PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takashi Mizuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Richardson (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.

Mizuki
vs
Richardson

178 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Takashi Mizuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson cracks Mizuki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Richardson throws a looping overhand right but Mizuki ducks down to avoid it.
Mizuki tries to clinch there but Richardson circles away.
Richardson fails to land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Richardson.
Richardson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mizuki tries to score with a low kick but Richardson moves his leg out of the way.
Richardson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Richardson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mizuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Richardson lands a head kick!

It looks like Takashi Mizuki has been cut.
Mizuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richardson.
Richardson throws a head kick but Mizuki moves out of range.
Mizuki is looking to land body kicks.
Richardson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Mizuki shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mizuki was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Mizuki goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Richardson is on top in guard.
Mizuki controls Richardson momentarily but Richardson frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Richardson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Richardson trying to control but Mizuki is working from the bottom.
Mizuki thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Mizuki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Richardson is aware though and is defending well.
Mizuki manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Richardson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Richardson gets back to half guard.

Mizuki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Mizuki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Richardson defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Richardson keeps working.
Richardson tries to roll over but Mizuki keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Richardson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mizuki not doing much here.
Mizuki thows a huge punch but Richardson dodges it nicely.
Mizuki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Richardson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takashi Mizuki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Richardson works over Mizuki's head and body with a nice combination.
Mizuki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mizuki moves out of range as Richardson throws a body kick.
Mizuki throws a head kick that misses

and Richardson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Richardson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mizuki's brow.
Richardson lands a knee to the head.
Richardson gets underhooks to prevent Mizuki's takedown attempt.
Richardson avoiding damage as Mizuki throws knees to the body.
Richardson landing knees to the head.
Richardson lands an elbow that stopped Mizuki in his tracks for a moment.
Richardson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Richardson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mizuki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Richardson.
Mizuki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richardson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mizuki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Richardson is keeping busy.
Mizuki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mizuki takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richardson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richardson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mizuki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Richardson works on Mizuki's body with a couple of short punches.
Richardson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson misses with a knee to the head.
Richardson pushes off an throws an elbow but Mizuki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Richardson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mizuki blocks it with crossed arms.
Richardson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mizuki's defenses.
Richardson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Richardson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richardson keeps control of Mizuki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mizuki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richardson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Richardson tries a knee to the head but Mizuki blocks it.
Richardson looking to slow down the pace here.
Richardson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mizuki.
Richardson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Richardson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mizuki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Richardson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mizuki blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Richardson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Richardson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Richardson cracks Mizuki with a nice body shot.
Richardson looking to throw knees to the head but Mizuki is blocking nicely.
Mizuki blocks an elbow strike from Richardson.
Richardson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mizuki or not.
Richardson misses with a knee to the head.
Richardson tries to land a knee to the head but Mizuki blocks with his arms.
Richardson misses with a knee strike.
Mizuki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Richardson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mizuki blocks it with crossed arms.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mizuki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richardson keeps control of Mizuki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mizuki stalling in the clinch but Richardson improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Richardson throws an elbow but misses.
Mizuki creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Richardson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Richardson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Richardson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richardson tries to land a knee to the head but Mizuki blocks with his arms.
Mizuki misses with a body punch.
Mizuki wants to get back to striking at distance but Richardson won't allow it.
Richardson tries a knee to the head but Mizuki blocks it.

Mizuki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Richardson throws a shot from downtown. Mizuki moves away and avoids it.
Mizuki throws a leg kick
and Richardson counters with a good, hard body kick but Mizuki shrugs it off.
Mizuki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mizuki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Richardson is out of range.
Richardson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mizuki at a distance.
Richardson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mizuki.
Mizuki takes a swing at Richardson's ribcage but misses.
Mizuki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick by Richardson misses
and Mizuki counters with a nice body shot.
Mizuki throws a looping overhand right but Richardson ducks down to avoid it.
Mizuki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richardson.
Mizuki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Richardson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mizuki misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Richardson misses the target.
Mizuki is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Richardson.
Mizuki throws out a loose jab but Richardson uses good head movement to avoid it.

