PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Willy Nelson (ranked 7484 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gin Takasishi (ranked 5746 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Willy Nelson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Willy Nelson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Nelson
vs
Takasishi

162 cm
24
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

169 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid 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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Willy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gin Takasishi!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Takasishi lands but Nelson takes it in his stride.
Takasishi throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Takasishi shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nelson manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Nelson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Takasishi throws a sloppy head kick

and Nelson counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson tries to score with some ground and pound. Takasishi controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nelson cracks Takasishi with a big elbow.
Nelson is working Takasishi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nelson is chipping away with strikes.
Nelson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Takasishi dodges the ground and pound from Nelson.
Nelson controlling the position from side mount.
Nelson is working Takasishi over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson controlling the position.
Nelson could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nelson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Takasishi to see if he's OK.
Nelson landing strikes.
Nelson in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson cracks Takasishi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Nelson happy to just control the position for now.
Nelson cracks Takasishi with a big right hand but Takasishi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson controls the position.
Nelson's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Nelson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Takasishi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nelson lands a nice forearm strike.
Nelson scores with punches from side control.
Nelson is putting a hurting on Takasishi here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nelson in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Nelson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Check out the look on Nelson's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nelson working the ground and pound.
Nelson happy to just control the position for now.
Takasishi looks winded!
Nelson is working Takasishi over with some ground and pound from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Nelson lands some shots froms side control.
Nelson throws a strike aimed at the side of Takasishi's head but Takasishi avoids it well.
Nelson in side control, throwing shots but Takasishi defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson scoring with punches from side control.
Nelson is chipping away with strikes.
Takasishi parries the strikes from Nelson easily there. Nelson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Takasishi to escape.

Nelson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nelson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nelson working the ground and pound from side control.
Nelson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nelson working the ground and pound from side control.
Takasishi is being controlled here.
Further stalling from Nelson.
Nelson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nelson staying calm.
Nelson lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Nelson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nelson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nelson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Nelson scoring with punches from side control.
Nelson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Takasishi is letting Nelson control him for a moment.
Willy Nelson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson lands an elbow.

Nelson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Takasishi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nelson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takasishi can do to turn this around?
Nelson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nelson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Takasishi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nelson working the ground and pound.
Nelson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Takasishi is avoiding damage well.
Nelson taking a breather here.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Nelson is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Takasishi dodges the ground and pound from Nelson.
Takasishi is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Takasishi being controlled for a moment.
Nelson working the head and body with strikes.
Nelson taking a breather here.
Nelson cracks Takasishi with a big right hand but Takasishi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Nelson scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takasishi taking a bit of punishment here - Nelson scoring with strikes.
A lull in the action here as Nelson stalls from top position.
Takasishi is breathing heavily.
Takasishi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nelson connects with a decent elbow.
Takasishi is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Nelson is controlling him well.
Nelson grinds an elbow into Takasishi's temple.
Nelson controls the position.
Nelson lands some shots froms side control.
Nelson cracks Takasishi with a big elbow.
Takasishi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Nelson working the head with strikes.
Nelson landing strikes.
Takasishi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands some shots froms side control.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Takasishi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nelson working the ground and pound.
Takasishi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nelson connects with a decent elbow.
Nelson scores with punches from side control.
Nelson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nelson controls the position.
Nelson cracks Takasishi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Nelson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Takasishi gets caught napping as Nelson dives in and scores a takedown. Takasishi manages to retain guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willy Nelson dominated that second round.
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.

Takasishi tries a head kick but it misses.

Nelson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Takasishi sprawls well initially but Nelson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nelson lands a nice short elbow.
Still in half guard, Nelson seems content to control.
Takasishi has hold of Nelson's hands but Nelson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nelson slips a nice elbow through Takasishi's hands, connecting with Takasishi's forehead.
Nelson slips a nice elbow through Takasishi's hands, connecting with Takasishi's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nelson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nelson working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Takasishi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nelson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Takasishi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nelson slows the pace down in half guard.
Nelson thows a huge punch but Takasishi dodges it nicely.
Takasishi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nelson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nelson working over Takasishi with some ground and pound. Takasishi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nelson lands with a punch from half guard.
Nelson working Takasishi over with strikes.
Nelson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Takasishi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nelson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nelson lands strikes from half guard.
Nelson controlling the action here.
Nelson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Nelson wants to work for an arm triangle but Takasishi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takasishi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nelson connects with a nice short shot to Takasishi's temple.
Nelson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nelson lands a nice short elbow.
Nelson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nelson working the head and body with strikes.
Nelson working the head and body with strikes.
Nelson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nelson lands strikes from half guard.
Nelson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nelson drops an elbow to the side of Takasishi's head.
Nelson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nelson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Nelson is looking for a kimura but Takasishi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Nelson to get the leverage.
Gin Takasishi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Willy Nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nelson is controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Willy Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nelson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Willy Nelson!