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thank you it’s a different kind of tension when when friends are fighting and these guys are pretty close you know they had conversations when this fight was offered about the merits of fighting each other and there was no obvious other option but I like the way they both just said yes yes and honestly like training in Thailand they said that because they were names they didn’t have to go hard because the guys that were on the side they were trying to make names for themselves were going hard in the very next round so they were kind of touching but I tell you what Brad Vidal does look in the best shape I’ve seen big his back looks huge and cut and when Brad Riddell left his job as the Muay Thai coach at Tiger Muay Thai Rafael fazia took that job inside leg kick early for Riddell took the leftovers Riddell not unlike his teammate Dan hooker who is in his Corner tonight has had to deal with a lot of obstacles in trying to get good training in given the landscape in New Zealand and honestly found a lot of faith in the team right John because he said they were getting chased around and the media was behind them but they just kept finding places to get together to get what they needed in order to be successful mixed martial artists you know going back to that training environment years ago at Tiger Muay Thai you know when you’re there because I’ve spent a lot of time in Thailand you got fighters from all over the world you know and you fly in there and you stay there and you’re training every day and you do build a camaraderie and a Brotherhood so to speak and you do become friends but as I said it’s not like your childhood best friends you know what I mean yeah yeah your buddies you stay in touch on all the rest of it but then if you’re on this path and you’re both trying to be the best in the world that the UFC say hey you’re fighting this guy I love the way they handled it they said yeah sure okay let’s just touch base with one another say May the best man win and maybe I’ll see at the bar afterwards you know you look at for zeev and maybe it’s the shape that Riddell is in but physique looks small compared to Riddell like he’s not as tall looks like he can make 45 and a little tentative as well yeah not not what we’re used to seeing physique up to this point oh but I mean you heard the power on that yeah both guys have landed some nasty body kicks early both ten and one coming in tonight and if you want to see a standout performance from physiv I mean the Stop and jumping out to my channel I mean that was up there it’s one of the best oh man is Eve doing a good job of countering a little bit now if you counted that if that’s a response oh these two are throwing Haymakers everything hard early under two minutes here to go round one yeah I mean that right hand from Riddell there some power where Dell’s got to be very careful when he enters with his combination because for ziv counters with a high kick very hard skill to pull off but he’s hit him in the arms two times already Riddell briefly given the South Paul look a moment ago to physive there’s that counter again the counter right hook every time from his Eve but he’s got to be careful because that right hand of Riddell is kind of finding the mark because Eve looks so calm and patient in there look at his face just fainting moving like it’s all those little things Mike that happened inside the Octagon just like the fight inside the fight the traps those little faints to try to draw out the reaction of your opponent so that you decide what your attack’s gonna be yeah you’re right you can see the composure whereas on the flips every day looks a little tense a little yeah tense there you go good word I was going to say a little stressed out body kick starting to pile up for physiv riddell’s jab has been sharp tonight oh nice a combination from Riddell late in the round round two next Eugene bearman works very hard to prevent us from being able to hear his Corner advice to Brad Riddell as far as Nick lentz’s advice to physive Michael feels like Riddell does not like the hands yeah I mean but that was saying this week that physique has a very off-beat Rhythm you know it’s an unusual Rhythm but it’s unfortunately I have a lot of people at City kickboxing they can replicate that and give me a similar look of course they’ve also got Israel out of sign in one of the best kickboxes on planet Earth or it makes martial artists Angela let’s be honest he’s a dominant middleweight champion my word when he lets them go so fast you’d want to see Riddell commit to his jab a little bit more there it is when he commits this combination Riddell finds success but a lot of times he’ll pop the jab out there but he’s throwing it halfway almost like he isn’t certain it’s gonna get to its Target good start to round two for Brad Riddell again switching up the stances giving different looks to physique and round one is a very competitive round very close yeah physique just his his combinations pop off the page because he’s so fast neither man I mean there’s been one or two shots here but nothing too flush oh he caught him look at him he cut him with that elbow yep step in the elbow split them wide open on that last little combination along the side of the Octagon because he’s LED with a right oh right elbow I mean Brad Bedell looks sharp tonight this is the fastest he’s ever been he just landed a massive right hand over the top there yeah but look at the blood pumping out Riddell staying focused and present despite that massive cut that little left hook got his attention kind of wobbled him slightly nicely placed with a body kick for Riddell oh look at that both guys she’s boat landing left hooks there but they are fast good counter by physiv rodel throws that little kick and when he throws it he steps in with his combination it looks like he’s trying to throw a front kick but it’s very short another combination there by Riddell yeah it’s interesting because physique’s cutting off the cage he’s controlling the octagon but so that kind of blinds the fact that a lot of the time the devil against defense is actually Landing more shots it’s physique that’s cutting him off and forcing him back but Brad’s fighting very well against the fence boys are gonna need some Motrin in the morning under two minutes to go round two and you’re right DC that that gash is massive there’s the first takedown attempt doesn’t appear to be in a terrible place though not trickling into the eye at all that won’t help well both guys a little bloodied and battered as they both forecasted nice short right from physive lands now body kick what was Eve has got some real technical skills in the stand up man he’s so sharp nothing’s wasted and the footwork’s awesome you see that anytime Bedell kind of gets off the fence kind of gets to the center ground he cuts off the cage pivots he controls the cage so well this is what Riddell needs to do he’s got to be more active going forward try to get perceive on his heels a little bit opposed to being backed up the entire time see look at that though he kind of got the center of the Octagon for Zeb came all the way out and round got in front of him and forced him back again yeah very close unorthodox attack there from Riddell landed the left hand final five minutes of the co-main coming up I like watching coach Lentz work that physique yeah Michael huh that was nice work nice and calm and composed good work as well I like what he said at the end go and get it gave him some good advice but he was like okay third round Dean Thomas what do you see tonight is very close in terms of numbers and what’s actually happening but I think what the difference is is the body language physics just looks so comfortable and he looks so confident and at times bravado looks panicky and a little stiff and I think that that body language is going to be the biggest difference in terms of what the judges are seeing very well said Dean oh it’s kind of what we said before DC but look at that pulls out a takedown but physique almost up that was exactly what Brad Riddell needed that was beautiful beautiful level change great timing on the takedown got to take down let’s proceed go just his second takedown of the fight he was credited with the take down there DC if you care oh left oh got through that was a takedown by Riddell beautiful shot I mean he’s throwing everything with absolute power now this is just incredible to watch and listen to oh body and then upstairs for Riddell physique also appeared to land yeah physique landed the left hook Riddell landed on the end when these guys come together it’s not one punch not looking to just Land one shot correct everything’s in combination and you see Riddell kind of looks off to the side throws a little misdirection with his eyes and then attacks another takedown attempt defended well I mean as you said DC look at that every time they explode in a lightning fast flurry make it fast all right three minutes until they resume the friendship and this fight is so close these these combinations and these exchanges they happen so fast it’s hard oh oh he heard about it hey that is it Rafael fizzy finishes he’s still wobbly will kick nice job by Herb Dean getting in there after the seminal blow for Rafael fazebo was won five in a row right here right you see him spinning kick and it looks like yeah yeah herb looks at him and sees that he’s not there look at the eyes yeah the brain short circuited for sure I’m gonna take a look yeah yeah yeah he’s out of it though he’s out of it and physique would have landed four five six more punches I threw a lot of damage great call by her update tonight belongs to ottoman here now is Joe Martinez ladies and gentlemen the incomes officially two minutes 20 seconds round number three we have your winner by TKO Raphael Adams on