PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Master Chief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Takashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Lee Takashi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Chief
vs
Takashi

225 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Master Chief!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Takashi!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chief takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chief is breathing heavily.
Takashi scores with a hook to the body. Chief takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Takashi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chief stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Takashi checks a leg kick nicely.
Takashi jabs Chief to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Takashi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee Takashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takashi thuds a left hand into Chief's body.
Takashi lands a jab.
Takashi cracks Chief with a right hand to the side of the head.
Takashi jabs at Chief's body.

Takashi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Takashi tries to throw a body punch but Chief avoids it by throwing Takashi back against the cage.
Takashi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chief is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takashi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chief has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.
Takashi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Chief lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Takashi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takashi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Takashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takashi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Takashi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chief has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takashi.
Takashi misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takashi tries to land knees in the clinch but Chief avoids the damage to the body.
Takashi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chief as Takashi tries to tie him up.
Chief on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chief being controlled against the cage.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.
Takashi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chief is defending well for now.
Stalling in the clinch from Chief.
Chief avoiding damage as Takashi throws knees to the body.
Chief blocking some punches.
Takashi lands a good knee to the midsection. Chief won't want to take too many of those.
Takashi scores with a shoulder strike.
Takashi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chief.
Chief avoiding damage as Takashi throws knees to the body.
Takashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Chief controls his hands.
Takashi lands a good knee to the midsection. Chief won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chief lands a left hand.
Takashi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Chief controls his hands.
Takashi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Chief up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chief as Takashi tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Takashi - that landed with a thud.
Takashi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Takashi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Takashi throws a leg kick but Chief checks it.
Takashi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chief takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chief takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chief needs to keep his hands up - Takashi had a free shot at his head there.
Takashi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chief tries a low kick but Takashi avoids it.

Takashi drives through and clinches with Chief against the cage.
Takashi lands a good knee to the midsection. Chief won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chief blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takashi trying to land knees to the body.
Chief tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chief avoiding damage as Takashi throws knees to the body.
Takashi trying to land knees to the body.
Takashi lands a good knee to the midsection. Chief won't want to take too many of those.
Takashi misses with a knee strike.
Takashi landing knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takashi.
Takashi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takashi tries a knee to the head but Chief blocks it.
Takashi works on Chief's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Takashi.
Takashi looking to slow down the pace here.
Takashi working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takashi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Chief has denied him.
Takashi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chief avoids it.
Takashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chief is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takashi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Takashi looking to throw knees to the head but Chief is blocking nicely.
Takashi trying to land knees to the body.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.
Takashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takashi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takashi wants to stall.
Chief content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Takashi trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takashi tries a knee to the head but Chief blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takashi.

Chief breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takashi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chief stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Takashi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chief has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chief and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Chief looks to score with a jab to the body but Takashi is just out of range.

Takashi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Takashi working aggressively here.
Takashi tries a body shot but Chief blocks it.
Chief doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takashi wants to stall.
Takashi landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Takashi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Takashi blocks a jab.
A swing and a miss from Chief.
Takashi throws a shot to the body.
Takashi lands with a nice body punch.
Takashi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chief looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Takashi digs a good body shot into Chief's ribs.
Takashi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Takashi. Chief does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takashi digs a good body shot into Chief's ribs.
Takashi fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, jab by Takashi - just one landing.
Chief misses with a straight right.
Takashi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Chief rather than just go for the knockout.
Chief takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Takashi throws a jab when Chief was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chief throws a push kick but Takashi slaps the foot to one side.
A combination from Takashi does no damage.
Takashi misses with a wild body shot.
Takashi misses with a body shot.

Chief tries to keep at a distance but Takashi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Chief swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takashi can't find room to land a body shot as Chief controls the action.
Takashi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takashi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chief holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Takashi tries to land a knee to the head but Chief blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takashi landing knees to the head.
Chief on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takashi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Takashi lands a nice knee to the body.
Chief on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takashi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chief has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chief is trying to maintain a safe position but Takashi gets an underhook and turns Chief into the cage.
Chief wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chief avoiding damage as Takashi throws knees to the body.
Master Chief has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chief has a couple of punches blocked by Takashi.
Takashi working Chief over with knees to the body.
Takashi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chief blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chief managing to block the knees to the body from Takashi.

Chief pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chief swings widly with a right hand
and Takashi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chief tries a low kick but Takashi avoids it.
Takashi scores with a shot to the body.
Takashi ducks under a wild hook from Chief.
Chief misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takashi throws a body punch but Chief moves out of range.
Chief missing with a left hand there. Takashi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chief throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takashi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chief swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Takashi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Chief thinking.

Chief gets tackled into the cage by Takashi. Takashi maintains the clinch.
Lee Takashi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Takashi stalling in the clinch.
Chief has Takashi pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takashi.
Takashi tries to work over Chief's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Takashi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Takashi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Takashi!