PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Ten Red Gym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Richtofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Red Gym comes to the ring accompanied by Eye of the Tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Red Gym
vs
Richtofen

190 cm
36
201 lbs
25 - 21 - 4

190 cm
30
195 lbs
18 - 10 - 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 25 - 21 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Ten Red Gym!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Edward Richtofen!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richtofen lands a nice looking body shot.
Red Gym lands a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Richtofen misses with a hook.
Red Gym slips under a jab from Richtofen.
Richtofen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Red Gym has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Red Gym tries to move into range but Richtofen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Red Gym paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Red Gym lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Red Gym.
Richtofen misses with a hook.
Richtofen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Red Gym walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richtofen misses with a hook. Red Gym ducked under it nicely.
Richtofen blocks a head kick by Red Gym.
Red Gym works the jab nicely.
Richtofen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab from Richtofen.
Richtofen tries to land a leg kick but Red Gym saw it coming and moves away.
Richtofen misses with a looping left.
Red Gym swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richtofen feints and then cracks Red Gym's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Red Gym down.
Richtofen throws a body punch but Red Gym moves out of range.
Richtofen missing with a left hand there. Red Gym was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Red Gym slips a jab from Richtofen.
Red Gym walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Red Gym lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Edward Richtofen has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Richtofen.
A punch combination from Red Gym misses.
Richtofen motions for Red Gym to come forward. Richtofen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Red Gym connects with a nice looking jab.
Red Gym dips to his left and cracks Richtofen with an uppercut!
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!
Red Gym takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Red Gym throws a series of punches but Richtofen avoids them all with ease.
Richtofen scores with a jab to the head.
Red Gym buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Red Gym avoids the body shot from Richtofen.
Red Gym blocks a head kick by Richtofen.
Richtofen blocks a head kick by Red Gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Red Gym missing with a left hand there. Richtofen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richtofen scores with a jab to the head.
Richtofen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Red Gym had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A swing and a miss from Richtofen.
Red Gym lands with a cross.
Red Gym connects with a good right hand that stumbles Richtofen. Richtofen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Red Gym throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Richtofen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Red Gym misses with a head kick.
Red Gym throws an overhand right that lands on Richtofen's shoulder, as Richtofen tries to avoid the shot.
Richtofen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A lazy left from Richtofen finds it's target.
Red Gym is looking to chop away at Richtofen's legs.
Richtofen jabs at Red Gym's body.
Red Gym is breathing heavily.

Richtofen connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Red Gym onto his butt! Red Gym bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Red Gym walks into a big right hand from Richtofen and goes down! The referee sends Richtofen to a neutral corner as Red Gym gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.

Red Gym is rocked!
Red Gym misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richtofen.
Oh Red Gym is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Richtofen looks to throw the jab but Red Gym is out of range.
Red Gym seems to have got his legs back now.
Richtofen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Richtofen dips to his left and cracks Red Gym with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edward Richtofen will get the nod in that round, having scored multiple knockdowns.
The cut man is working on Edward Richtofen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Richtofen throws a jab when Red Gym was well out of range.
Red Gym tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Richtofen was well out of range. Poor timing from Red Gym.
Richtofen tries to work over Red Gym's front leg with a kick but Red Gym checks it.
Richtofen throws a jab but it's blocked by Red Gym.
Red Gym fakes the leg kick and cracks Richtofen in the body.
Richtofen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Richtofen throws a looping overhand right but Red Gym ducks down to avoid it.
Red Gym fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Red Gym walks into a big right hand from Richtofen and goes down! The referee sends Richtofen to a neutral corner as Red Gym gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Richtofen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Richtofen. Red Gym does a little dance to reset his feet.
Red Gym throws a sloppy head kick and Richtofen moves out of range easily.
Red Gym tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Richtofen is able to avoid easily.
Red Gym misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edward Richtofen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick from Richtofen lands but Red Gym takes it in his stride.
Richtofen cracks a nice hook into Red Gym's ribs.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Richtofen.
A slow jab from Richtofen misses its intended target.
Richtofen lands with a cross.
Richtofen jabs at Red Gym's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Richtofen there.
Red Gym fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Richtofen.
Red Gym throws out a leg kick but Richtofen moves out of range and Red Gym only half commits.
Red Gym 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 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Edward Richtofen!
A very excited looking Edward Richtofen made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
The defeated Ten Red Gym had this to say: 'I'll be back.'.