4. Brad Riddell out of his shell
With much of the attention for this event understandably on City Kickboxing fighters Hooker and Kai Kara-France, the third name to fight out of the gym who was on the card, [autotag]Brad Riddell[/autotag], was largely left out of the conversation.
He changed that on fight night.
Riddell roused the audience for 15 minutes with an exciting split decision win over a game opponent in Magomed Mustafaev. He’s 2-0 in the UFC with a win on home soil and a “Fight of the Night” bonus in his debut last year, which is a promising start.
The win was followed by a solid post-fight callout of Alexander Hernandez, and while he may not get that high of ranked opponent for his next one, Riddell is on the right track and has etched out a place as one to watch going forward.
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