PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Austin Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tetsuya Takimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Justice
vs
Takimoto

175 cm
22
168 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

176 cm
23
161 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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5th Round

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Austin Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tetsuya Takimoto!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takimoto throws a series of punches but Justice avoids them all with ease.
Takimoto lands a slapping body shot.
Takimoto slaps away a takedown attempt from Justice, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Justice shoots for a double leg takedown but Takimoto sprawls well. He's pushed Justice's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Takimoto misses with a wild combination.
Justice fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice misses with a straight left.
Justice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Takimoto gets caught flat footed, as Justice shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takimoto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Justice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justice works his way to full guard. Good work.
Justice looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Takimoto is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takimoto tries to free his leg and advance position but Justice is retaining full guard.
Takimoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Justice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Justice had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Takimoto is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Justice Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Takimoto's back instead.
Takimoto tries to break free.

Justice is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Takimoto knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Takimoto for a finish.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Justice keeps control of the position as Takimoto tries to break free.

Justice is looking for the choke from the back position but Takimoto is controlling his hands well.
Takimoto has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Justice is hanging on to Takimoto's back as he tries to escape.
Takimoto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Takimoto tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Justice goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Takimoto turns into him and now he's in Justice's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Justice is breathing heavily.

Justice working for submissions but it's allowed Takimoto to get to half guard.
Takimoto trying to pass the guard but Justice defending well.
Justice wants to improve his position but Takimoto is controlling well.
Takimoto is looking to take a break and control but Justice is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Takimoto content to control rather than advance.
Justice tries to get to full guard but Takimoto has control of the leg.
Takimoto trying to control the action but Justice is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Takimoto wants to stand up but Justice is controlling the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Takimoto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tetsuya Takimoto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Takimoto misses with a wild combination.
Takimoto throws a nice looking combination but Justice bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Takimoto drops his hands momentarily and Justice takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Takimoto takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Takimoto lands an overhand right.
Justice throws a body punch but Takimoto moves out of range.
Takimoto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Takimoto slips under a jab.
Justice fails with a takedown attempt.
Takimoto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Justice throws out the jab.
Takimoto misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Takimoto misses.
Justice scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Justice is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Takimoto.
Tetsuya Takimoto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takimoto slaps away a takedown attempt from Justice, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Justice ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takimoto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Takimoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Justice.
Justice throws a shot from downtown. Takimoto moves away and avoids it.
Takimoto scores with a shot to the body.
Tetsuya Takimoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takimoto lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Takimoto.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takimoto tries to bum rush Justice with a series of wild strikes but Justice uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Justice lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Justice has closed the distance and engaged Takimoto in a clinch.
Takimoto scores with a shot to the side of Justice's head.

Takimoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takimoto throws a series of punches but Justice avoids them all with ease.
Takimoto stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Justice tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takimoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Takimoto scores with a three punch combo!
Justice takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Takimoto scores with a jab to the head.
Takimoto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Justice was well out of range. Poor timing from Takimoto.
Takimoto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takimoto scores with a one two! Justice had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takimoto looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Takimoto connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takimoto scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Justice shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Takimoto but Takimoto pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Takimoto clobbers Justice with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Justice closes the distance and clinches up with Takimoto, looking for a takedown. Justice pushes Takimoto against the cage but Takimoto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Takimoto connects with a crisp jab.
Takimoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takimoto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Takimoto cracks a nice hook into Justice's ribs.
Takimoto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Justice misses with a hook. Takimoto ducked under it nicely.
Takimoto throws a right hand that Justice ducks under and follows up with a left that Justice also avoids with ease.
Takimoto lands with an overhand left.
Takimoto defending well as Justice loads up on a big left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Justice looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takimoto defending well as Justice loads up on a big left hand.
Takimoto swinging wilding here.
A shot to de liver by Takimoto. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Takimoto finds it's way through Justice's defenses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Takimoto.
Takimoto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justice throws a hook to the side of Takimoto's head but Takimoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Justice tries to clinch up but Takimoto circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab by Takimoto.
Justice looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Takimoto is fending him off so far but Justice persists. Nope, Takimoto circles away and we're back to standing.
Justice throws out a loose jab but Takimoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takimoto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Justice doesn't seem bothered though.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Takimoto shows good takedown defense.
Takimoto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Takimoto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Justice throws an overhand right that lands on Takimoto's shoulder, as Takimoto tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Takimoto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takimoto lands a right hook to the body.
Takimoto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Justice.
Takimoto looks to land a combination. Justice sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Takimoto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Justice throws the left hand but Takimoto avoids the punch easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Takimoto!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justice takes one to the chin there.

Justice is rocked!
Takimoto lands with a right that hurts Justice. Justice looks to clinch but Takimoto throws a short knee that drops Justice. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Tetsuya Takimoto!