PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Crass Baracuta (ranked 5715 p4p, 23391 weight class) and Takamura Mamoru (ranked 534 p4p, 634 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Baracuta
vs
Mamoru

174 cm
25
150
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
31
150
26 - 12 - 1

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crass Baracuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Takamura Mamoru!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamoru throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Baracuta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mamoru throws out a counter right but Baracuta avoids it with no problem.
Baracuta throws a body kick that misses.
Mamoru is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Crass Baracuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mamoru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baracuta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mamoru appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mamoru misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mamoru scores with a body shot.
Baracuta throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mamoru looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice cross by Mamoru.
No joy there for Baracuta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baracuta misses with a low kick.
A nice side step and Mamoru releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Baracuta connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mamoru takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Baracuta just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamoru swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baracuta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mamoru throws a right hand that Baracuta ducks under and follows up with a left that Baracuta also avoids with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baracuta lands a body punch.
Mamoru is trying to break the clinch but Baracuta has him pressed against the ropes.
Mamoru wants to break free but Baracuta has control.
Mamoru wants to get back to striking at distance but Baracuta won't allow it.
Mamoru working hard to break the clinch.
Mamoru wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Baracuta has him pressed against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Baracuta.
Mamoru misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Baracuta.
Mamoru tries to break free but Baracuta pushes him back against the ropes.
Baracuta lands a body shot.
Mamoru is trying to force a seperation but Baracuta has the dominant position.
Mamoru tries to break the clinch but Baracuta is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baracuta lands a right hand.
Baracuta lands a right hand.
Mamoru wants to break free but Baracuta has control.
Mamoru working hard to break the clinch.
Baracuta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mamoru backwards.
Mamoru has had enough of the clinch but Baracuta keeps him there for the moment.
Mamoru is trying to push Baracuta away but Baracuta has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
I was talking to Baracuta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Mamoru breaks from the clinch.
Mamoru throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baracuta digs a good hook to Mamoru's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Baracuta rushes Mamoru and presses him up against the ropes.
Mamoru looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baracuta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Baracuta has Mamoru pressed against the ropes, preventing Mamoru from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baracuta lands a nice shot to the body.
Baracuta lands a nice uppercut.
Baracuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mamoru wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mamoru can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamoru wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mamoru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baracuta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mamoru backwards.
Mamoru can't break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Baracuta.
Mamoru is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Baracuta fails to land.
Mamoru is trying to push Baracuta away but Baracuta has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mamoru's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mamoru wants to break free but Baracuta has control.
Mamoru is trying to push Baracuta away but Baracuta has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
A shot in the inside from Baracuta.
Mamoru is trying to break the clinch but Baracuta has him pressed against the ropes.
Baracuta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Baracuta blocks a body shot from Mamoru.
Baracuta lands a hook that snaps the head of Mamoru backwards.

Mamoru is rocked!
Baracuta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mamoru is still on wobbly legs! Can Baracuta finish him?
Mamoru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Baracuta has a couple of punches blocked by Mamoru.
Baracuta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Baracuta - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Baracuta fails to land.
Mamoru blocks an uppercut.
Mamoru looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mamoru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mamoru blocking some punches.
Mamoru blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mamoru blocking some punches.

Baracuta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baracuta lands a slapping body shot.
Mamoru looks winded!
Baracuta knocks out Mamoru with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Baracuta before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Baracuta picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Crass Baracuta!
Crass Baracuta thanked the fans post fight for their support.