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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rick Richardson (ranked 1685 p4p, 1792 weight class) and Otso Toivonen (ranked 115 p4p, 119 weight class). Richardson's entrance music is Alma Enamorada (Chalino Sánchez). A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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145
20 - 14 - 0 |
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193 cm
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119
15 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Richardson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Otso Toivonen!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toivonen throws out a counter right but Richardson avoids it with no problem.
Richardson lands with a nice body punch.
Toivonen walks into a straight right hand from Richardson.
Toivonen is rocked!
Toivonen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Richardson. Richardson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Toivonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Richardson finish him?
Toivonen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toivonen moves out of range of the strikes.
Richardson instigates a clinch.
Richardson throws a punch but it's blocked by Toivonen.
Toivonen seems to have recovered his senses.
Toivonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toivonen works on Richardson's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richardson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Richardson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Richardson throws a head punch that misses.
Richardson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Richardson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richardson swings wildly with an uppercut but Toivonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toivonen blocking some punches.
Richardson tries a body shot but Toivonen blocks it.
Richardson lands a nice uppercut.
Richardson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richardson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richardson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toivonen's elbow.
Richardson pushes Toivonen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Richardson is stalling here.
Richardson working aggressively here.
Richardson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richardson prevents a body shot from Toivonen.
Toivonen blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Richardson.
Richardson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richardson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toivonen's elbow.
Richardson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Richardson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Richardson working aggressively here.
Richardson has a couple of punches blocked by Toivonen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richardson.
Richardson tries to throw a body punch but Toivonen avoids it by throwing Richardson back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Richardson.
Toivonen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richardson can't find room to land a body shot as Toivonen controls the action.
Toivonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richardson lands with a light punch inside.
Richardson has a couple of punches blocked by Toivonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Toivonen.
Richardson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Richardson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toivonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richardson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richardson has a couple of punches blocked by Toivonen.
Toivonen trying to control the position but instead, Richardson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Toivonen into the cage.
Richardson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Toivonen.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Toivonen blocks an uppercut.
Richardson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toivonen prevents a body shot from Richardson.
A frustrated look appears on Toivonen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Toivonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Richardson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Richardson misses with the head strike.
Richardson lands an uppercut.
Toivonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toivonen blocking some punches.
Richardson stalls.
Richardson misses with a punch on the inside.
Richardson trying to control the position but instead, Toivonen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Richardson into the cage.
Richardson throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Richardson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Toivonen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Richardson.
A big right from Toivonen misses.
Toivonen takes a swing at Richardson's ribcage but misses.
Richardson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toivonen slips under a jab.
Richardson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toivonen can do to turn this around?
Richardson scores with a nice strike.
Richardson cracks Toivonen with an uppercut from hell and Toivonen crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Richardson's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toivonen controlling the position.
Richardson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Toivonen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Richardson is controlling him.
Richardson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Richardson trying to control the position from guard on top but Toivonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richardson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Richardson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toivonen looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rick Richardson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toivonen scores with a jab.
Richardson tries to clinch but Toivonen moves away
and Toivonen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Richardson tries to clinch up
and Toivonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richardson misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Toivonen misses.
Richardson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Toivonen misses with a wild body shot.
A big left from Richardson misses.
Toivonen tries to counter with a clinch but Richardson shakes him off and moves away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Richardson.
Toivonen walks straight into a right hand from Richardson - that's dropped him! Richardson jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Toivonen from any more punishment! Toivonen complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rick Richardson!
During a confident post fight interview, Rick Richardson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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