PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dominick Rivaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivaldi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Joker's Wild. Edward Richtofen has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dominick Rivaldi's chin.

Rivaldi
vs
Richtofen

180 cm
38
191 lbs
29 - 14 - 3

190 cm
29
195 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominick Rivaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Richtofen!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richtofen moves away from the strike by Rivaldi.
Rivaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Richtofen.
Rivaldi moves away from the strike by Richtofen.
Rivaldi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rivaldi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brazilian Elite Team in the buildup to the fight.
Rivaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Richtofen avoids a kick to the body.
Richtofen lands a really nice looking cross but Rivaldi seems unphased.
Rivaldi misses with a looping right.
Richtofen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Rivaldi scores with a leg kick.
Richtofen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Richtofen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richtofen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rivaldi takes a step back to recover.
That kick from Richtofen tenderised Rivaldi's leg. Rivaldi is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivaldi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Richtofen checks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Richtofen.

Rivaldi fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Richtofen, pushing him back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivaldi.
Rivaldi misses with the head strike.
Richtofen struggles to land a body shot inside as Rivaldi controls his hands.
Richtofen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rivaldi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Richtofen's elbow.
Rivaldi is working Richtofen over against the ropes.
Richtofen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Richtofen blocking some punches.
Rivaldi tries a body shot but Richtofen blocks it.
Rivaldi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivaldi lands a left hand.
Rivaldi tries a body shot but Richtofen blocks it.
Richtofen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richtofen misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivaldi misses with a punch to the body.
Richtofen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richtofen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Richtofen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivaldi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Richtofen - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Richtofen.
Richtofen misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richtofen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rivaldi backwards.
A hook to the body from Richtofen.
Richtofen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivaldi misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Edward Richtofen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Richtofen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rivaldi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Richtofen. That did some damage!
Rivaldi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rivaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Edward Richtofen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rivaldi misses with a two punch combination.
Rivaldi scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A lazy left from Rivaldi finds it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rivaldi. That's going to slow Richtofen down.
Rivaldi feints and then cracks Richtofen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Richtofen down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richtofen looks for the body kick but Rivaldi saw that one coming.
Richtofen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Richtofen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dominick Rivaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivaldi throws a right hand that misses
letting Richtofen counter with a right hand.
Richtofen throws a right and a left that Rivaldi avoids nicely.
Richtofen thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Rivaldi.
Richtofen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Richtofen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Richtofen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rivaldi manages to avoid it.
Richtofen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rivaldi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rivaldi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Richtofen moves out of range as Rivaldi throws a body kick.
Richtofen throws a leg kick but Rivaldi checks it.
Rivaldi walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Edward Richtofen!
An out of breath Edward Richtofen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.