Richardson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Mizuki drops back looking for a leg! Richardson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Richardson manages to kick Mizuki off! Mizuki jumps back into Richardson's guard.
Richardson keeping full guard, as Mizuki tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Richardson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Takashi Mizuki's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A bone on bone clash there as Richardson blocks the leg kick.
Richardson swinging wildly here.
Richardson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Richardson throws the left hand but Mizuki avoids the punch easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Richardson.
Richardson throws out a powerful jab.
Mizuki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Richardson was well out of range. Poor timing from Mizuki.
Richardson cracks a nice hook into Mizuki's ribs.
Mizuki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Richardson.
Richardson misses with a looping right.
Mizuki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
George Richardson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richardson misses with a head kick.
Richardson throws a series of punches but Mizuki moves out of range.
Richardson slips under a jab.
Richardson scores with a leg kick.
Mizuki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Richardson feints and then cracks Mizuki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mizuki down.
A big left from Richardson misses.
Mizuki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Richardson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson dips to his left and cracks Mizuki with an uppercut!
Mizuki is looking to wear down Richardson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Richardson. Mizuki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Richardson lands a right hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Richardson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Richardson looks to land a combination but Mizuki avoids it well.
Mizuki misses with a low kick.
Richardson is looking to slow Mizuki down with leg kicks.
Richardson throws a head kick that Mizuki semi-blocks.
Richardson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Richardson avoids the head kick by Mizuki.
Richardson throws a right and a left that Mizuki avoids nicely.
Mizuki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
George Richardson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Richardson lands with a hook. Mizuki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Richardson scores with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick from Mizuki misses.
Richardson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Mizuki if he has to take too many more of those.
Richardson tries a head kick but it misses.
Mizuki throws a leg kick
and Richardson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mizuki on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Richardson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Richardson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richardson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Richardson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Richardson slips under a jab from Mizuki.
Richardson dodges the punch combination from Mizuki.
Richardson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mizuki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Richardson throws a nice head kick!

Mizuki is rocked!
George Richardson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Richardson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oh Mizuki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Richardson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Richardson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mizuki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richardson.
Richardson with a knee to the head.
Richardson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Richardson tries a knee to the head but Mizuki blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Richardson.
Mizuki missing with knees to the body.
Richardson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mizuki backwards.
Richardson lands a damaging elbow.
Richardson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Richardson scores with a shot to the side of Mizuki's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mizuki avoids the elbow strike from Richardson, against the cage.
Mizuki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Richardson.
Richardson landing knees to the head.
Mizuki is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Richardson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Richardson stalling the fight.
Mizuki has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Richardson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mizuki seems to have got his legs back now.
Richardson pushes Mizuki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Richardson.
Richardson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Richardson connects with a knee to the head.
Richardson throws an elbow that misses.
Richardson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Richardson.
A short uppercut from Richardson.
Richardson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mizuki blocks it with crossed arms.
Mizuki tries to work over Richardson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mizuki is working for takedown but Richardson is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takashi Mizuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Richardson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mizuki misses with some punches.
Mizuki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Richardson misses with a knee strike.
Mizuki misses with the head strike.
Richardson misses with a knee strike.
Takashi Mizuki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mizuki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Richardson lands an elbow inside that Mizuki shrugs off.
Richardson looking to throw knees to the head but Mizuki is blocking nicely.
Richardson throws a punch but it's blocked by Mizuki.
Mizuki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richardson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Richardson lands an elbow just above Mizuki 's eye.
Richardson managing to block the knees to the body from Mizuki.
Richardson presses Mizuki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mizuki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Richardson avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Richardson lands a shoulder strike.
George Richardson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Richardson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Richardson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mizuki backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richardson looking to throw knees to the head but Mizuki is blocking nicely.
Mizuki drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Richardson slowing the pace effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Richardson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Richardson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Richardson!