PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Pak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juka Takeusi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pak
vs
Takeusi

185 cm
22
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

220 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alex Pak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juka Takeusi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pak keeps the fight on the outside.
Takeusi tries to clinch up but Pak circles away and keeps his distance.
Pak avoids a punch combination nicely.

Takeusi has managed to clinch.
Takeusi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pak lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Juka Takeusi has been cut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pak.
Takeusi is trying to break the clinch but Pak has him pressed against the cage.
Pak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takeusi takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pak just misses with a elbow thrown towards Takeusi's brow.
Takeusi blocks an elbow strike.
Pak creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Takeusi's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeusi looking to stall.
Pak trying to land knees to the body.
Pak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takeusi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pak misses with an elbow over the top.
Pak crunches a lovely knee into Takeusi's ribcage.
Pak throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pak works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pak lands a nice knee to the body.
Takeusi looks gassed!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A knee to the head by Pak.
Pak lands with a short shot to the head.
Pak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Pak.
Pak lands a damaging elbow.
Pak throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pak is struggling to control the position.
Pak stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pak scores with a shot to the side of Takeusi's head.
Pak lands an elbow inside that Takeusi shrugs off.
Pak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Takeusi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pak scores with a knee to the head.
Pak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Pak.
A short uppercut from Pak.
Pak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Takeusi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pak smiles and moves away.
Takeusi misses with a hook.

Pak moves into the clinch successfully.
Pak lands a knee to the head.
Pak presses Takeusi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Takeusi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Alex Pak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juka Takeusi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takeusi backwards.
Pak misses with a knee to the head.
Pak lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Takeusi's face.
Pak lands a nice uppercut.
Pak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pak comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Takeusi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pak avoids the elbow strike from Takeusi, against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pak obliges.
Pak lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Pak dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juka Takeusi'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.

Pak throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Takeusi.

Pak gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alex Pak has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pak creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Takeusi takes an elbow to the temple.
Pak has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pak with a knee to the head.
Pak has Takeusi pressed against the cage, preventing Takeusi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Takeusi working hard to break the clinch.
Pak lands a nice elbow.
Takeusi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeusi wants to get back to striking at distance but Pak won't allow it.

Takeusi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice combination there by Takeusi.
Takeusi is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeusi throws a wild body kick that Pak sees coming a mile off.
Takeusi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pak.
Takeusi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Takeusi tries to clinch but Pak is having none of it.
Takeusi tries to clinch up.
Takeusi keeps the fight on the outside.
Pak throws a lazy head kick
and Takeusi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Pak here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Takeusi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Takeusi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeusi throws a right hand that Pak ducks under and follows up with a left that Pak also avoids with ease.
Takeusi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pak holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takeusi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Pak.

That has opened up Juka Takeusi's cut even more.
Pak with a knee to the head.
Pak lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pak misses with a knee strike.
Knees to the body from Pak.
Pak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Takeusi blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pak pushes off an throws an elbow but Takeusi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pak lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pak using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Takeusi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pak keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takeusi's efforts to push away.
Pak tries a knee to the head but Takeusi blocks it.
Pak pushes Takeusi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pak scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Pak.
Pak is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pak is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Pak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takeusi is trying to break the clinch but Pak is controlling him.
Pak misses with a knee to the head.

Takeusi breaks from the clinch.
Pak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Takeusi can do to turn this around?
Takeusi misses the shot to the body.
Pak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takeusi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pak looks to land a combination but Takeusi avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Pak dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Juka Takeusi's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Pak clinches up with Takeusi and pushes him back against the cage.
Takeusi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Takeusi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takeusi misses with a two punch combination.
Takeusi throws a low kick but Pak moves out of range easily.
No joy there for Takeusi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takeusi avoids the head kick by Pak.
Pak is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Juka Takeusi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pak fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeusi lands a nice shot that snaps Pak's head back.
Takeusi throws a nice looking combination but Pak bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Juka Takeusi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Takeusi. Those never looked like landing.
Pak moves in looking to clinch but Takeusi pushes him off.
Alex Pak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takeusi fails to land with a series of punches.
Pak wants to clinch up but Takeusi keeps it at a distance.
Pak lands a jab-cross combination.

Takeusi tries to keep at a distance but Pak has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pak misses with a knee to the head.
Takeusi is trying to force a seperation but Pak has the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pak scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pak crunches a lovely knee into Takeusi's ribcage.
Pak landing knees to the head.
Pak lands an elbow that stopped Takeusi in his tracks for a moment.
Takeusi tries to break the clinch but Pak is controlling the position.
Pak connects with a knee to the head.
Pak lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Pak.
Pak scores with a shot to the side of Takeusi's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pak pushes Takeusi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pak lands a knee to the body.
Pak lands an elbow just above Takeusi 's eye.
A knee to the head by Pak.
Pak gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pak looking to throw knees to the head but Takeusi is blocking nicely.
Takeusi is looking to break free of the clinch but Pak has double underhooks.
Pak scores a nice knee to the body.
Pak connects with a nasty looking knee right to Takeusi's face.
Pak can't find room to land a body shot as Takeusi controls the action.
Pak looking to throw knees to the head but Takeusi is blocking nicely.
Pak misses with a knee strike.
Takeusi is looking to control Pak's arms but Pak gets an underhook and turns him. Now Takeusi has his back to the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pak lands an uppercut.
Takeusi tries for a takedown but Pak manages to get underhooks.
Pak putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Takeusi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pak lands a body shot.
Pak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pak.
Takeusi is trying to force a seperation but Pak has the dominant position.
Pak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Takeusi blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takeusi is trying to break the clinch but Pak has him pressed against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takeusi.
Juka Takeusi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alex Pak is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pak blocks the elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Pak showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pak, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Pak!