PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thorbjorn Rekdal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lion Takanori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takanori has chosen Scary as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rekdal
vs
Takanori

190 cm
28
275 lbs
27 - 6 - 0

166 cm
29
151 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160
Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thorbjorn Rekdal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lion Takanori!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takanori throws a sloppy head kick
and Rekdal counters with a nice body shot.
Takanori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takanori thuds a left hand into Rekdal's body.
Rekdal lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Takanori misses with a left hand

and Rekdal counters with a lead uppercut that lands right on the button! Takanori goes down! Will Takanori beat the count? 3,4,5 - he's up! No problem. Let's get back to the action!

Takanori is rocked!

It looks like Lion Takanori has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takanori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rekdal was well out of range. Poor timing from Takanori.

Rekdal moves into the clinch.
Takanori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rekdal misses with a punch on the inside.
Rekdal lands with a left to the head.
Takanori is still on wobbly legs! Can Rekdal finish him?
Rekdal working aggressively here.
Takanori seems to have recovered his senses.
Come on Takanori - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rekdal.
Rekdal stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekdal misses with a body punch.
Rekdal misses with the head strike.
Rekdal tries a body shot but Takanori blocks it.
Rekdal has Takanori pushed against the cage.
Takanori content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rekdal scores with a shot to the side of Takanori's head.
Rekdal misses with a punch on the inside.
Takanori trying to control the position but instead, Rekdal has worked for underhooks and has pushed Takanori into the cage.
Takanori lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rekdal cracks Takanori with a nice body shot.
Rekdal lands a shoulder strike.
Rekdal is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rekdal taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Rekdal breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takanori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takanori misses with the combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takanori misses with a two punch combination.
Rekdal moves out of range as Takanori strikes.

Rekdal gets tackled into the cage by Takanori. Takanori maintains the clinch.
Rekdal working aggressively here.
Takanori throws a punch but it's blocked by Rekdal.
A nice left hand lands by Rekdal.
Rekdal struggles to land a body shot inside as Takanori controls his hands.
Rekdal slowing the pace effectively.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rekdal.
Takanori is looking to control Rekdal's arms but Rekdal gets an underhook and turns him. Now Takanori has his back to the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rekdal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takanori connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Takanori throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rekdal.
Takanori moves in looking to clinch but Rekdal pushes him off.
Takanori tests Rekdal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rekdal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Takanori lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rekdal takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rekdal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Takanori misses with a two punch combination.
Takanori with a jab.
Rekdal takes one on the button.
Takanori cracks a nice hook into Rekdal's ribs.
Takanori closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takanori is looking to clinch but Rekdal is avoiding it.
Rekdal tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lion Takanori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takanori throws a one two combo.
Nice straight punches there by Takanori. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Takanori.
Rekdal slips under a jab.
Rekdal just misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori lands with an overhand left.
The fighters circling - Takanori throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rekdal tries to land a front kick but Takanori steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Takanori scores with a shot to the side of Rekdal's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rekdal misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takanori.
Rekdal blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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 Thorbjorn Rekdal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lion Takanori's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Takanori lands a nice looking body kick.
Takanori scores with a punch to the head.
Lion Takanori seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Takanori fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takanori fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takanori takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rekdal throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Takanori is looking to score with low kicks.
Takanori throws a jab when Rekdal was well out of range.
Rekdal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takanori moves away.
Some wild striking there from Takanori.
Takanori blocks a head kick by Rekdal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rekdal looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Takanori looks to land a right hand but Rekdal moved out of range.
Takanori tries to clinch but Rekdal is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekdal takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rekdal throws a jab but it's blocked by Takanori.
Takanori throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rekdal counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Takanori out cold! What a finish! Rekdal is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thorbjorn Rekdal!
Thorbjorn Rekdal retains his heavyweight title!
Post fight, an emotional Thorbjorn Rekdal said 'F-Man walks into the cage with Kid Torres. Oh Jesus BOOM1 BOOM! Rekdal lands a big left and a right and there out cold. Rekdal proceeds to rest his nuts on F-mans face and said "F-Can too easy"'.