PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Castaneda Krishnanuevo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinya Takata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castaneda Krishnanuevo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Krishnanuevo
vs
Takata

172 cm
18
147 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
139 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Convicted

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Castaneda Krishnanuevo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shinya Takata!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krishnanuevo walks into a straight right hand from Takata.

It looks like Castaneda Krishnanuevo has been cut.
Takata jabs at Krishnanuevo's body.
Takata lands with an overhand left.
Takata throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Takata punishes Krishnanuevo's body with a nice straight punch.
Krishnanuevo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Krishnanuevo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takata misses with a low kick.

Takata looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Takata with a flurry of punches that miss.
Takata thows a big elbow that misses.
Krishnanuevo throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Krishnanuevo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krishnanuevo wants to sweep here but Takata controlling him for the moment.
Takata postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Takata must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Takata throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takata lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Takata, as that shot connected.
Takata throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krishnanuevo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Takata shoots in looking for a takedown. Krishnanuevo tries to sprawl out of it but Takata keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Krishnanuevo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Takata connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Takata finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Takata. That snapped Krishnanuevo's head back.
Takata tries to land a leg kick but Krishnanuevo saw it coming and moves away.
Krishnanuevo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The fighters circling - Takata throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takata throws a body punch but Krishnanuevo moves out of range.
Takata scores with a hook to the body. Krishnanuevo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Krishnanuevo fails with a takedown attempt.
Krishnanuevo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takata tries for a takedown but Krishnanuevo circles away easily

so Krishnanuevo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takata manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Krishnanuevo manages to get himself to full guard.
Takata throws a big right hand that misses.
Takata loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Krishnanuevo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Krishnanuevo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Krishnanuevo tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krishnanuevo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Takata manages to get himself to full guard.
Takata keeping moving, preventing Krishnanuevo from controlling successfully.
Krishnanuevo is breathing heavily.
Krishnanuevo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Takata striking off his back but it's not causing Krishnanuevo any problems.
Krishnanuevo trying to control the position from guard on top but Takata is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Takata doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Krishnanuevo looking to pass the guard.
Takata trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Takata striking off his back, scoring a few points.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Takata moves into the clinch successfully.
Takata is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Takata has had enough of the clinch but Krishnanuevo keeps him there for the moment.

Krishnanuevo manages to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krishnanuevo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Takata postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Takata with a nice head shot there.
Takata throwing strikes but missing.
Takata chips away with some ground and pound.
Takata trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Takata working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krishnanuevo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Takata takes a swing at Krishnanuevo's ribcage but misses.
Krishnanuevo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krishnanuevo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
No joy there for Takata, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Krishnanuevo feints and as Takata raises his hands in defense, Krishnanuevo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinya Takata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Castaneda Krishnanuevo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Krishnanuevo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Takata throws a leg kick
and Krishnanuevo counters with a leg kick.
Takata throws a leg kick

and Krishnanuevo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Takata throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Krishnanuevo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Krishnanuevo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Krishnanuevo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Takata defends it well.
Krishnanuevo working the head and body with strikes.
Takata flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Takata is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Krishnanuevo lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takata landing a few short strikes.
Takata landing small, sideways elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krishnanuevo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Krishnanuevo wants to pass the guard but Takata is defending well.
Takata blocking the ground and pound attempt from Krishnanuevo.
Takata is looking to control Krishnanuevo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Takata avoid being mounted?
Takata throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Takata tries to score with a low kick but Krishnanuevo moves his leg out of the way.
Takata throws out a loose jab but Krishnanuevo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krishnanuevo closes the distance and clinches up with Takata, looking for a takedown. Krishnanuevo pushes Takata against the cage but Takata circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Takata throws a series of punches but Krishnanuevo avoids them all with ease.
Takata jabs at Krishnanuevo's body.
Krishnanuevo stuffs the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Takata throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Takata throws a jab but it's blocked by Krishnanuevo.
Krishnanuevo with a poor takedown
letting Takata counter with a right hand.
Takata throws a good cross that connects.
Krishnanuevo staying out of range there.
Takata doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Krishnanuevo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Krishnanuevo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Castaneda Krishnanuevo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krishnanuevo checks a leg kick.
Takata fails with the takedown

and Krishnanuevo counters with a shoot takedown. Takata fights it but they end up in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krishnanuevo trying to control the position from guard on top but Takata is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Takata looking to control.
Takata throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Takata trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Castaneda Krishnanuevo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Krishnanuevo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Takata is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Takata tries to strike from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Krishnanuevo checks a low kick from Takata.
Takata misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Krishnanuevo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shinya Takata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krishnanuevo moves out of range as Takata strikes.
Takata misses with a straight right.
Takata jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice takedown defense from Takata. No joy for Krishnanuevo on that attempt.
Krishnanuevo throws a head kick that half lands.
Takata motions for Krishnanuevo to come forward. Takata throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krishnanuevo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Krishnanuevo walks into a jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Takata.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Castaneda Krishnanuevo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Castaneda Krishnanuevo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Takata clinches but Krishnanuevo breaks the clinch

and Krishnanuevo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Takata misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Krishnanuevo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Takata is just riding it out for now. Krishnanuevo eventually gives up the hold.
Takata trying to control but Krishnanuevo postures up.
Takata flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Takata is trying to get back to full guard.
Krishnanuevo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Takata is looking to escape.
Krishnanuevo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Krishnanuevo keeps the fight on the outside.
Good standup being displayed there by Takata as he connects with a hook.
Takata lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Krishnanuevo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Takata counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Takata shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Takata was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Krishnanuevo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Takata lands with some strikes.
Takata with the ground and pound from mount.
Takata is landing with some decent strikes but Krishnanuevo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krishnanuevo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Krishnanuevo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Takata looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Krishnanuevo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Takata lands with some strikes.
Krishnanuevo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Krishnanuevo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Takata lands a nice short elbow.
Krishnanuevo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Takata is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Krishnanuevo wants to control but Takata is keeping busy.
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. Takata connects with a nice short shot to Krishnanuevo's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takata 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.

Krishnanuevo looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Takata lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Takata throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Krishnanuevo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Takata swivels and escapes.
Good shot there by Takata.

Takata scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Krishnanuevo is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Takata scores with a couple of nice shots.
Krishnanuevo gets full guard.
Takata working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Krishnanuevo's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krishnanuevo throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Krishnanuevo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Krishnanuevo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Takata manages to get himself to full guard.
Takata throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Takata wants to sweep but no luck.
Krishnanuevo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Takata's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Takata takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Krishnanuevo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Takata has escaped the position, nice work there.
Takata manages to get back to half guard.
Krishnanuevo wants to take a breather but Takata is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Shinya Takata.
I think Takata has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shinya Takata!