PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zhen Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryuuji Takasu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Long
vs
Takasu

181 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 13 - 0

185 cm
27
194 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Exotic Animal Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Zhen Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuuji Takasu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long slips under a jab.
Takasu moves to clinch but Long breaks away
and Long counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takasu lands a glancing blow to the side of Long's head.
Takasu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takasu tries to close the distance and clinch but Long swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takasu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Long counters with a nice uppercut.
Long tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takasu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takasu slips a jab and a cross from Long.
Long wants to clinch
and Takasu counters with a straight right hand.
Takasu misses with a straight right.
Takasu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Long.
Takasu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Long counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Takasu thinking.
Takasu misses with a takedown
and Long counters with a left and a right that stings Takasu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Takasu drives through and clinches with Long against the cage.
Takasu working aggressively here.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takasu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takasu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Takasu as the two fighters clinch.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takasu can't get the takedown.
Long is pressed up against the cage. Takasu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Long down to the mat. Long avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zhen Long has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryuuji Takasu.

Long forces Takasu back against the cage and clinches.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takasu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but Takasu blocks with his arms.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Takasu looking to slow down the pace here.
Long missing with knees to the body.
Takasu throws a head punch that misses.
Takasu trying to control the position but instead, Long has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takasu into the cage.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long is breathing heavily.
Takasu goes for a takedown in the clinch but Long prevents it.
Takasu is leaning against Long and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Takasu tries to break free but Long pushes him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Takasu as the two fighters clinch.
Takasu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Takasu can't get the takedown.
Takasu tries to circle away but Long has him pinned against the cage.
Takasu is working for takedown but Long is calmly controlling the position for now.
Takasu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A body shot lands from Takasu.
Takasu lands with a light punch inside.
Takasu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.

Takasu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takasu shoots in looking for a takedown but Long manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Takasu's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A nice combination there by Takasu.
Takasu connects with a crisp jab.
Takasu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Long but Long pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takasu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Takasu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takasu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Long paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Takasu bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Takasu cracks Long with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Takasu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Long on the side of the head.
Takasu scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Takasu drives through and clinches with Long against the cage.

Takasu pulls Long into guard.

Takasu has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Long doesn't defend quickly enough and Takasu has managed to lock this one up! Can Long escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Takasu on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ryuuji Takasu!