PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sparring Partner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Takiez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparring Partner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Partner
vs
Takiez

175 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparring Partner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Takiez!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Partner lands a two punch combo.
A bone on bone clash there as Takiez blocks the leg kick.
Partner throws a series of punches but Takiez avoids them all with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Partner!
Takiez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Partner.
Takiez tries for a takedown but Partner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Partner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Partner lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Partner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Partner misses with a two punch combination.
Takiez misses with a takedown attempt - Partner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Partner throws a nice looking combination but Takiez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Partner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takiez dives in and grabs Partner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Partner pushes down on Takiez's head and hops out.
Sparring Partner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Takiez.
Partner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takiez circles away quickly and effectively.
Sparring Partner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Partner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Partner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Takiez closes the distance and clinches up with Partner, looking for a takedown. Takiez pushes Partner against the cage but Partner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Partner throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Partner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Partner stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Partner wants it to stay on the feet.
Partner pivots, looking for a leg kick but Takiez is out of range and Partner settles back down.
Takiez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Partner is fending him off so far but Takiez persists. Nope, Partner circles away and we're back to standing.
Takiez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Partner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Partner wants to slow Takiez down by chopping away at his legs.
Partner fails to land with a series of punches.
Takiez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Takiez looks gassed!
Partner throws a right hand that Takiez ducks under and follows up with a left that Takiez also avoids with ease.
Partner scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Partner throws a leg kick but Takiez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Takiez shoots in for a takedown but Partner shows good takedown defense.
Some wild striking there from Partner.
Partner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takiez.
Partner misses with the combination.
Takiez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Partner swivels and escapes.
Takiez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takiez closes the distance and clinches up with Partner, looking for a takedown. Takiez pushes Partner against the cage but Partner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takiez avoids the head kick by Partner.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Takiez is defended easily by Partner.
Takiez drops his hands momentarily and Partner takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A right-left combo lands from Partner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partner slaps away a takedown attempt from Takiez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Partner goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Partner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Partner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Takiez.
Partner lands a body shot.
Partner works over Takiez's head and body with a nice combination.
Partner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Partner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Partner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Some wild striking there from Partner.
Partner looks to land a combination. Takiez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Partner tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Partner is working the combinations to good effect here.
Partner misses with a series of wild punches.
Takiez dodges the punch combination from Partner.
Partner throws a combination. Takiez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Partner feints a jab promting Takiez to slip. Partner then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Takiez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Takiez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Partner is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Takiez.

Takiez clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Takiez as Partner tries to tie him up.
Takiez goes for a takedown attempt but Partner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Partner connects with a leg kick. Takiez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sparring Partner dominated that round.
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.

Danga de danga de dang - Partner scores with a four punch combination!
A combination from Partner does no damage.
Partner walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Takiez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Partner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Takiez shoots in for a takedown but Partner shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Partner.
Takiez blocks a head kick by Partner.
Partner stuffs the takedown attempt from Takiez. Takiez gets slowly back to his feet.
Takiez closes the distance and clinches up with Partner, looking for a takedown. Takiez pushes Partner against the cage but Partner circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sparring Partner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Takiez.
Partner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Partner misses with a wild combination.
Partner throws a combination. Takiez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Takiez shoots in looking for a takedown. Partner tries to sprawl out of it but Takiez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Partner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Takiez is breathing heavily.
Partner throws a leg kick but Takiez sees it coming and checks it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Partner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Partner throws a low kick, looking for Takiez's leg but Takiez calmly moves out of range.
Partner throws a nice looking combination but Takiez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sparring Partner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Partner lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Takiez backs up against the cage.
Sparring Partner is winning the standup battle so far.
Partner defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Takiez.

Takiez scores a takedown into full mount!
Takiez throwing strikes here but Partner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Takiez sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Takiez lands a nice shot to the head.
Partner holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Takiez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Partner blocking the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takiez unloads with some shots from mount but Partner bucks and avoids them well.
Takiez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Partner wants to control but Takiez is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takiez punching from mount but Partner doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Takiez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Partner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Takiez on the ground.
Takiez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Takiez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Partner because Takiez loaded up on that one.
Takiez with shots to the head and body - Partner looks very uncomfortable down there.
Takiez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Partner holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Takiez tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Takiez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Partner hang on?
Takiez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Takiez thowing shots but they're missing.
Takiez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Takiez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Takiez is landing with some decent strikes but Partner is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Partner tries to hold on but Takiez pushes him away.
Partner on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Partner tries to get out of the position.
Takiez cracks Partner with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Partner is in a horrible position here. Takiez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takiez misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Takiez working Partner over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Partner taking shots to the head.

Partner is rocked!
Takiez looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Partner covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Takiez!
Jake Takiez decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.