|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Riddick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ali Mouba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Riddick might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ture Nature by Jane's Addiction. Richard Riddick is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
 |
|
 |
| 196 cm
22
278 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
|
190 cm
19
245 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
|
Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power |
|
| |
|
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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Riddick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ali Mouba!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddick throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mouba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ali Mouba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mouba goes for a double leg but Riddick avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Riddick continues to drive forward.
Riddick has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Fitness in the buildup to the fight.
Mouba fails with a takedown attempt.
Mouba will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Richard Riddick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ali Mouba.
Riddick misses with a wild combination.
Mouba closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Riddick quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mouba throwing shots but Riddick is blocking nicely.
Mouba is trying to control. Riddick wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mouba throwing shots but Riddick is blocking nicely.
Mouba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mouba content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mouba's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Riddick knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mouba on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouba thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Riddick's head.
Mouba thows a huge punch but Riddick dodges it nicely.
Mouba missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Richard Riddick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mouba shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Riddick as he jumps to the side.
Riddick lands a jab to the nose.
Mouba feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Riddick keeping moving, preventing Mouba from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mouba throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Riddick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mouba lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mouba missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mouba trying to control but Riddick is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mouba shoots in and bounces Riddick off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Riddick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mouba working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mouba throws a big elbow that misses.
Mouba trying to control the position from guard on top but Riddick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mouba throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mouba tries to free his leg and advance position but Riddick is retaining full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Mouba postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mouba takes one on the button.
Mouba drives through with a takedown into Riddick's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Mouba trying to control but Riddick is working from the bottom.
Riddick has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mouba's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Riddick is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Riddick has control of Mouba's left arm, preventing Mouba from doing any damage.
Riddick tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Riddick misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Riddick misses.
Riddick throws out a loose jab but Mouba uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ali Mouba 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.
Mouba shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Riddick keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mouba missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mouba trying to control the action but Riddick is working from the bottom.
Mouba thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mouba not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddick is trying to stand.
Riddick wants to control but Mouba is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Mouba is trying to control the action in half guard but Riddick is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riddick throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mouba manages to avoid it.
Riddick keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mouba gets the takedown into side control.
Riddick on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Riddick tries to get out of the position.
Mouba wants to lay and pray for a moment but Riddick keeps working.
Mouba has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Riddick!
Ali Mouba has got the better of the ground game so far.
Riddick is wriggling around trying to escape.
Riddick is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Mouba thowing shots but they're missing.
Mouba controlling the pace for now.
Mouba is working for a guillotine from mount but Riddick frees his head quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouba sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Mouba working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Riddick tries to hold on but Mouba postures up.
Mouba trying to control but Riddick is having none of it.
Mouba working Riddick over with strikes here.
Riddick wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mouba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddick wants to hold on but Mouba pushes him away.
Riddick is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mouba is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Riddick can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Riddick taking shots to the head.
Riddick suckers Mouba into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Riddick is now in Mouba's guard!
Mouba is controlling Riddick's posture.
Mouba tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Riddick trying to control but Mouba is working from the bottom.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Mouba. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Mouba is trying to keep Riddick in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mouba looking for a sweep. Not yet Mouba, not yet.
Riddick loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mouba not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mouba bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Riddick's guard.
Riddick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mouba.
Mouba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mouba throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mouba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mouba throwing strikes from guard but Riddick blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mouba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ali Mouba showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Mouba scores with a takedown into Riddick's guard.
Mouba trying to control the position from guard on top but Riddick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Riddick preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mouba trying to control the position from guard on top but Riddick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mouba postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riddick is controlling Mouba's posture.
Mouba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mouba throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouba throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mouba looking to score a takedown here. Riddick is defending well but Mouba drives through and ends up in Riddick's guard.
Mouba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mouba trying to control but Riddick is working from the bottom.
Mouba postures up in Riddick's guard and throws a big left but Riddick blocks it.
Mouba works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mouba wants to lay and pray for a moment but Riddick keeps working.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddick tries to get to full guard but Mouba has control of the leg.
Mouba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Riddick works Mouba's body with a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Riddick misses the target.
Mouba shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Riddick's guard.
Mouba preventing the sweep.
Mouba throws a big right hand that misses.
Mouba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mouba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mouba connects with a couple of short punches.
Mouba in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mouba passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mouba has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riddick avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mouba.
Mouba creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Riddick sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Richard Riddick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mouba wants to control but Riddick is keeping him busy.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Mouba cracks Riddick with a big right hand but Riddick just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mouba landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddick avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mouba.
Mouba taking a break here but Riddick is having none of it and regains half guard.
Mouba lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Riddick is refusing to be controlled, as Mouba sits in half guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ali Mouba is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Riddick tests Mouba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mouba shoots in for a takedown but Riddick shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mouba fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mouba ducks right into an uppercut from Riddick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ali Mouba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mouba winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ali Mouba!
In his post fight interview, Ali Mouba started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
31% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
