PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kazuya Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shingo Park (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shingo Park will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Takeshi
vs
Park

169 cm
20
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Carnage Fight Wear
Mustang Fight Food

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuya Takeshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shingo Park!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeshi looks to land a combination but Park avoids it well.
Takeshi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takeshi checks a leg kick.
Park misses with a wild combination.
Takeshi checks a leg kick.
Takeshi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Takeshi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Takeshi swinging wilding here.
Park misses with a body kick.
Takeshi shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Park as he avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Takeshi misses.

Takeshi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Takeshi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Takeshi cracks Park with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Park takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Check out the look on Takeshi's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Takeshi tries to advance to mount but can't.
Park wants to get back to his feet.
Park regains half guard.
Takeshi stops Park from getting back to his feet.
Park avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Takeshi.
Takeshi slips a nice elbow through Park's hands, connecting with Park's forehead.
Park wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Park on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Takeshi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Takeshi is breathing heavily.
Takeshi scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Park is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Takeshi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Park tries to get to full guard but Takeshi has control of the leg.
Park looks like he's trying to stand up.
Park has hold of Takeshi's hands but Takeshi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Takeshi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park looks like he's trying to stand up.
Park is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Takeshi seems to be working for a kimura but Park defends the submission attempt.
Park is trying to stand back up but Takeshi is controlling him

Takeshi decides to return to a standing position.
Park lands with a kick to the ribs.
Takeshi lands with a shot to the body.
Park throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Takeshi scores with a nice strike.
Takeshi loads up on a big right hand but Park slips the punch.
Takeshi checks a leg kick.
Park misses with a low kick.
Park misses with a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Park lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Park!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Takeshi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Park - the referee stops the clock and Takeshi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Park. Takeshi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Shingo Park is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takeshi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Park.
Takeshi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Takeshi scores with a four punch combination!
Takeshi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Park. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Park buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Park shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Park misses with an uppercut

and Takeshi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Takeshi.
Park wants to sweep but no luck.
Park manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Takeshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Takeshi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Park cracks Takeshi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Park in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Park working Takeshi over with strikes here.
Takeshi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Park lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Takeshi chipping away with body shots but they're not going to hurt Park.
Takeshi is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Takeshi wants to hold on but Park pushes him away.
Park blocks Takeshi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Park really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Takeshi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Takeshi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Takeshi gets full guard.
Takeshi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Park's guard.
Takeshi trying to control the position from guard on top but Park is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Takeshi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Takeshi is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takeshi preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Takeshi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Takeshi scoring with some ground and pound.
Takeshi stays in close to Park's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kazuya Takeshi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Takeshi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Takeshi throws a lazy uppercut
and Park counters with a leg kick.
Takeshi throws a left and a right that both miss
and Park counters with a body kick that stops Takeshi in his tracks momentarily.
Park misses with a low kick.
Shingo Park seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takeshi on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Park tries to land a leg kick but Takeshi saw it coming and moves away.
Park misses the shot to the body.
Takeshi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Takeshi tries to bum rush Park with a series of wild strikes but Park uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Park misses with a jab, cross combination.
Park is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Takeshi scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Takeshi scores with punches from side control.
Takeshi lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Park pushes Takeshi away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Takeshi gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Park takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Takeshi moves into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeshi working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Takeshi.
Takeshi lands a big shot there that rocks Park but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Takeshi fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Takeshi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Takeshi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Park?
Park keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Takeshi landing punches.
Park wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Park is in all sorts of trouble here.
Park's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Park is looking to get to half guard.
Park avoids a series of strikes thrown by Takeshi.
Park is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Park is looking to improve his position but Takeshi isn't that keen on the idea.
Takeshi working the ground and pound effectively.
Takeshi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Takeshi working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Takeshi punishing his opponent with strikes.

Park is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeshi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Park is still in real trouble! Can Takeshi finish him?
Takeshi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Takeshi is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Takeshi scoring with strikes but Park is staying in there.
Takeshi lands with some strikes.
Takeshi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Park tries to hold on but Takeshi pushes him away.
Takeshi with shots to the head and body - Park looks very uncomfortable down there.
Takeshi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Park wants to try and get back to his feet.
Takeshi dominating with strikes here.
Takeshi landing shots from mount.
Park is in a horrible position here. Takeshi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi with the ground and pound from mount.
Takeshi with shots to the head and body - Park looks very uncomfortable down there.

Takeshi is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Park can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Park is in all sorts of trouble here.
Takeshi landing strikes from the mount.

Takeshi is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Takeshi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kazuya Takeshi!