PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Filip Decapovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tenaka Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Decapovic comes to the cage accompanied by You Want Blood (You Got It) - AC/DC. Takahashi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Get Down - Captain Tinrib kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Decapovic
vs
Takahashi

195 cm
22
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

193 cm
24
220 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filip Decapovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tenaka Takahashi!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Decapovic avoids the head kick by Takahashi.
No joy there for Decapovic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Decapovic looks to land a left hand but Takahashi moved out of range nicely.
Decapovic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decapovic slips a straight right by Takahashi.
Jab, jab by Takahashi - just one landing.

It looks like Filip Decapovic has been cut.
Filip Decapovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Decapovic. Takahashi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decapovic avoids the head kick by Takahashi.
Decapovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takahashi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Decapovic throws a series of punches but Takahashi avoids them all with ease.
Decapovic looks to land a combination but Takahashi avoids it well.
Decapovic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Decapovic is breathing heavily.
Takahashi takes a swing at Decapovic's ribcage but misses.
Takahashi jabs at Decapovic's body.
Takahashi scores with a decent looking hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takahashi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Decapovic.
Takahashi lands with a nice combination. Decapovic backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Takahashi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takahashi.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Takahashi. Decapovic shrugs it off though.
Decapovic tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takahashi lands a nice shot to the body.
Takahashi lands a glancing blow to the side of Decapovic's head.

Filip Decapovic's cut is getting worse.
Takahashi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Decapovic on the side of the head.
Decapovic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Takahashi connects with a solid leg kick.
Takahashi stuns Decapovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Decapovic sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Takahashi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Takahashi scores with a body shot.
Decapovic takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Takahashi.
No joy there for Takahashi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takahashi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Takahashi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Decapovic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Takahashi lands with a nice combination. Decapovic backs away looking to recover.

Filip Decapovic's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Takahashi lands a jab.

Decapovic is rocked!
Takahashi lands a head shot.
Oh Decapovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Decapovic has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Takahashi.
Decapovic seems to have got his legs back now.
Takahashi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Decapovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Takahashi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Takahashi throws a nice looking combination but Decapovic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Takahashi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Decapovic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Decapovic throws a combination that misses
and Takahashi counters with a huge head kick that drops Decapovic! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tenaka Takahashi!