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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Unkown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard B Riddick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Unkown kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I.C.P. BITCHES! MIRrorCulZ. On his way into the cage it seems that Johnny Unkown has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Johnny Unkown seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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141 lbs
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142 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Unkown! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard B Riddick! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Unkown throws a body shot but no joy. Nice takedown defense from Riddick. No joy for Unkown on that attempt. Unkown scores with a leg kick.
Unkown slips a straight right by Riddick. Riddick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riddick has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Riddick throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Unkown holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Riddick is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Riddick misses with a body punch.
Riddick lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Johnny Unkown has been cut. Unkown working Riddick over with knees to the body. Riddick lands an elbow inside. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Unkown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Unkown misses with a punch to the body.
Riddick prevents a body shot from Unkown. Unkown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Unkown tries to work over Riddick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Riddick misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Unkown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Unkown misses with a body punch.
Unkown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riddick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Unkown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Unkown just misses with a punch to the body.
Unkown backing away here, and Riddick unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Unkown shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Riddick as he jumps to the side. Unkown throws a leg kick and Riddick counters with a straight right hand. Riddick takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Unkown moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Riddick dodges the punch combination from Unkown.
Riddick tries a quick counter leg kick but Unkown is wise to it. Riddick digs a good body shot into Unkown's ribs. Unkown tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A big right from Riddick misses. Riddick thows a left - swing and a miss! Unkown fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Riddick. Unkown shrugs it off though. 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! Unkown misses with a hook
and Riddick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Riddick missing with a left hand there. Unkown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Unkown tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Riddick manages to circle out of the way. Riddick misses with a leg kick and Unkown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Unkown tries to bum rush Riddick with a series of wild strikes but Riddick uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Riddick on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Riddick tries to land a leg kick but Unkown saw it coming and moves away.
Unkown defending well as Riddick loads up on a big left hand. Unkown staying out of range there. A looping hook to the body misses from Unkown. Riddick does a little dance to reset his feet. Unkown bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Unkown working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Unkown landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Unkown happy to just control the position for now. Riddick regains half guard, as Unkown was trying to land strikes. We've been hearing that Unkown has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish. Unkown is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Unkown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Unkown working over Riddick with some ground and pound. Riddick looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Unkown is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Riddick is just riding it out for now. Unkown eventually gives up the hold. Riddick is trying is best to control the position here. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Unkown is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Riddick! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Unkown will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Johnny Unkown's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riddick misses with a looping left. Unkown moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Riddick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Unkown lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Unkown throws a right and a left that both miss. A little jabbing left from Riddick on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Riddick misses with an uppercut. Unkown tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Riddick manages to circle out of the way. Johnny Unkown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Unkown closes the distance and pushes Riddick back into the cage. Unkown works on Riddick's body with a couple of short punches. Unkown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Johnny Unkown is winning the standup battle so far. Riddick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Riddick pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Riddick tries to work over Unkown's front leg with a kick but Unkown checks it. Unkown staying out of range there. Riddick throws a looping overhand right but Unkown ducks down to avoid it. Unkown tries to counter by clinching up but Riddick breaks away and moves out of range. Riddick lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Riddick fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Unkown checks it well. Unkown clinches. Unkown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Riddick has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Unkown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Riddick tries to work over Unkown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Riddick working aggressively here.
Riddick lands an elbow inside. Riddick lands with a right to the head. Riddick blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Unkown. Unkown tries to work over Riddick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Unkown trying to land knees to the body.
Unkown tries to land knees in the clinch but Riddick avoids the damage to the body. A quick uppercut on the inside from Unkown. Unkown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riddick. Riddick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Unkown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Riddick blocks it with crossed arms. Riddick pushes Unkown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Unkown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A short left from Unkown. Johnny Unkown has scored more points in the clinch so far. Unkown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Unkown. Unkown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riddick avoids it. Unkown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Riddick. Unkown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Riddick throws an elbow that misses.
Unkown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riddick.
Riddick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Unkown prevents a body shot from Riddick. Unkown lands a right hand. Unkown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riddick misses with a body punch.
