PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vince Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Riddick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vince Hardy had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Richard Riddick will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hardy
vs
Riddick

177 cm
22
160 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

165 cm
22
143 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Riddick!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riddick lands a slapping body shot.
Hardy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Riddick's shoulder, as Riddick tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the liver by Riddick. Beautiful body shot.
Riddick misses with the combination.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riddick manages to avoid it.
Riddick swinging wildly here.
Good standup being displayed there by Riddick as he connects with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Riddick.
Nice defenses there by Riddick.
Riddick lands a jab.
Richard Riddick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riddick misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hardy loads up on a big right hand but Riddick slips the punch.
Riddick connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hardy's hands.
Riddick missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Riddick.
We've been hearing reports that Hardy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Riddick ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hardy scores with a sloppy right hand. Riddick should have avoided that one.
Riddick swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Riddick misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Hardy looking to score a takedown here. Riddick is defending well but Hardy drives through and ends up in Riddick's guard.
Hardy distracts Riddick with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riddick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hardy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hardy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Riddick working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hardy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy passes Riddick's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Riddick is trying to stand up here but Hardy is controlling him well.
Riddick tries to roll over but Hardy keeps him under control.
Hardy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Riddick knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy prevents Riddick from improving his position.
Riddick is still trying to improve position.
Hardy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hardy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Riddick is in trouble now - Hardy has advanced to mount!
Hardy throwing strikes here but Riddick is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy looking to finish with strikes here!
Riddick really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hardy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hardy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Riddick's face.
Hardy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hardy dominating with strikes here.
Hardy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Riddick looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Riddick is in a horrible position here. Hardy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardy throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hardy unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Hardy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hardy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Riddick throws a wild body kick that Hardy sees coming a mile off.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Riddick.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Riddick.
Riddick looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hardy ducks under a wild hook from Riddick.
Hardy throws a poor cross that misses
and Riddick counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Riddick throws a shot from downtown. Hardy moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Riddick there.
Riddick lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hardy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Riddick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hardy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Hardy blocks the leg kick.
Hardy tries to work over Riddick's front leg with a kick but Riddick checks it.
Riddick throws a body kick that misses.
Hardy throws a sloppy body shot
and Riddick counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Hardy is rocked!
Riddick throws a lazy right hand but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oh Hardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A jab from Riddick misses.
Riddick jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Riddick throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Riddick.
Riddick misses with a hook.
Riddick misses with a hook. Hardy ducked under it nicely.
Hardy seems to have got his legs back now.
Riddick ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardy slips a jab from Riddick.
Hardy works Riddick's body with a nice hook.
Nice shot lands for Riddick.
Hardy misses the shot to the body.
Riddick looks to score with a jab to the body but Hardy is just out of range.
Riddick throws a monster overhand right that drops Hardy! Riddick follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Riddick!
The defeated Vince Hardy had this to say: 'As always I can do everything through Christ my lord and savior who strengthens me. Without him I wouldn't be here tonight. Don't worry I'll be back.'.