PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kushin Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans De Vries (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Vries comes into a darkened arena with his song building. My Ding-A-Ling kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hans De Vries has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Takahashi
vs
De Vries

176 cm
23
166 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

173 cm
21
157 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kushin Takahashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans De Vries!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Vries comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
De Vries slaps away a takedown attempt from Takahashi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Vries slaps away a takedown attempt from Takahashi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Takahashi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Vries's waist but De Vries gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Takahashi off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kushin Takahashi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Vries displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Takahashi.
Takahashi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Takahashi tries for a takedown but De Vries sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

De Vries cracks Takahashi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Takahashi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can De Vries finish him?

Takahashi is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Vries moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oh Takahashi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takahashi is breathing heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from De Vries.
Takahashi seems to have got his legs back now.
Nice takedown defense from De Vries. No joy for Takahashi on that attempt.
Takahashi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Vries. De Vries obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries is looking to slow Takahashi down with leg kicks.

De Vries has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Vries crunches a lovely knee into Takahashi's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for De Vries.
Knees to the body from De Vries.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
Takahashi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. De Vries smiles and moves away.
De Vries throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Takahashi's head.
Hans De Vries is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takahashi blocks a head kick by De Vries.
De Vries tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Takahashi shoots in for a takedown but De Vries shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
De Vries tries a head kick but it misses.

De Vries closes the distance and pushes Takahashi back into the cage.
De Vries trying to land knees to the body.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Takahashi. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Vries with a knee to the head.
Takahashi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
De Vries throws an elbow that misses.
Takahashi tries to pull guard but De Vries holds him up against the cage and eventually Takahashi drops back down to his feet.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Vries throws an elbow but misses.
De Vries with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Takahashi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Takahashi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
Takahashi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
De Vries lands an elbow inside that Takahashi shrugs off.
Takahashi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Takahashi blocks with his arms.
De Vries tries to land knees in the clinch but Takahashi avoids the damage to the body.
De Vries lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
De Vries with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vries misses with an elbow strike.
De Vries lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De Vries crunches a lovely knee into Takahashi's ribcage.
Nice elbow from De Vries.
Takahashi fails to pull guard.
De Vries lands a nice knee to the body.
De Vries working Takahashi over with knees to the body.
De Vries taking a breather.
A knee to the head by De Vries.
De Vries with a knee to the head.
De Vries scores with a knee to the head.
De Vries lands an elbow just above Takahashi 's eye.
De Vries putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Takahashi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
De Vries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De Vries missing with knees to the body.
De Vries connects with a nasty looking knee right to Takahashi's face.
De Vries is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Vries misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takahashi.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
De Vries has Takahashi pushed against the cage.
De Vries lands an elbow that stopped Takahashi in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Vries taking a breather.
De Vries throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Takahashi fails to pull guard.
De Vries tries to land a knee to the head but Takahashi blocks with his arms.
De Vries connects with a knee to the head.
Takahashi fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Takahashi jumps guard and drags De Vries to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

De Vries stands up from Takahashi's guard - De Vries perhaps looking for a knockout.
Takahashi tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Vries sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Takahashi somewhat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takahashi tries to score a power double leg takedown but De Vries sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Takahashi somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

De Vries lands with a thumping leg kick.
Takahashi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De Vries's waist but De Vries gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Takahashi off to one side.
Takahashi fails with the takedown.
De Vries throws a sloppy head kick and Takahashi moves out of range easily.
Takahashi misses with a takedown attempt - De Vries sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kushin Takahashi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takahashi closes the distance and clinches up with De Vries, looking for a takedown. Takahashi pushes De Vries against the cage but De Vries circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Takahashi shoots in looking for a takedown. De Vries tries to sprawl out of it but Takahashi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Vries manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De Vries throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vries throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

De Vries lands a big head kick that sends Takahashi tumbling to the mat! De Vries takes a step backwards and waves Takahashi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
De Vries lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Takahashi crumples to the floor! De Vries milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hans De Vries!