Riddick blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Unkown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riddick is defending well for now. Nice body punch from Unkown. Riddick presses Unkown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. A nice glancing elbow lands by Riddick. Riddick misses with an elbow over the top. Unkown blocking some punches.
Unkown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Riddick struggles to land a body shot inside as Unkown controls his hands.
Riddick lands with a right to the head. Unkown blocks an elbow strike. Riddick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Riddick pushes off an throws an elbow but Unkown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Unkown tries to circle away but Riddick has him pinned against the cage. Unkown blocks the elbow strike.
Unkown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Riddick looks to land a left hand but Unkown moved out of range nicely. Unkown appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Riddick slips a jab and a cross from Unkown.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Unkown takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Riddick lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. 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! Unkown throws a nice outside leg kick. Unkown misses with a body punch
and Riddick counters with a straight right hand. Unkown is looking to wear down Riddick with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Riddick lands a slapping body shot.
Riddick blocks a low kick nicely. A head kick by Unkown misses enabling Riddick to counter with a crisp jab. Unkown is looking to land body kicks. A low kick from Unkown misses and Riddick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Unkown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riddick. Riddick does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Riddick takes a shot right to the bread basket. Riddick has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Unkown. Riddick attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Richard B Riddick will probably get the nod - 10:9. The cut man is working on Johnny Unkown's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Unkown misses the body punch and Riddick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Unkown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Unkown throws a left and a right that both miss
and Riddick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Unkown tried to score with a low kick but Riddick checks it. Unkown slips under a jab from Riddick. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Riddick.
Riddick throws a lazy uppercut
and Unkown counters with a lovely shot to the body. That kick from Unkown tenderised Riddick's leg. Riddick is trying to keep his angry face on. Unkown throws a head kick that misses. Unkown misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Unkown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riddick was well out of range. Poor timing from Unkown. Unkown avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Riddick lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Unkown at a distance.
Unkown misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Unkown drives through with a takedown into guard. Unkown is looking to work some ground and pound but Riddick has wrist control. Unkown makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Riddick holds on and takes a little breather. Unkown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Riddick swivels though and keeps the full guard. Unkown throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Unkown missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Riddick keeping moving, preventing Unkown from controlling successfully. Unkown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Riddick is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Riddick has Unkown pulled in close to control his posture. Unkown stands up over Riddick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Unkown keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Riddick's head. Unkown lands a couple of decent looking shots. Unkown postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Unkown chips away with some ground and pound. Unkown working some strikes from top position. Unkown throws a big elbow that misses. Riddick avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Johnny Unkown overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Unkown postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Unkown working some strikes from top position. Riddick keeping moving, preventing Unkown from controlling successfully. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Riddick holds on and takes a little breather. Unkown stands up over Riddick, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Riddick being controlled here, momentarily. Unkown wants to control from the top but Riddick keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Unkown keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Riddick's head. Unkown wants to control from the top but Riddick keeps moving. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Unkown accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Riddick punishes Unkown's body with a nice straight punch. Nice body punch from Unkown. Richard B Riddick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Unkown looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Unkown moves into the clinch successfully.
Unkown digs a right hand into Riddick's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Riddick's gas tank. A short body shot lands from Unkown as the two fighters clinch.
Riddick lands on the inside with an uppercut. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Unkown clearly takes that round. The cut man is working on Johnny Unkown's cut. That's time! Unkown's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Unkown lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Riddick backs up against the cage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Unkown.
Unkown connects with a solid leg kick. Riddick rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Unkown to counter with a crisp jab. Unkown pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Unkown tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick from Unkown lands but Riddick takes it in his stride. Unkown fails in his attempt to clinch. Riddick wants to slow Unkown down by chopping away at his legs. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Unkown blocks a jab. Riddick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Unkown. Riddick throws a jab but it's blocked by Unkown. Unkown misses with a takedown attempt - Riddick sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Riddick scores with a body shot.
Riddick looks to score with a jab to the body but Unkown is just out of range. Unkown appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Unkown misses the shot to the body. Unkown just misses with a punch to the body.
