PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lain Rikkoja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rikkoja has chosen Soil Breaking me down as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Lain Rikkoja told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Le
vs
Rikkoja

186 cm
22
212 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

210 cm
19
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kung Le!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lain Rikkoja!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le wants to clinch.
Rikkoja looks for the body kick but Le saw that one coming.
Rikkoja throws a sloppy head kick and Le moves out of range easily.
Le wants to clinch.
Le tries to clinch but Rikkoja is having none of it.
Rikkoja shoots in but Le avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rikkoja keeps the fight on the outside.

Le moves into range and clinches up with Rikkoja.
Le lands an elbow inside that Rikkoja shrugs off.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rikkoja is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rikkoja is trying to maintain a safe position but Le gets an underhook and turns Rikkoja into the ropes.
Rikkoja takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le lands a knee to the body.
Rikkoja looks gassed!
Rikkoja tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but Rikkoja blocks with his arms.
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rikkoja blocks it with crossed arms.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rikkoja's face.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but Rikkoja is blocking nicely.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Rikkoja takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le crunches a lovely knee into Rikkoja's ribcage.
Le pushes off an throws an elbow but Rikkoja leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Rikkoja avoids the damage to the body.
Le prevents the takedown attempt.
Kung Le has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lain Rikkoja.
Rikkoja tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rikkoja has had enough of the clinch but Le keeps him there for the moment.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Rikkoja unloads a knee to the mid-section. Le lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Rikkoja avoids the damage to the body.
Le lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Lain Rikkoja has been cut.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Le is pressed up against the ropes. Rikkoja has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le down to the mat. Le avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Le moves into the clinch.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rikkoja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Le blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Rikkoja.
Le connects with a knee to the head.

Rikkoja is rocked!
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rikkoja is still on wobbly legs! Can Le finish him?
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.
Le throws a knee to the head but misses.
Le with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rikkoja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Le with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rikkoja blocks it with crossed arms.
Le pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Rikkoja! Le unloads with more strikes and Rikkoja sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kung Le!