PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danger Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Johansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Takeshi
vs
Johansson

190 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Shinryaku MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danger Takeshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Johansson!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeshi swings for the body but Johansson moves out of range.
Takeshi cracks the inside of Johansson's front leg.
Johansson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takeshi.
Johansson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Takeshi misses with a wild body shot.
Johansson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takeshi throws out the jab.

Johansson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Takeshi stops a takedown attempt from Johansson.

Takeshi tightens his grip and picks Johansson up, before dumping him to the ground. Johansson manages to land in guard.
Takeshi wants to control from the top but Johansson keeps moving.
Johansson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Takeshi wants to pass the guard but Johansson is keeping the position.
Johansson trying to control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Johansson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Takeshi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Johansson is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Takeshi stopping the sweep attempt from Johansson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johansson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Takeshi manages to get himself to full guard.
Takeshi lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Johansson!
Johansson is trying desperately to improve position.
Johansson tries to hold on but Takeshi pushes him away.
Takeshi content just to control the position here.
Johansson is looking to get to half guard.
Johansson tries to hold on but Takeshi pushes him away.
Takeshi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Johansson tries to lock up and control but Takeshi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi looking to control but Johansson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Johansson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Johansson is looking to get to half guard.
Johansson looks gassed!
Takeshi lands a nice shot to the head.
Johansson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Takeshi avoids the attempt from Johansson to control.
Takeshi controlling the position easily from mount.
Johansson bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Takeshi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johansson wants to control from the top but Takeshi keeps moving.
Johansson preventing the sweep.
Johansson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Takeshi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johansson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johansson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Johansson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Takeshi is keeping the position for now.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Takeshi changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Johansson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Johansson tries to improve position but can't.
Takeshi happy to just control the position for now.
Johansson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi controlling from mount.
Takeshi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Johansson on the ground.
Takeshi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Takeshi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johansson hang on?
Takeshi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
You get the feeling that Johansson really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi content just to control the position here.
Takeshi punishing his opponent with strikes.
Takeshi controlling from mount.
Takeshi has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Danger Takeshi just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Takeshi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takeshi swings for the body but Johansson moves out of range.
Johansson fails with the takedown.
Takeshi throws a pinpoint strike between Johansson's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Johansson crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Takeshi scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Danger Takeshi!