Riddick swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Riddick cracks Unkown with a good jab. Unkown shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Riddick napping and manages to drive through into side control! Unkown creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Riddick is trying to control Unkown's posture but Unkown avoids it. Riddick tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Unkown is looking to take a break and control but Riddick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Unkown is trying to get an arm triangle but Riddick is defending well. Riddick can't do much from the bottom here. Unkown wants to control but Riddick is keeping him busy. Unkown working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Unkown in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Unkown misses with the ground and pound. Unkown is looking to take a break and control but Riddick is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Unkown tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Riddick is working to avoid the ground and pound but Unkown connects with a decent elbow. Riddick dodges the ground and pound from Unkown. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Unkown is trying to get an arm triangle but Riddick is defending well. Unkown working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Unkown wants to control but Riddick is keeping him busy. Unkown tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Unkown has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Riddick is not in a great position here, taking some shots. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Unkown had his way with Richard B Riddick in that round. The cut man is working on Johnny Unkown's cut. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Unkown misses with a two punch combination.
Unkown lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Unkown. Unkown closes the distance looking to clinch letting Riddick counter with a right hand. Unkown throws a leg kick but Riddick moved away. A jab from Unkown misses. Riddick takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Unkown misses with a looping right. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Riddick cracks the inside of Unkown's front leg. Unkown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riddick manages to avoid it. Unkown misses with an uppercut
letting Riddick counter with a right hand. Unkown fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Unkown stalks Riddick and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Riddick's face. Riddick staggers backwards, shaken. Unkown fails to land the takedown. Unkown moves into range and clinches up with Riddick. Riddick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Unkown misses with a punch to the body.
Unkown looking to throw knees to the head but Riddick is blocking nicely.
Riddick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Unkown's elbow. Riddick throws a punch but it's blocked by Unkown. Unkown missing with knees to the body.
Unkown wants to get back to striking at distance but Riddick won't allow it.
Unkown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Unkown misses with a short punch on the inside. Riddick keeps control of Unkown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Unkown has had enough of the clinch but Riddick keeps him there for the moment. A nice right hand lands inside from Riddick. Riddick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Unkown tries to land knees in the clinch but Riddick avoids the damage to the body. Unkown is trying to push Riddick away but Riddick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Unkown missing with knees to the body.
Riddick lands a shot to the body. Riddick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Unkown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riddick is defending well for now. Riddick blocks a body shot from Unkown. Riddick lands a nice shot to the body. Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt. Riddick struggles to land a body shot inside as Unkown controls his hands.
Unkown avoids the elbow strike from Riddick, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action! Unkown is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Riddick is defending well for now. Riddick is looking to control Unkown's arms but Unkown gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riddick has his back to the cage. Riddick is working Unkown over against the cage. A frustrated look appears on Unkown's face as he tries to break the clinch. Richard B Riddick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Unkown looking to throw knees to the head but Riddick is blocking nicely.
Unkown missing with knees to the body.
Unkown blocks the elbow strike.
Unkown trying to land knees to the body.
Riddick blocking some punches.
Unkown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Riddick's elbow. A left hand lands to the body for Unkown.
Riddick avoiding damage as Unkown throws knees to the body.
Riddick lands with a left to the head. Riddick's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Unkown throws a punch but it's blocked by Riddick. Riddick misses with a body punch.
Riddick lands a nice uppercut. Riddick blocks a body shot from Unkown. Riddick can't find room to land a body shot as Unkown controls the action.
Unkown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Riddick.
Unkown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Riddick avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Unkown takes an elbow to the forehead. Unkown breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Unkown shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Riddick has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Unkown off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Riddick throws out a loose jab but Unkown uses good head movement to avoid it. Riddick lands a lovely overhand right. Unkown slips under a jab. Nice body kick from Unkown. Unkown scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Unkown throws a leg kick letting Riddick counter with a right hand. Unkown tries a head kick but it misses.
Unkown throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Riddick takes a swing at Unkown's ribcage but misses.
And that's the end of the fight! That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Unkown. Well Unkown has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:47 Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 49:46 Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Unkown! Johnny Unkown retains his bantamweight title! Johnny Unkown thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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