PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grant Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Oldz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Riley
vs
Oldz

190 cm
29
220 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

200 cm
30
215 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grant Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robin Oldz!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oldz tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Oldz.

Oldz closes the distance and clinches.
Riley has had enough of the clinch but Oldz keeps him there for the moment.
Riley is trying to break free.
Riley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Riley breaks the clinch.
Oldz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Oldz has closed the distance and engaged Riley in a clinch.
Oldz looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Oldz tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Oldz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oldz looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Oldz trying to land knees to the body.
Riley working hard to break the clinch.
Oldz missing with knees to the body.
Oldz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Oldz has double underhooks.
Oldz missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Oldz has him pressed against the ropes.

Riley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oldz throws a solid leg kick but Riley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Oldz.
Riley keeps the fight on the outside.
Oldz misses with a low kick.
Oldz lands a leg kick that knocks Riley off balance momentarily.

Oldz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Oldz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oldz lands a body punch.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Oldz trying to land knees to the body.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oldz lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Oldz.
Oldz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Riley wants to break free but Oldz has control.
Oldz tries a body shot but Riley blocks it.
Oldz scores with a knee to the head.
Oldz is looking to control Riley's arms but Riley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Oldz has his back to the ropes.
Riley looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Oldz with a knee to the head.
Oldz trying to land knees to the body.
Oldz landing knees to the body.
Oldz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Riley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oldz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Oldz.
Riley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt
and Riley counters with a good, hard body kick but Oldz shrugs it off.
Oldz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oldz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Oldz misses with a body shot.

Oldz has managed to clinch.
Oldz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Riley is keeping busy.
Oldz lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Oldz keeps control of Riley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oldz trying to land knees to the body.
Riley avoiding damage as Oldz throws knees to the body.
Riley is trying to push Oldz away but Oldz has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Riley as Oldz tries to tie him up.
Riley can't break the clinch.
Oldz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Oldz misses with a knee to the head.
Riley blocks an uppercut.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley blocking some punches.
Oldz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oldz tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Oldz trying to land knees to the body.
Oldz tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Oldz looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Oldz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Oldz feints and then cracks Riley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Riley down.
Oldz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oldz feints and then cracks Riley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Riley down.
Oldz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Riley lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Riley throws a body kick that misses.
Riley just misses with a punch to the body.
Oldz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riley swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oldz misses with a low kick.
Oldz tries to clinch but Riley moves out of range.
Riley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Oldz has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short left from Oldz.

Riley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Oldz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Riley looks to score with a jab to the body but Oldz is just out of range.
Riley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Riley misses with a wild body shot.
Oldz doesn't manage to clinch there - Riley circles away.
Riley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Oldz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oldz is looking to clinch.

Oldz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oldz landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oldz keeps control of Riley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Riley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robin Oldz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Riley checks a leg kick nicely.
Oldz tries to clinch but Riley is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oldz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a solid body kick.
Riley moves out of range of the body kick.
Riley misses with a shot to the body
and Oldz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good work by Riley as he checks the leg kick.
Oldz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Riley. That did some damage!
Nice body punch from Oldz.
Oldz tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Riley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Riley misses with a hook

and Oldz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Riley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Oldz looking to slow down the pace here.
Oldz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
Oldz misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riley avoiding damage as Oldz throws knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Oldz.
Robin Oldz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Oldz lands a right hand.
Riley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Riley avoiding damage as Oldz throws knees to the body.
Oldz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oldz lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Grant Riley has been cut.
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!
Oldz misses with a knee strike.
Come on Oldz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Riley is trying to break the clinch but Oldz has him pressed against the ropes.
Oldz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Oldz connects with a knee to the head.
Riley avoiding damage as Oldz throws knees to the body.
Riley wants to break free but Oldz has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley avoiding damage as Oldz throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oldz.
Oldz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oldz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oldz crunches a lovely knee into Riley's ribcage.
Oldz missing with knees to the body.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Oldz lands a good knee to the midsection. Riley won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oldz working Riley over with knees to the body.
Oldz taking a breather.
Oldz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Riley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oldz missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robin Oldz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Grant Riley's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Oldz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oldz throws a low kick but Riley moves out of range easily.

Oldz has closed the distance and engaged Riley in a clinch.
Oldz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A frustrated look appears on Riley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oldz misses with an elbow strike.
Oldz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Oldz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Riley wants to break free but Oldz has control.
Riley wants to break free but Oldz has control.
Oldz looking to throw knees to the head but Riley is blocking nicely.
Oldz is trying to maintain a safe position but Riley gets an underhook and turns Oldz into the ropes.
Oldz tries to land a knee to the head but Riley blocks with his arms.
Oldz tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Riley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oldz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riley avoids it.
Riley managing to block the knees to the body from Oldz.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Riley as Oldz tries to tie him up.
Riley is trying to push Oldz away but Oldz has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Riley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oldz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riley is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Riley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oldz tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Oldz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riley blocks it with crossed arms.
Riley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oldz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oldz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riley.
Riley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Riley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oldz lands a nice knee to the body.
Riley is looking to break free of the clinch but Oldz has double underhooks.
Oldz leaning against his opponent.
Oldz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oldz misses with a body punch.
Oldz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Riley's efforts to push away.
Oldz is struggling to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oldz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oldz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riley misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oldz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riley counters with a two punch combo.
Oldz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Oldz.

Riley gets tackled into the ropes by Oldz. Oldz maintains the clinch.
Riley working hard to break the clinch.
Oldz tries to land knees in the clinch but Riley avoids the damage to the body.
Riley is trying to break the clinch but Oldz has him pressed against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Oldz.
Oldz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Riley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Oldz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Oldz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oldz moves into the clinch successfully.
Oldz lands a knee to the body.
Oldz stalling the fight.
Knees to the body from Oldz.
Oldz lands a body punch.
Grant Riley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees to the body from Oldz.

Oldz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Oldz clinches up against the ropes.
Oldz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oldz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oldz lands a body shot.
Robin Oldz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oldz tries to land a knee to the head but Riley blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robin Oldz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oldz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robin Oldz!
A very excited looking Robin Oldz made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Grant Riley had this to say: 'Well that didn't go as planned.'.