PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mamoru Takamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam The Furious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Mamoru Takamura has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Takamura
vs
The Furious

171 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

185 cm
27
220 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mamoru Takamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam The Furious!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. The Furious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takamura digs a good hook to The Furious's body.

The Furious scores with a takedown into Takamura's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The Furious advances position into side control!
Takamura is trying to escape the position but The Furious is controlling the position.
The Furious's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Takamura is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee asks The Furious politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. The Furious prefers to stall for the moment though.
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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takamura strikes from the bottom but The Furious takes advantage and advances to full mount!
The Furious sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Furious wants to take his opponent's back but Takamura doesn't allow it.
The Furious avoids the attempt from Takamura to control.
The Furious controlling the position easily from mount.
Takamura keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Takamura tries to lock up and control but The Furious gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The Furious controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura is working to get back to half guard.
Takamura tries to hold on but The Furious pushes him away.
The Furious controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takamura swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Takamura has given up his back here.
The Furious has good solid back control here.
Takamura trying to control the action but The Furious just sinks the hooks in.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Furious is hanging on to Takamura's back as he tries to escape.
Takamura just trying to survive but The Furious is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
A bit of a pause in the action here. The Furious controlling the positon.
Let's hope that The Furious has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Takamura tries to break free.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Furious controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam The Furious dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The Furious misses with a two punch combination.
The Furious blocks a head kick by Takamura.

The Furious clinches.
Takamura wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Takamura is trying to push The Furious away but The Furious has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

Takamura manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The Furious looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The Furious wants to pass the guard but Takamura is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takamura keeping moving, preventing The Furious from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Sam The Furious was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Takamura is looking to clinch.
Takamura tries to clinch but The Furious moves out of range.
Takamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
The Furious fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Takamura avoids it really well and circles away.
Takamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but The Furious paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Takamura gets a clinch.
Takamura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down The Furious.

Takamura jumps guard and drags The Furious to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Takamura has his foot on The Furious's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Furious works his way back into a safe position though.
The Furious wants to control from the top but Takamura keeps moving.
Takamura is striking but The Furious is not phased and passes to half guard.
Takamura is looking to control The Furious's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Takamura avoid being mounted?
The Furious trying to mount his opponent but Takamura defends it.
The Furious keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takamura punching from the bottom.
The Furious is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Takamura tries to roll over but The Furious keeps him under control.
The Furious is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Sam The Furious hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Takamura closes the distance looking to clinch

and The Furious counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Takamura is looking to sweep but instead, The Furious has passed into half guard.
The Furious sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takamura wants to control but The Furious is keeping busy.
The Furious perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

OK we're going to have a standup here. Sam The Furious hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Takamura is looking to clinch but The Furious is avoiding it.
Takamura lands with a nice body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takamura defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Furious.
Takamura is looking to clinch but The Furious is avoiding it.
Takamura is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam The Furious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The Furious looks for a takedown but Takamura sprawls well.
Takamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. The Furious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mamoru Takamura is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takamura closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Takamura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takamura moves out of range of the body kick from The Furious.
No joy there for Takamura, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takamura fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takamura tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. The Furious manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takamura tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The Furious gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Takamura to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Takamura got a little sloppy there for a moment and The Furious has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Takamura has managed to get both his arms back between The Furious's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Furious keeping full guard, as Takamura tries to pass.
Takamura trying to control but The Furious is working from the bottom.
Takamura might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Takamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Takamura avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Takamura wants to control from the top but The Furious keeps moving.
Takamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Furious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura wants to pass the guard but The Furious is keeping the position.

The Furious working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Takamura doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Takamura manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

The Furious working for a triangle but Takamura defends it easily.
The Furious takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The Furious looking for a guillotine here but Takamura defends easily.

The Furious had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Takamura defends it easily.

Takamura avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Furious preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

The Furious escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Takamura gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Takamura wanted to stand there but The Furious had control of the position.
The Furious utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The Furious is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Takamura is aware though and is defending well.
Takamura tries to free his leg and advance position but The Furious is retaining full guard.
The Furious keeping moving, preventing Takamura from controlling successfully.

The Furious looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takamura would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The Furious looking for a guillotine here but Takamura defends easily.
Takamura controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The Furious is looking for a triangle but Takamura pushes his legs off easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The Furious is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mamoru Takamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sam The Furious is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Takamura throwing strikes but missing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sam The Furious.
I've got The Furious 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam The Furious!