PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Goncalves (ranked 638 p4p, 2270 weight class) and Takeshi Takamura (ranked 77 p4p, 250 weight class). Guilherme Goncalves has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Goncalves
vs
Takamura

178 cm
24
155
12 - 4 - 0

173 cm
24
155
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Hardcore Alchemy
HARDCORE

Conviction

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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Guilherme Goncalves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Takamura!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Goncalves misses the shot to the body.
Goncalves lands with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Goncalves.
An inside leg kick from Goncalves misses.
Takamura is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goncalves throws a body shot but no joy.
Goncalves's jab looks to have found its range, popping Takamura under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goncalves swings away with a body shot that misses
and Takamura counters with a leg kick.
Goncalves with a jab.
Takamura is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Goncalves.
Takamura gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Takamura is rocked!
Goncalves is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Goncalves shuts the power down on Takamura. Lights out, game over! Goncalves is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Guilherme Goncalves!
Guilherme Goncalves 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.