PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Brian Riddle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asoki Sakiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asoki Sakiro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Riddle
vs
Sakiro

189 cm
23
199 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

187 cm
32
185 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Riddle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Asoki Sakiro!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakiro misses with a low kick.
Riddle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice cross by Riddle.
Asoki Sakiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakiro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Riddle feints and then cracks Sakiro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sakiro down.
Sakiro throws a combination that misses
and Riddle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Riddle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sakiro at a distance.
Sakiro throws out a powerful jab.
Riddle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sakiro throws a series of punches but Riddle avoids them all with ease.
Riddle avoids the head kick by Sakiro.
Sakiro misses with an uppercut
and Riddle makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice cross by Riddle.
Riddle tries a low kick but Sakiro avoids it.
Riddle throws a leg kick but Sakiro sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sakiro misses with a two punch combination.
Riddle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riddle throws a jab but it's blocked by Sakiro.
Riddle lands a nice looking body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakiro throws a combination that misses
and Riddle counters with a one-two to the body.
Sakiro looks to throw a body kick
and Riddle counters with a straight right hand.
Sakiro misses with the combination.
Sakiro looks gassed!
Sakiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riddle was well out of range. Poor timing from Sakiro.
Sakiro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Riddle counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sakiro's knee momentarily.
Donk. Riddle catches Sakiro right on the button with a cross.

It looks like Asoki Sakiro has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body kick from Riddle.
Riddle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sakiro on the side of the head.
Nice cross by Riddle.

Riddle scores a flash knockdown with a right hook that drops Sakiro to his hands and knees! The ref pushes Riddle away as he looks to land an illegal blow. Sakiro got an extra few seconds to recover there, which could have made all the differences as he stumbles back to his feet. The referee looks into his eyes and decides to allow the bout to continue. Can he survive?!

Sakiro is rocked!
Riddle closes the distance and catches Sakiro with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Sakiro is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Sakiro is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Sakiro is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Riddle takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Brian Riddle!
An out of breath Brian Riddle thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.