PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Seok Yi (ranked 1569 p4p, 1698 weight class) and Rick Richardson (ranked 166 p4p, 181 weight class). Yi comes to the cage accompanied by Chris Travis - We Up. Richardson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Make The Money. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Yi
vs
Richardson

175 cm
21
145
6 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
145
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seok Yi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rick Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yi throws a lazy right hand but Richardson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Richardson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Yi misses the shot to the body.
Richardson throws out a loose jab but Yi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Richardson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yi.
Yi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yi throws a lazy right hand but Richardson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Yi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Seok Yi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richardson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Richardson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Richardson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice jab there from Yi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richardson connects with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Yi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Richardson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richardson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yi.
Yi moves away from the strike by Richardson.
Yi slips a jab from Richardson.
Richardson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yi's head backwards.
Richardson throws a chopping leg kick but Yi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Richardson throws a jab when Yi was well out of range.
Richardson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yi is looking to counter punch.
Richardson misses with a wild body shot.
Yi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yi misses with an uppercut. Richardson saw that one coming.
Richardson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richardson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Yi lands a nice looking body shot.
Richardson is looking to clinch but Yi is avoiding it.
Yi throws a jab but it's blocked by Richardson.
Richardson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yi takes a swing at Richardson's ribcage but misses.
Richardson works Yi's body with a nice hook.
Yi is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Nice cross by Yi.
Richardson moves away from the strike by Yi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yi throws a looping overhand right but Richardson ducks down to avoid it.

Richardson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yi, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yi has a couple of punches blocked by Richardson.
Yi tries a body shot but Richardson blocks it.
Yi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yi tries to throw a body punch but Richardson avoids it by throwing Yi back against the cage.
Richardson has a couple of punches blocked by Yi.
Yi misses with a hook from the clinch.

Richardson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yi throws an off balance right hand
and Richardson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Richardson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Yi. That snapped Richardson's head back.
Richardson digs a good body shot into Yi's ribs.

Richardson has closed the distance and engaged Yi in a clinch.
Richardson misses with a punch on the inside.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yi misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Richardson.
Yi struggles to land a body shot inside as Richardson controls his hands.
Yi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richardson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rick Richardson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yi misses with a looping right.
Richardson cracks Yi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yi throws a body shot but no joy.
Yi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yi throws the left hand but Richardson avoids the punch easily.
Yi tries to close the distance and clinch but Richardson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yi tries to close the distance and clinch but Richardson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richardson misses with a double jab.
A jab from Yi misses.
Yi missing with a left hand there. Richardson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richardson staying out of range there.
Yi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Richardson to counter with a crisp jab.
Yi throws a jab but it's blocked by Richardson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richardson throws a right hand that Yi ducks under and follows up with a left that Yi also avoids with ease.
Yi is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Richardson keeps the fight on the outside.

Yi moves into range and clinches up with Richardson.
Still in the clinch, Richardson scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richardson lands an uppercut.

Yi is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yi.
Oh Yi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yi working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson lands with a left to the head.
Yi can't find room to land a body shot as Richardson controls the action.
Richardson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Richardson blocks an uppercut.
Yi throws a head punch that misses.
Richardson misses with some punches.
Richardson blocks an uppercut.
Yi working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Richardson fails to land.
Yi lands a hook that snaps the head of Richardson backwards.
Richardson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Yi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Richardson breaks from the clinch.
Richardson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yi throws out the jab.
Richardson misses with an uppercut.
Richardson jabs Yi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Richardson drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Yi right on the button. Yi goes down! Richardson follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Richardson gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Richardson!
Our winner, Rick Richardson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.