PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yanko Brajic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Riddick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riddick has chosen Ture Nature by Jane's Addiction as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Brajic
vs
Riddick

192 cm
25
293 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

196 cm
20
278 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yanko Brajic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Riddick!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brajic tries to clinch but Riddick moves out of range.
Riddick tries to clinch up.
Riddick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brajic wants to clinch
and Riddick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Brajic takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brajic moves in looking to clinch but Riddick pushes him off.
Brajic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brajic is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brajic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riddick lands a glancing blow to the side of Brajic's head.
Brajic on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brajic wants to clinch.
Brajic could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Riddick looks to score with a jab to the body but Brajic is just out of range.
Brajic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brajic takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brajic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Riddick misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brajic misses with a right hand
and Riddick counters with a stiff right hand.
Brajic misses with the combination.
Brajic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Riddick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Riddick has closed the distance and engaged Brajic in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Riddick fails to land.
Riddick wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brajic misses with a punch on the inside.
Brajic pushes Riddick back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Riddick tries to stall but Brajic uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brajic blocks a body shot from Riddick.
Brajic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Riddick dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Riddick is looking to break free of the clinch but Brajic has double underhooks.
Riddick's coach down at Fitness elite 24/7 was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Riddick's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Brajic misses with the head strike.
Riddick working aggressively here.
Riddick scores with a shot to the side of Brajic's head.
Riddick swings wildly with an uppercut but Brajic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brajic digs a right hand into Riddick's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Riddick's gas tank.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddick trying to control the position but instead, Brajic has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riddick into the cage.
Brajic misses with a punch on the inside.
Riddick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riddick.
Brajic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riddick lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riddick misses with some punches.
Brajic lands a left hand.
A frustrated look appears on Riddick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Brajic on the inside.
Riddick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brajic misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Brajic.
Brajic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brajic tries a body shot but Riddick blocks it.
Riddick misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brajic.
Riddick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riddick misses with the head strike.
Brajic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Brajic fails to land.
Brajic working aggressively here.
Riddick stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Riddick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brajic moves forwards but Riddick connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Brajic.
Riddick throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brajic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brajic slips a straight right by Riddick.
Brajic misses with an uppercut.
Brajic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riddick.
Brajic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Riddick manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Brajic.

Brajic clinches.
Brajic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brajic working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brajic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brajic has a couple of punches blocked by Riddick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riddick slows down the pace here.
Riddick blocking some punches.
Brajic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Riddick tries a body shot but Brajic blocks it.
Brajic misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Riddick.
Brajic throws a punch but it's blocked by Riddick.

Riddick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brajic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riddick counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Riddick swings for the body but Brajic moves out of range.
Yanko Brajic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brajic is looking to clinch but Riddick is avoiding it.
Brajic moves to clinch but Riddick breaks away
and Riddick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brajic thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Riddick dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Riddick cracks Brajic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Riddick swats away the attempt to clinch by Brajic.
Riddick misses with an uppercut.
Riddick circles away from the clinch attempt
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Riddick counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Brajic is rocked!
Brajic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oh Brajic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Riddick drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Brajic's head, knocking him out cold! Riddick is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richard Riddick!
A relieved looking Richard Riddick thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.