PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Timo Takka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Pitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takka comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonforce - Dawn Over a New World. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Takka
vs
Pitt

195 cm
22
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
192 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!
Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timo Takka !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stu Pitt!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takka looks to land a combination but Pitt avoids it well.
Pitt thumps Takka with a low kick.
Pitt throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Takka throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Takka fakes the leg kick and cracks Pitt in the body.
Pitt tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pitt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pitt closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pitt scores with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pitt. That's going to slow Takka down.
Pitt throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Takka 's head.

Takka throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Pitt was covering up waiting for the punch and Takka finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Takka is breathing heavily.
Takka tries to free his leg and advance position but Pitt is retaining full guard.
Takka will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Pitt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitt is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pitt looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Takka wants to control from the top but Pitt keeps moving.

That's two 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pitt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pitt fails in his attempt to clinch.

Pitt darts in and clinches Takka up against the cage.

Pitt breaks from the clinch.
Pitt lands with a straight right. Takka didn't see that one coming.
Pitt connects with an inside leg kick.
Takka takes one on the button.
Takka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pitt defends it nicely.
Stu Pitt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takka stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pitt.
Pitt throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pitt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takka manages to avoid it.

Pitt clinches up with Takka and pushes him back against the cage.
Pitt tries to land a knee to the head but Takka blocks with his arms.
Pitt putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Takka in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Pitt.
Pitt just leaning against Takka , taking a breather.
Pitt lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Takka .
Pitt stalls.
Pitt scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitt is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Takka takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pitt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Takka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Takka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Takka or not.
Pitt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pitt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pitt lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Pitt.
Pitt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pitt content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pitt.
Pitt is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Takka managing to block the knees to the body from Pitt.
Takka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pitt has him pressed against the cage.
Pitt leaning against his opponent.
Takka takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takka avoiding damage as Pitt throws knees to the body.
Takka is trying to break the clinch but Pitt has him pressed against the cage.
Pitt trying to land knees to the body.
Pitt keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Takka 's efforts to push away.
Pitt has Takka pushed against the cage.

Takka manages to break the clinch.
Takka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pitt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pitt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takka takes one to the chin there.
Pitt lands a two punch combo.
Pitt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pitt tries to clinch there but Takka circles away.
Pitt throws a head kick but Takka moves out of range.

Takka gets tackled into the cage by Pitt. Pitt maintains the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pitt landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pitt with a knee to the head.
Pitt throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pitt.
Takka takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Pitt dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pitt drives through and clinches with Takka against the cage.
Takka avoiding damage as Pitt throws knees to the body.
Takka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hook to the body lands for Pitt.
Takka is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pitt gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pitt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Takka is defending well for now.
Pitt unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pitt scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pitt.
Pitt is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pitt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pitt lands a knee to the body.
Pitt digs a right hand into Takka 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takka 's gas tank.
Pitt crunches a lovely knee into Takka 's ribcage.
Pitt has Takka pushed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Pitt.
Pitt effectively controlling the action here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pitt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pitt lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knees to the body from Pitt.
Pitt just leaning against Takka , taking a breather.
Takka takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitt is pushing Takka up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hand to the body from Pitt.
Come on Pitt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Stu Pitt.
Pitt tries to clinch but Takka moves out of range.
Takka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pitt looks to land a combination but Takka avoids it well.
Takka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pitt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Pitt misses.
Pitt lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Takka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pitt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Takka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takka just misses with a punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Pitt.
Pitt cracks the inside of Takka 's front leg.
Takka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pitt.
Pitt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takka . That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pitt lands a nice looking kick to the body. Takka takes a step back to recover.
Pitt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takka 's sensitive parts.
Pitt chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pitt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pitt moves into the clinch.
Pitt lands a good knee to the midsection. Takka won't want to take too many of those.
Pitt crunches a lovely knee into Takka 's ribcage.
Pitt scores with a hook to the body.
Pitt looking to throw knees to the head but Takka is blocking nicely.

Pitt breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takka avoids the head kick by Pitt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pitt scores with a nice body kick.
Pitt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitt tries to clinch up.
A head kick from Pitt lands but Takka takes it in his stride.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pitt.
Pitt darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pitt throws a leg kick which misses Takka 's front leg but catches the back leg as Takka tries to avoid it.
Takka keeps the fight on the outside.
Takka lands a jab to Pitt's midsection.
Pitt connects with a leg kick. Takka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pitt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pitt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pitt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Takka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good leg kick by Pitt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pitt cracks Takka with a good jab.
Takka doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Takka takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Pitt clinches up against the cage.
Pitt scores a nice knee to the body.
Takka being controlled against the cage.
Pitt looking to slow down the pace here.
Pitt has Takka pressed against the cage, preventing Takka from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pitt keeps control of Takka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pitt lands a body punch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pitt - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pitt lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Pitt.
Pitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Takka or not.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pitt utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stu Pitt seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A bit of stalling here from Pitt.
Good body shot from Pitt.

Pitt manages to break the clinch.
Pitt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Pitt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Takka takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Takka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pitt scores with a leg kick.
Takka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pitt lands a leg kick that knocks Takka off balance momentarily.
Pitt misses with a wild combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pitt.
Pitt connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Good leg kick by Pitt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pitt lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitt tries to clinch but Takka moves out of range.
Takka dodges the punch combination from Pitt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pitt is looking to clinch but Takka is avoiding it.
Pitt looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Takka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Pitt.
Stu Pitt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pitt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pitt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takka 's sensitive parts.
Pitt lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pitt scores with a shot to the body.
Pitt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pitt is looking to slow Takka down with leg kicks.
Takka will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pitt lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Takka avoids the body shot from Pitt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pitt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pitt throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
An inside leg kick from Takka misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pitt. That's going to slow Takka down.
Pitt thumps Takka with a low kick.
Pitt misses with a head kick.
Pitt fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pitt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takka swats away the attempt to clinch by Pitt.
Timo Takka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pitt throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takka on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pitt. Pitt obviously looking to wear him down.
Pitt lands a leg kick that knocks Takka off balance momentarily.

Pitt clinches.
Pitt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takka up against the cage.

Pitt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pitt tries to clinch but Takka moves out of range.

Pitt clinches up with Takka and pushes him back against the cage.
Stu Pitt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Takka wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pitt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Pitt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pitt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pitt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pitt thuds a left hand into Takka 's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pitt closes the distance and pushes Takka back into the cage.
Pitt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Takka is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Pitt.
Takka managing to block the knees to the body from Pitt.
Pitt landing knees to the body.
Takka misses with a knee strike.
A bit of stalling here from Pitt.
A short body shot lands from Pitt as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Pitt.
Pitt keeps control of Takka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pitt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Come on Pitt - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pitt tries to land knees in the clinch but Takka avoids the damage to the body.
Pitt is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Takka or not.
Pitt landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pitt is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Takka is trying to push Pitt away but Pitt has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pitt unloads a knee to the mid-section. Takka lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pitt digs a right hand underneath Takka 's ribcage. Takka let out a lung full of air as it connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takka tries to circle away but Pitt has him pinned against the cage.
Pitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Takka or not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pitt obliges.
Pitt crunches a lovely knee into Takka 's ribcage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stu Pitt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pitt winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 25:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stu Pitt!