley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Junior Riley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Riley scores with a leg kick.
Riley works over Yakobidze's head and body with a nice combination.
Riley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Yakobidze manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Riley lands but Yakobidze takes it in his stride.
Riley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riley lands a big head kick that sends Yakobidze tumbling to the mat! Riley takes a step backwards and waves Yakobidze back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakobidze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Riley can pounce on him.
Riley throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Riley lands a big head kick that sends Yakobidze tumbling to the mat! Riley takes a step backwards and waves Yakobidze back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Riley scores with a kick to the midsection.
Danga de danga de dang - Riley scores with a four punch combination!
Riley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yakobidze paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Riley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yakobidze moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley stalks Yakobidze and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yakobidze's face. Yakobidze staggers backwards, shaken.
Riley lands with a nice combination. Yakobidze backs away looking to recover.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Riley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Riley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Riley.
Yakobidze is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Riley.
Yakobidze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Riley throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Yakobidze's head.
Riley scores with a head kick.
Riley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice combination there by Riley.
AsheT Yakobidze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riley lands a big head kick that sends Yakobidze tumbling to the mat! Riley takes a step backwards and waves Yakobidze back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Riley tries to clinch up but Yakobidze circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Riley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Riley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riley lands a head kick!
Riley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riley throws a nice head kick!
Riley chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Riley connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Riley.
Riley lands a two punch combo.
A left and a right from Riley both land. Nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a head kick!
Riley moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Riley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Riley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Crunch! Riley slams his shin into Yakobidze's torso.
Riley throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yakobidze.
Junior Riley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Riley connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Riley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Yakobidzes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Yakobidze avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Riley lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yakobidze backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Riley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Riley swinging wildly here.
Yakobidze walks forward, straight into a front kick from Riley.
Riley punishes Yakobidze's body with a nice straight punch.
Riley connects with a solid leg kick.
Riley pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Yakobidze back to the cage. Riley follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Riley throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A nice leg kick lands there from Riley.
Yakobidze looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yakobidze is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Riley.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Left hook, right uppercut from Riley.
A head kick from Riley lands but Yakobidze takes it in his stride.
Riley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riley misses with a series of wild punches.
Riley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Yakobidze eats them both and turns towards Riley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Riley.
Riley feints and then cracks Yakobidze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yakobidze down.
Riley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Riley throws a head kick that half lands.
Riley is working the combinations to good effect here.
Riley lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Riley.
Riley lands with a slapping head kick.
A shot to the liver by Riley. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Riley.
Riley lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Riley throws a head kick that Yakobidze semi-blocks.
Riley throws a head kick that half lands.
Riley closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Yakobidze out cold! Yakobidze corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Junior Riley!
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