PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ethelbart Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Fybra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fybra has chosen Crippled Black Phoenix - Born In a Hurricane as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Takahashi
vs
Fybra

190 cm
23
190 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
196 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ethelbart Takahashi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Michael Fybra!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takahashi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takahashi works the jab nicely.
Takahashi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fybra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takahashi thumps Fybra with a low kick.
Fybra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A clash of legs there as Fybra blocks the low kick.
Takahashi lands with an uppercut that bounces Fybra off the ropes and back into range.
Fybra throws a chopping leg kick but Takahashi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fybra throws the kick towards the body but Takahashi avoids it.
Takahashi feints and then cracks Fybra's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fybra down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fybra misses with a left hand
and Takahashi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Takahashi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Takahashi checks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Fybra.
Jab, jab by Takahashi - just one landing.
Fybra with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi misses with a low kick as Fybra jumps back.
Fybra scores with a leg kick.
Takahashi avoids the head kick by Fybra.
Takahashi misses with an attempted mid kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takahashi.
Fybra keeps Takahashi at a distance using the push kick.
Fybra looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fybra tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takahashi is able to avoid easily.
Fybra throws the kick towards the body but Takahashi avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fybra. Takahashi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fybra attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fybra looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fybra throws a chopping leg kick but Takahashi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fybra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fybra looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Takahashi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fybra blocks a head kick by Takahashi.
Fybra misses with a low kick.
Michael Fybra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takahashi cracks Fybra with an open hand slap.
A leg kick checked by Takahashi.
Takahashi checks a low kick from Fybra.
Fybra fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Takahashi is out of range.
Fybra has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takahashi finds it's way round the side to connect with Fybra's head.

It looks like Michael Fybra has been cut.
Takahashi moves out of range of the leg kick from Fybra.
Fybra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fybra throws a low kick but Takahashi avoids it.
Fybra misses with a straight right.
Fybra takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Takahashi finds it's way through Fybra's defenses.
Fybra throws a wild body kick that Takahashi sees coming a mile off.
Fybra has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Takahashi.
Fybra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takahashi manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi lands with a nice body kick.
Fybra looks gassed!
Fybra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Fybra is rocked!
Takahashi tries a head kick but it misses.
Fybra lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takahashi's sensitive parts.
Takahashi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fybra checks a low kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fybra will feel that in the morning.
Fybra takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Takahashi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fybra on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takahashi. Takahashi obviously looking to wear him down.
Takahashi blocks a low kick nicely.
Fybra stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takahashi.
An inside leg kick lands from Takahashi.
Takahashi throws a nice head kick!
Fybra is still on wobbly legs! Can Takahashi finish him?
Fybra throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fybra seems to have recovered his senses.
Takahashi cracks the inside of Fybra's front leg.
Fybra's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A good leg kick by Takahashi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Takahashi lands a brutal head kick. Fybra looks out on his feet and Takahashi throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Ethelbart Takahashi!
Ethelbart Takahashi retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Ethelbart Takahashi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.