PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akio Hideyoshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hideyoshi
vs
Richardson

194 cm
26
215 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

191 cm
22
214 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

BUY ONE,GET TWO

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Hideyoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson blocks a head kick by Hideyoshi.

Richardson closes the distance and clinches.
Hideyoshi swings wildly with an uppercut but Richardson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Richardson lands a shot to the body.
Hideyoshi lands with a right to the head.
Hideyoshi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Richardson is defending well for now.
Richardson scores with a hook to the body.
Richardson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Richardson cracks Hideyoshi with a nice body shot.
Hideyoshi misses with a knee strike.
Hideyoshi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hideyoshi misses with a knee to the head.
Richardson can't break the clinch.
Hideyoshi tries to land knees in the clinch but Richardson avoids the damage to the body.
Richardson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hideyoshi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Richardson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hideyoshi backwards.
Richardson tries to land knees in the clinch but Hideyoshi avoids the damage to the body.
Hideyoshi trying to land knees to the body.
Hideyoshi is breathing heavily.
Richardson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hideyoshi tries a knee to the head but Richardson blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Richardson lands a shoulder strike.
Richardson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hideyoshi has a couple of punches blocked by Richardson.
Richardson lands a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Richardson.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richardson is working Hideyoshi over against the cage.
Richardson gets through Hideyoshi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Richardson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Richardson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hideyoshi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson cracks Hideyoshi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Richardson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Richardson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like Akio Hideyoshi has been cut.
Richardson cracks Hideyoshi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Richardson lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Hideyoshi is looking to close the distance but Richardson sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Hideyoshi crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Hideyoshi is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Richard Richardson!