PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Riverson (ranked 1379 p4p, 972 weight class) and Mitsugu Takeishi (ranked 57 p4p, 43 weight class). Riverson's entrance music is J.Ralph - Kansas City Shuffle. A fine choice. Takeishi has chosen Kabuki Gomen-Jyo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. John Riverson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Riverson
vs
Takeishi

225 cm
41
296
19 - 27 - 0

185 cm
32
381
16 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 19 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Riverson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mitsugu Takeishi!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Riverson is defended easily by Takeishi.
Riverson shoots for a takedown but Takeishi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takeishi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Takeishi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Riverson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Takeishi has managed to clinch.
A short left from Takeishi.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Takeishi as Riverson tries to tie him up.
A right handed body shot lands from Takeishi.
Riverson is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeishi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Takeishi.
A short right from Takeishi on the inside.
Riverson is looking to break free of the clinch but Takeishi has double underhooks.

Takeishi drops Riverson onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Riverson is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Riverson is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takeishi throws a big uppercut that drops Riverson! More strikes from Takeishi and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Riverson lies dazed against the cage as Takeishi celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mitsugu Takeishi!
Mitsugu Takeishi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.