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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Haag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane Haag looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Haag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Justin Riddle!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haag dodges the punch combination from Riddle.
Riddle digs a good body shot into Haag's ribs.
Riddle throws a right and a left that Haag avoids nicely.
Riddle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haag swats away the attempt to clinch by Riddle.
Haag with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Riddle to score with a decent uppercut.
Haag looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Haag is breathing heavily.
Riddle gets back to full guard.
Riddle controls Haag momentarily but Haag frees himself.
Haag has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haag tries to free his leg and advance position but Riddle is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riddle 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.
Riddle is looking for a triangle but Haag pushes his legs off easily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Riddle holds on and takes a little breather.
Riddle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Riddle is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Riddle has a closed guard, preventing Haag from standing up.
Riddle is pulling down on Haag's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Riddle pushes Haag off and gets back to his feet.
Riddle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Riddle lands a nice short elbow.
Riddle passes to full mount!
Riddle content just to control the position here.
Riddle lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Haag that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Riddle lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Riddle scoring with strikes but Haag is staying in there.
Riddle lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Riddle controlling from mount.
Riddle fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Riddle controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Riddle dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Riddle fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Riddle changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Haag looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Riddle trying to control the action but Haag is working from the bottom.
Haag is trying to control Riddle's posture but Riddle avoids it.
Riddle is trying to get an arm triangle but Haag is defending well.
Riddle taking a breather here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddle scoring with punches from side control.
Riddle looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Riddle stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haag tries to clinch up
letting Riddle counter with a right hand.
Haag avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haag slips a jab and a cross from Riddle.
Haag misses with a head kick.
Riddle tries a head kick but it misses.
Riddle closes this distance looking for a takedown but Haag circles away.
Haag clinches but Riddle breaks the clinch
and Riddle counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Haag!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Haag in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Riddle scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Riddle avoids the attempt from Haag to control.
Riddle controlling his opponent.
Riddle punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Haag tries to hold on but Riddle pushes him away.
Riddle controlling from mount.
Haag keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Riddle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Riddle 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! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Riddle shoots and misses
and Haag counters with a stiff right hand.
Haag looks to clinch
and Riddle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Riddle.
Haag is trying to break free.
Riddle pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riddle lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Riddle goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Riddle lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Riddle.
Riddle rushes Haag and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Riddle is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Haag can't fight it off and eventually Riddle manages to take the fight to the floor. Haag looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Riddle stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haag takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riddle closes the distance and clinches.
Riddle tries to score a body lock takedown but Haag shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Haag is working Riddle over against the cage.
Haag can't get the takedown.
Haag goes for a takedown attempt but Riddle pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Haag throws a combination that misses
and Riddle counters with a one-two to the body.
Haag closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riddle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haag fails with the takedown
and Riddle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Haag. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haag moves out of range of the body kick from Riddle.
Riddle cracks a nice hook into Haag's ribs.
Riddle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riddle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haag moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shane Haag is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riddle moves into range and clinches up with Haag.
Knees in the clinch landing for Riddle.
Riddle blocks an uppercut.
Riddle gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Haag.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddle breaks the clinch.
Riddle looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Haag!
Riddle dominating with strikes here.
Haag is bucking up trying to escape but Riddle cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Riddle controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riddle's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Riddle trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Haag is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shane Haag has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justin Riddle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haag is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Riddle comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Riddle 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Riddle!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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