PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between chung lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kawakami Takeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

lee
vs
Takeda

166 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, chung lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kawakami Takeda!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lee avoids the body shot from Takeda.

lee closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
lee scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
lee moves into full mount! Takeda won't be happy about that!
Takeda is looking to get to half guard.
lee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Takeda hang on?
lee lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
lee cracks Takeda with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Takeda working to try and regain half guard.
lee working the ground and pound effectively.
lee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
lee lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
lee working the ground and pound effectively.
Takeda sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lee lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. lee lands a nice short elbow.
lee scoring with strikes to the body and head.
lee is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Takeda wants to get back to full guard.
lee landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
lee prevents Takeda from improving his position.
lee is looking to take a break and control but Takeda is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ground and pound from lee.
lee looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Takeda is trying to defend against the ground and pound but lee scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lee scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
lee moves nicely into side control.
Takeda is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked lee off and has taken his back!
lee holding on to Takeda's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Takeda is trying to stick to lee's back but lee is turning into Takeda. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Takeda's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by lee.
lee is breathing heavily.
lee lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells lee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
lee postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Takeda manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. lee manages to get himself to full guard.
Takeda preventing the sweep.

lee pushes Takeda off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but lee manages to avoid it.
lee shoots in but Takeda avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Takeda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kawakami Takeda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
lee takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Takeda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by lee.
Takeda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but lee moves away.

Takeda lands a big head kick that sends lee tumbling to the mat! Takeda takes a step backwards and waves lee back to his feet - he wants the finish!

lee is rocked!
lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Oh lee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takeda circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! lee drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Takeda follows lee to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kawakami Takeda!