PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joshua Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seto Takiama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seto Takiama has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kang
vs
Takiama

150 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
21
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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, Joshua Kang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seto Takiama!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Takiama gets tackled into the cage by Kang. Kang maintains the clinch.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takiama's defenses.

It looks like Seto Takiama has been cut.
Kang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takiama blocks an elbow strike.
Takiama is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Takiama blocks an elbow strike from Kang.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takiama's brow.
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Takiama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takiama blocks the elbow strike.
Takiama goes for a takedown attempt but Kang pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Kang takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Takiama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takiama's defenses.
Kang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takiama takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takiama takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kang throws an elbow but misses.
Takiama tries for a takedown but Kang manages to get underhooks.
Joshua Kang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seto Takiama.
Takiama goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kang prevents it.
Kang throws an elbow but it misses.
Takiama avoids the elbow strike from Kang, against the cage.
Takiama takes an elbow to the temple.
Takiama avoids a wild elbow strike from Kang.
Kang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kang lands an elbow inside.
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Takiama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kang throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kang.
Nice elbow from Kang.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kang throws an elbow but misses.
Kang lands a nice elbow.
Kang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takiama's brow.
Kang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kang lands an elbow inside that Takiama shrugs off.
Takiama is looking to take this one to the mat.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kang throws an elbow but misses.
Kang throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Takiama fails to pull guard.
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Takiama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kang throws an elbow but misses.
Takiama dodges an elbow strike from Kang.
Kang lands a damaging elbow.
Kang prevents a takedown attempt there.
Takiama blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takiama's brow.
Kang lands an elbow inside that Takiama shrugs off.
Kang lands a nice elbow.
Takiama blocks the elbow strike.
Kang lands an elbow inside that Takiama shrugs off.
Takiama is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kang gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kang stops a takedown attempt from Takiama.
Kang lands an elbow inside.
Kang lands an elbow inside that Takiama shrugs off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takiama is looking to take this one to the mat.
Takiama looks winded!
Takiama takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takiama's brow.
Kang lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kang throws an elbow but misses.
Kang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Seto Takiama's cut even more.
Kang lands an elbow that stopped Takiama in his tracks for a moment.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takiama's defenses.
Takiama avoids the elbow strike from Kang, against the cage.
Kang throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kang throws an elbow that misses.
Takiama avoids the elbow strike from Kang, against the cage.
Takiama avoids the elbow strike from Kang, against the cage.
Kang lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua Kang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seto Takiama's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kang moves into the clinch.
Kang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takiama can do to turn this around?
Takiama drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Takiama has Kang pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kang manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takiama avoids the elbow strike from Kang, against the cage.
Kang creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takiama's defenses.
Nice elbow from Kang.
Takiama is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kang to keep the fight standing.
Joshua Kang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seto Takiama.
Takiama blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takiama is looking for a takedown.
Kang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takiama takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kang lands an elbow just above Takiama 's eye.
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Takiama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kang lands an elbow inside.
Kang pushes off an throws an elbow but Takiama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Takiama takes an elbow to the forehead.

The cut above Seto Takiama's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kang creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kang lands an elbow inside that Takiama shrugs off.

Takiama is rocked!
Takiama is breathing heavily.
Kang misses with an elbow strike.
Takiama is still on wobbly legs! Can Kang finish him?
Kang throws an elbow but it misses.
Kang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takiama seems to have recovered his senses.
Takiama avoids a wild elbow strike from Kang.
Takiama blocks the elbow strike.
Takiama avoids a wild elbow strike from Kang.
Takiama avoids a wild elbow strike from Kang.
Kang comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Seto Takiama's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nice elbow from Kang.
Takiama looking to stall.
Takiama dodges an elbow strike from Kang.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kang lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kang.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Seto Takiama's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joshua Kang!