PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Richard B Riddick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Takano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

B Riddick
vs
Takano

167 cm
25
143 lbs
11 - 4 - 1

169 cm
25
146 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard B Riddick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yuki Takano!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Takano.
Takano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Riddick on the side of the head.
Takano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Riddick is out of range.
Takano scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Riddick looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Riddick on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Takano throws a half hearted mid kick.

Takano closes the distance and pushes Riddick back into the cage.
A shot in the inside from Takano.
Riddick can't find room to land a body shot as Takano controls the action.
Riddick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takano swings wildly with an uppercut but Riddick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takano's coach down at Beauty School was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Takano's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Riddick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takano tries to throw a body punch but Riddick avoids it by throwing Takano back against the cage.
Takano struggles to land a body shot inside as Riddick controls his hands.
Riddick lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takano.
Takano lands a nice uppercut.
Takano blocks a body shot from Riddick.
Takano working aggressively here.
Riddick lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Yuki Takano has been cut.
Takano misses with a body punch.
Riddick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Riddick throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Takano fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Takano fails to land.
Takano struggles to land a body shot inside as Riddick controls his hands.
Takano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Riddick fails to land.
Riddick throws an elbow but it misses.
Riddick scores with a shoulder strike.
Takano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Takano fails to land.
Takano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takano struggles to land a body shot inside as Riddick controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riddick just leaning against Takano, taking a breather.

Takano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riddick takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Riddick throws a good cross that connects.
Takano is looking to chop away at Riddick's legs.
Takano throws a jab but it's blocked by Riddick.
A head kick misses from Takano.
Riddick moves out of range of the body kick from Takano.
Riddick misses with a hook.
Takano throws a sloppy head kick and Riddick moves out of range easily.
Riddick misses with a looping left.
Riddick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takano flicks out a counter leg kick but Riddick steps away.
Takano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takano misses with a low kick.
Takano turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Takano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Riddick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takano.
A big right from Riddick misses.
Riddick lunges at Takano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Takano's hand.
Riddick tries to close the distance and clinch but Takano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richard B Riddick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riddick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takano staying out of range there.
Takano only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Riddick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takano manages to avoid it.
Takano tries to counter with a clinch but Riddick shakes him off and moves away.
Riddick lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Takano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Riddick throws a poor cross that misses
and Takano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Riddick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Takano connects with a single shot there.
Takano swats away the attempt to clinch by Riddick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takano wants to slow Riddick down by chopping away at his legs.
Takano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riddick.
An inside leg kick lands from Takano.
Riddick connects with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Takano there.
Riddick throws a hook but Takano avoids it easily.
Takano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Riddick punishes Takano's body with a nice straight punch.
Riddick lands the left hand.
A low kick from Takano misses
and Riddick counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Riddick lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Riddick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Riddick pushes off an throws an elbow but Takano leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yuki Takano will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yuki Takano's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Takano drives through and clinches with Riddick against the cage.
Riddick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yuki Takano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riddick swings wildly with an uppercut but Takano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takano gets through Riddick's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Riddick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takano.
Riddick goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Takano.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Riddick as Takano tries to tie him up.
Takano struggles to land a body shot inside as Riddick controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takano lands a nice uppercut.
Riddick blocks a body shot from Takano.
Takano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Riddick throws a head punch that misses.
Takano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Takano tries a body shot but Riddick blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takano blocks a body shot from Riddick.
Riddick creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Riddick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riddick's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takano lands with a light punch inside.

Riddick is rocked!
Takano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Takano lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Riddick is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takano lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Riddick to his knees! Takano keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yuki Takano!
Yuki Takano tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.