PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Teiden Ritari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I Love the Cocaine. Rick James has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ritari
vs
James

190 cm
26
177 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

180 cm
27
184 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Heavy handed

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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 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teiden Ritari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ritari wants to clinch.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ritari tries to counter by moving into the clinch but James manages to circle out of the way.
Ritari tries to clinch there but James circles away.
Ritari has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
James throws a shot from downtown. Ritari moves away and avoids it.
James misses the jab.
Ritari seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
James scores with a jab to the body.
Rick James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Teiden Ritari has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James throws a hook to the side of Ritari's head but Ritari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ritari is looking to counter the offense by James and move into the clinch.

James drives through and clinches with Ritari against the cage.
Ritari lands an elbow just above James 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ritari backwards.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Ritari controls his hands.
Ritari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
Ritari with an attempt at a knee that misses.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Ritari controls his hands.
Ritari throws an elbow but it misses.
Ritari is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ritari misses with an elbow strike.
James on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ritari.
Ritari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. James is defending well for now.
Ritari blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.
Ritari connects with a knee to the head.
James avoiding damage as Ritari throws knees to the body.
Ritari blocks an uppercut.
James misses with a body punch.
James blocks an elbow strike from Ritari.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James pushes Ritari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritari trying to land knees to the body.
James lands with a left to the head.
James pushes Ritari back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ritari trying to control the position but instead, James has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ritari into the cage.
Ritari blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ritari.
Ritari blocking some punches.
Ritari misses with an elbow strike.
Ritari misses with a body punch.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ritari throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ritari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ritari misses with a knee to the head.
James blocks an elbow strike from Ritari.
James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
James misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from James.
James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from James - that landed with a thud.

James breaks from the clinch.
James has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Ritari is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ritari tried to score with a low kick but James checks it.
James swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ritari ducks under a wild hook from James.
Ritari blocks a jab.

James feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ritari sprawling to the canvas! Ritari rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can James finish him?!

Ritari is rocked!
Ritari tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oh Ritari is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ritari misses with a leg kick
and James counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

James lands a big uppercut and Ritari crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ritari looks OK. James waves Ritari back to his feet!
That kick from Ritari tenderised James's leg. James is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice body punch from James.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ritari seems to have got his legs back now.

James gets a clinch.
James working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ritari putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has James in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ritari is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. James is defending well for now.
James managing to block the knees to the body from Ritari.
Ritari connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Rick James has been cut.
Ritari pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James avoids the elbow strike from Ritari, against the cage.
James working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ritari blocking some punches.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Ritari uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, James scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick James dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

James lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

James forces Ritari back against the cage and clinches.
James tries to throw a body punch but Ritari avoids it by throwing James back against the cage.
James misses with a body punch.
James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
James has a couple of punches blocked by Ritari.
James throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ritaris head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ritari.
Ritari misses with a punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ritari just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.
James has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
James lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ritari or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
James lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
A right hook to the body lands for James.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ritari throws an elbow that misses.
James gets through Ritari's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Ritari controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James blocks the elbow strike.
Ritari tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
Ritari tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
James has a couple of punches blocked by Ritari.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James misses with a straight right.
As James tries to get set, Ritari tries to push him back and clinch up but James manages to avoid the attempt.

Ritari closes the distance and clinches.
Ritari blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ritari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ritari has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Ritari looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
A hook to the body from James.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ritari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ritari takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ritari.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Ritari.

James drops Ritari onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Ritari is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Ritari tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ritari with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from James 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.
Ritari missing with knees to the body.
James lands with a light punch inside.

James drops Ritari onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Ritari is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
James creates a bit of distance and cracks Ritari with a massive left hook! Ritari crumples out of camera shot, completely unconscious! He's been Nelmarked! James stares at him for a moment then struts over to his corner, victorious.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rick James!
Rick James seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.