PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Adams (ranked 2159 p4p, 2295 weight class) and Koba Takanori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Koba Takanori enters the cage!

Adams
vs
Takanori

183 cm
22
188
4 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
174
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Scott Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koba Takanori!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takanori gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adams.
Adams lands a jab to Takanori's midsection.
Takanori moves out of range as Adams strikes.
Takanori only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Adams misses with a hook. Takanori ducked under it nicely.
Adams misses with a straight right.
Nice cross by Adams.
Adams throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but Takanori slips the punch.
Takanori let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adams misses with a body shot.
Adams just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Adams misses the target.
Takanori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takanori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takanori looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Takanori is looking to chop away at Adams's legs.
Adams appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Adams misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams looks to land a right hand but Takanori moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adams. Takanori does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Takanori releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice defenses there by Takanori.
Adams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Takanori closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adams works Takanori's body with a nice hook.
Takanori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Despite the aggression on Takanori's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Adams tries to keep at a distance but Takanori has taken the fight into the clinch.
Adams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takanori blocks a body shot from Adams.
Adams throws a punch but it's blocked by Takanori.
Takanori tries a body shot but Adams blocks it.
Adams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Adams makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams has a couple of punches blocked by Takanori.
Adams throws a punch but it's blocked by Takanori.
Adams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Adams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Takanori scores with a hook to the body.
Takanori pushes Adams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adams can't find room to land a body shot as Takanori controls the action.
Adams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Takanori creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Takanori can't find room to land a body shot as Adams controls the action.
Adams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adams misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Adams misses with the head strike.
Adams prevents a body shot from Takanori.
Takanori lands a nice knee to the body.
Takanori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Adams backwards.

Takanori escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adams lands the left hand.
Adams takes a swing at Takanori's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori slips a jab from Adams.
Adams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takanori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Takanori swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takanori ducks under a wild hook from Adams.
Takanori steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Adams misses the jab.
Adams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheers as Takanori lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adams doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Scott Adams has been cut.
Takanori avoids the body shot from Adams.
Takanori bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takanori manages to avoid it.
Scott Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takanori tries to move into range but Adams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot by Adams.
Crunch! Takanori slams his shin into Adams's torso.
Takanori on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Takanori.
Adams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Takanori walks into a left hand.
Takanori swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Adams throws a body shot but no joy.
Adams throws a poor cross that misses
and Takanori counters with a good low kick that Adams was not able to check.
Adams misses with an uppercut. Takanori saw that one coming.
Takanori slips under a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Adams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Adams's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Takanori displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adams throws out the jab.
Takanori let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adams loads up on a big right hand but Takanori slips the punch.
Adams lands the left hand.
Adams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adams swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Takanori connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takanori manages to avoid it.
Takanori throws out a counter right but Adams avoids it with no problem.
Takanori misses with a looping right.
Adams misses with a double jab
and Takanori counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adams misses with a lunging right hand
and Takanori counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takanori misses with a straight right.
Scott Adams is winning the standup battle so far.
Adams swings for the body but Takanori moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Takanori misses.
Adams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takanori.
Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Adams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takanori.
Adams misses with a body shot
and Takanori counters with a straight right hand.
Adams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takanori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Takanori takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Takanori has managed to clinch.
Adams misses with some punches.
Takanori doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takanori lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Adams.
Takanori works on Adams's body with a couple of short punches.
Adams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takanori can do to turn this around?
Adams blocks a body shot from Takanori.
Adams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takanori tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adams's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Takanori on the inside.
Adams misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Adams.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takanori misses with a body kick.
Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takanori just misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adams.
Adams lands with a shot to the body.
Takanori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adams.
Takanori ducks right into an uppercut from Adams.
Nice uppercut lands for Adams. That snapped Takanori's head back.
Adams scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Adams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Adams misses.
Adams connects with a body shot.
Takanori misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Adams misses the target.
Adams throws a poor cross that misses
and Adams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big right from Adams misses.
Takanori takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Adams lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A head kick misses from Takanori.
A combination from Adams does no damage.
Takanori swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Takanori slips under a jab from Adams.
Adams moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Takanori.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanori walks into a left hand.
Takanori jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takanori.
Adams swings widly with a right hand
and Takanori counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Adams misses with a hook.
Adams backing away here, and Takanori unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Takanori walks into a jab.
Adams lands with a nice body punch.
Takanori drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Takanori uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Takanori on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Adams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Adams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Scott Adams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Adams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Takanori avoids it really well and circles away.
Takanori throws a counter combo.
Adams moves out of range of the body kick from Takanori.
Adams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Adams throws a shot from downtown. Takanori moves away and avoids it.
Adams scores with a punch to the head.
Takanori has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Adams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takanori manages to avoid it.
Takanori looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adams misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Takanori connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Takanori.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takanori tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takanori slips under a jab from Adams.
Takanori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Takanori blocks a jab.
Takanori let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Adams misses the target.
Adams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Adams fails to land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Takanori! But no joy.
Adams throws an off balance right hand
and Adams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takanori tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takanori moves away.
A slow jab from Adams misses its intended target.
Adams just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Takanori was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takanori counters with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Adams misses the target.
Takanori counters with a body kick.
Adams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takanori.
Takanori slips under a jab from Adams.
Takanori is trying to counter with his kicks.
Koba Takanori has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanori looks to land a left hand but Adams moved out of range nicely.
Adams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Adams throws a right hand that misses
and Takanori cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Scott Adams's cut is getting worse.
Adams throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Takanori! But no joy.
Takanori slips a jab and a cross from Adams.
Takanori appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Adams misses with a hook

and Takanori counters with a nice right hand that sends Adams toppling to the canvas! Adams scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Takanori finish him?!

Adams is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adams connects with a body shot that sends Takanori's belly button to the back.
Oh Adams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takanori slips a straight right by Adams.
Adams misses with a straight right.
Adams seems to have got his legs back now.
Takanori throws an off balance right hand
and Adams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Adams scores with a punch to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Takanori.
Adams cracks Takanori with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Takanori moves away from the strike by Adams.
Adams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takanori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Takanori let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Adams swings widly with a right hand
and Takanori counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Takanori looks at the referee who does nothing so Takanori lands a crushing right that sends Adams to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koba Takanori!
Koba Takanori decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.