PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kazuo Takeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gipson Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuo Takeda has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Takeda
vs
Brown

180 cm
21
176 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

177 cm
26
176 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kazuo Takeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gipson Brown!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takeda keeps the fight on the outside.
Takeda swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
Takeda throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Takeda shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Kazuo Takeda has been cut.
Takeda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Takeda.
Brown throws a head kick but Takeda moves out of range.
Takeda throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
Takeda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Takeda.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Takeda pushes him off.
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Takeda throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Takeda misses with a low kick.
Gipson Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to clinch there but Takeda circles away.
Takeda is looking to chop away at Brown's legs.
Takeda throws a leg kick but Brown sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown is looking to clinch.
Takeda misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takeda.
Takeda lands with a right hand.

Brown instigates a clinch.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Brown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brown pushes Takeda back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brown digs a right hand underneath Takeda's ribcage. Takeda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Takeda goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Brown moves in looking to clinch but Takeda pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Brown clinches with his opponent.

Takeda has Brown pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Takeda pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Brown tumbling to the mat - Takeda dives into Brown's guard.
Takeda trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Takeda throws a big right hand that misses.
Takeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeda looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Takeda is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Takeda looking to hit a scissor sweep but Brown is one step ahead there.
Brown tries to stand but Takeda is controlling from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown tries to clinch but Takeda is having none of it.
Takeda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takeda just misses with a punch to the body.
Takeda scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takeda. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Takeda misses its intended target.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Takeda.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Gipson Brown will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kazuo Takeda's cut.
That's time! Takeda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Takeda circles away.
Brown tries to clinch there but Takeda circles away.
Brown walks into a jab.
Takeda lands a nice looking body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brown, right into the meat.
Takeda misses with a body punch
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Takeda thinking.
Takeda looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Takeda misses with the body kick

and Brown counters by clinching up.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Takeda's ribcage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Takeda as Brown tries to tie him up.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown lands a body shot.
Brown throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Takeda working hard to break the clinch.
Takeda tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Brown blocks a body shot from Takeda.
Brown blocks a body shot from Takeda.
Takeda working aggressively here.
Brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Brown blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown is leaning against Takeda and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brown gets through Takeda's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Brown.
Takeda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Takeda tries to score a body lock takedown but Brown shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown avoiding damage as Takeda throws knees to the body.
Takeda is trying to break the clinch but Brown has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Brown.
Brown is working Takeda over against the cage.
Brown scores with a shot to the side of Takeda's head.
Brown lands with a light punch inside.
Takeda has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brown is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nice body punch from Takeda - that landed with a thud.
Brown lands a left hand.
Takeda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takeda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Brown.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brown stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brown lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
Brown lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Takeda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brown digs a right hand into Takeda's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takeda's gas tank.
Takeda is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kazuo Takeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown presses Takeda against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brown comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brown digs a right hand into Takeda's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takeda's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown lands a right hand.
Takeda tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takeda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brown stalling.
Brown lands a right hand.
Brown lands a body punch.
Takeda misses with a knee to the head.
Brown digs a right hand into Takeda's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takeda's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brown has Takeda pressed against the cage.
Brown lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Brown trying to control the position but instead, Takeda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brown into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Brown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brown lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Takeda breaks from the clinch.

Brown clinches up with Takeda and pushes him back against the cage.
Takeda missing with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Brown.
Takeda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takeda letting Brown take a breather here.
Takeda pushes off an throws an elbow but Brown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takeda has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown prevents a takedown attempt there.
Still in the clinch, Brown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brown lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takeda up against the cage.
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Takeda backwards.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
Brown scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Takeda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takeda shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brown defends it nicely.
Takeda blocks a head kick by Brown.
Takeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Takeda thows a leg kick but Brown checks it
and Brown counters with a head kick.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takeda paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown avoids the head kick by Takeda.
Takeda misses with a hook to the body

and Brown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gipson Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kazuo Takeda's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Takeda misses with a body shot.
Takeda shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Takeda gets slowly back to his feet.
Takeda circles away from the clinch attempt.

Brown clinches.
Gipson Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Brown scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takeda lands a body punch.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Takeda gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.
Brown avoiding damage.
Brown digs a right hand underneath Takeda's ribcage. Takeda let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Takeda fails to land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takeda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takeda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown avoiding damage as Takeda throws knees to the body.
Takeda stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Brown lands a right hand.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takeda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brown avoiding damage.
Takeda tries to work over Brown's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takeda tries to land knees in the clinch but Brown avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Brown.
Takeda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takeda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown scores with a shot to the side of Takeda's head.
Brown lands a nice shot to the body.
Brown lands a knee to the head.
Takeda misses with some punches.
Takeda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Brown keeps control of Takeda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Takeda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brown is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takeda is pushing down on Brown's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Takeda has managed to sneak the leg through.
Brown blocking the ground and pound attempt from Takeda.
Kazuo Takeda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brown wants to control but Takeda is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeda trying to advance position but Brown counters by regaining guard.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Takeda looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Takeda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Takeda from controlling successfully.
Brown really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Takeda. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Takeda missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Takeda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Brown holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Takeda throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brown creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Takeda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Gipson Brown is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Takeda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown pushes Takeda back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kazuo Takeda.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gipson Brown!