PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tonny Riftken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alain Ducase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Riftken
vs
Ducase

200 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tonny Riftken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alain Ducase!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ducase throws a body kick that misses.

Riftken tries to keep at a distance but Ducase has taken the fight into the clinch.
Riftken managing to block the knees to the body from Ducase.
Ducase holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Riftken's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Riftken tries to break free but Ducase pushes him back against the cage.
Riftken tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Riftken working hard to break the clinch.
Ducase leaning against his opponent.
Ducase blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Riftken missing with knees to the body.
Riftken avoiding damage as Ducase throws knees to the body.
Riftken lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Alain Ducase has been cut.
Ducase goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ducase has Riftken pushed against the cage.

Ducase pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ducase misses with a series of wild punches.

Ducase clinches up against the cage.

Ducase pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riftken turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Riftken throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riftken throws a series of strikes that have Ducase backpedaling.
Riftken throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ducase dodges the punch combination from Riftken.
A head kick misses from Ducase.
Riftken throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ducase scores with a decent looking hook.
Riftken tries a head kick but it misses.
Riftken throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riftken throws a low kick, looking for Ducase's leg but Ducase calmly moves out of range.
Ducase misses with an uppercut. Riftken saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ducase slips a jab and a cross from Riftken.
A solid leg kick lands there for Riftken.
Riftken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An inside leg kick from Riftken misses.
Tonny Riftken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A clash of legs there as Ducase blocks the low kick.
Riftken misses with a few strikes there.
Riftken moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Riftken tries a head kick but it misses.
Riftken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riftken blocks a head kick by Ducase.
Riftken tries a head kick but it misses.
Ducase throws a series of punches but Riftken moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riftken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riftken is breathing heavily.
Ducase avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ducase throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch combination from Riftken misses.
Riftken throws a right hand that Ducase ducks under and follows up with a left that Ducase also avoids with ease.
Ducase rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Riftken moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Riftken misses with the combination.
Ducase throws a right hand that Riftken ducks under and follows up with a left that Riftken also avoids with ease.
Danga de danga de dang - Riftken scores with a four punch combination!
Ducase swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ducase showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Riftken.

Ducase instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riftken throws a knee to the head but misses.
Riftken tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riftken using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ducase leaning against his opponent.
Riftken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riftken tries to land knees in the clinch but Ducase avoids the damage to the body.
Ducase avoids a wild elbow strike from Riftken.
Ducase lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riftken tries to land knees in the clinch but Ducase avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riftken is trying to break free.
Riftken throws an elbow that misses.
Ducase avoids a wild elbow strike from Riftken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonny Riftken dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alain Ducase's cut.
That's time! Riftken's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Riftken fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ducase is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Some wild striking there from Riftken.
Riftken misses with a head kick.
Ducase lands with a thumping leg kick.
Riftken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riftken feints a jab promting Ducase to slip. Riftken then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ducase slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Ducase has managed to clinch.
Ducase lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Tonny Riftken has been cut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Ducase in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

Ducase's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Ducase rushes Riftken and presses him up against the cage.
Riftken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Riftken misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ducase just leaning against Riftken, taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ducase is working Riftken over against the cage.
Riftken scores a nice knee to the body.

Ducase breaks the clinch.

Ducase pushes Riftken up against the cage in a clinch.
Ducase prevents Riftken from breaking the clinch.

Ducase breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ducase moves into range and clinches up with Riftken.
Alain Ducase seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riftken misses with a knee strike.

Ducase breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ducase just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonny Riftken is winning the standup battle so far.
Ducase will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ducase misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ducase swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riftken misses with a series of wild punches.
A head kick misses from Riftken.

Ducase moves into the clinch.
Riftken throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ducase blocks it with crossed arms.
Riftken throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ducase blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Ducase breaks the clinch.
Ducase stalks Riftken and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Riftken's face. Riftken staggers backwards, shaken.

Ducase moves into the clinch successfully.
Ducase stalling the fight.
Ducase is breathing heavily.
Riftken lands a nice knee to the body.

Ducase breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ducase.
Ducase thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riftken rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ducase moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ducase. Riftken does a little dance to reset his feet.
Riftken throws a right and a left that Ducase avoids nicely.
Riftken avoids the body shot from Ducase.
Riftken looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Riftken throws a head kick but Ducase moves out of range.
Riftken misses with a jab, cross combination.
Riftken blocks a head kick by Ducase.
Tonny Riftken is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ducase on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riftken. Riftken obviously looking to wear him down.
No joy there for Riftken, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Ducase.
Ducase has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Riftken.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ducase slips a jab and a cross from Riftken.
Riftken blocks a head kick by Ducase.
Riftken fails to land with a series of punches.
Riftken tries a head kick but it misses.
Riftken moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Ducase cracks a nice hook into Riftken's ribs.
Riftken throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ducase counters with a body kick that stops Riftken in his tracks momentarily.
A head kick misses from Ducase.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ducase takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ducase avoids a punch combination nicely.
Riftken looks to land a combination but Ducase avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alain Ducase showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Riftken misses with a wild combination.

Ducase gets a clinch.

Ducase breaks the clinch.
Ducase is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Riftken rather than just go for the knockout.
A head kick misses from Riftken.
Riftken throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ducase throws a series of punches but Riftken avoids them all with ease.
Riftken fails to land with a series of punches.
Ducase misses with a wild combination.
Ducase misses with a wild body shot.
Riftken fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ducase.
Riftken lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ducase avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riftken misses with a two punch combination.
Ducase tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riftken was well out of range. Poor timing from Ducase.
Riftken avoids the head kick by Ducase.
Riftken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ducase jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ducase dodges the punch combination from Riftken.
A combination from Riftken does no damage.

Ducase rushes Riftken and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ducase breaks the clinch.
Riftken misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Riftken misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ducase takes the fight into the clinch.

Ducase pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riftken pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Riftken tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riftken misses with a wild combination.
Ducase ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riftken moves away.
Ducase throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Ducase rushes Riftken and presses him up against the cage.
Riftken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Riftken throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ducase stalling the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ducase escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Riftken scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Ducase throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riftken looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ducase takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ducase avoids a punch combination nicely.
A jab from Ducase misses.

Ducase clinches.
Riftken trying to land knees to the body.
Riftken throws an elbow that misses.
Ducase stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ducase avoids the elbow strike from Riftken, against the cage.
Ducase managing to block the knees to the body from Riftken.
Ducase stalls.
Riftken wants to get back to striking at distance but Ducase won't allow it.
Ducase is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Ducase breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Ducase moves into the clinch successfully.
Riftken can't break the clinch.
Riftken wants to break free but Ducase has control.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alain Ducase.
I think Ducase has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alain Ducase!