PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ethelbart Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Vahti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Takahashi
vs
Vahti

190 cm
24
190 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
182 lbs
15 - 2 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ethelbart Takahashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Karri Vahti!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vahti is out of range and Takahashi settles back down.
Takahashi wants to slow Vahti down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice defenses there by Takahashi.
Vahti throws the kick towards the body but Takahashi avoids it.
Vahti looks to land a body kick but Takahashi moved away.
Vahti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vahti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body punch from Vahti.
Vahti lands with a shot to the body.
Vahti throws a half hearted mid kick.
Vahti jabs at Takahashi's body.
Takahashi checks a leg kick.
Vahti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takahashi is able to avoid easily.
Takahashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vahti looks to land a body kick but Takahashi moved away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vahti looks to land a right hand but Takahashi moved out of range.
Takahashi just misses with a punch to the body.
Vahti walks into a stiff left hand from Takahashi.
Vahti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi throws out a leg kick but Vahti moves out of range and Takahashi only half commits.
Vahti just misses with a punch to the body.
Takahashi looks to land a left hand but Vahti moved out of range nicely.
Vahti avoids the head kick by Takahashi.
Vahti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Takahashi.
Vahti is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Takahashi rather than just go for the knockout.
Takahashi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Vahti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Takahashi at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Takahashi.
Takahashi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takahashi lets loose with a powerful body kick. Vahti will feel that in the morning.
Vahti misses with a hook
and Takahashi counters with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vahti lands a jab to the head.
Takahashi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Vahti misses with a lunging right hand
and Takahashi counters with an inside leg kick.
Takahashi moves out of range as Vahti throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Takahashi - just one landing.
Vahti tries to land a leg kick but Takahashi saw it coming and moves away.
Vahti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Takahashi momentarily.
Vahti misses with a few strikes there.
Takahashi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vahti throws a hook but Takahashi avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Vahti.
Takahashi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vahti fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takahashi keeps Vahti at a distance using the push kick.
Takahashi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Vahti has managed to clinch.
Vahti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Takahashi letting Vahti take a breather here.
Vahti misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vahti cracks Takahashi with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takahashi.
Takahashi missing with knees to the body.
Takahashi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Vahti misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vahti misses with a punch to the body.
Vahti looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takahashi.
Vahti wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Takahashi prevents a body shot from Vahti.
Takahashi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vahti managing to block the knees to the body from Takahashi.
Vahti throws an elbow that misses.

Vahti manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vahti's calf.
Vahti just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Takahashi.
Vahti scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takahashi is looking to land body kicks.
Takahashi blocks a jab.
Vahti tries to land a front kick but Takahashi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Takahashi slips under a jab from Vahti.
Takahashi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takahashi lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Karri Vahti has been cut.
Takahashi connects with a leg kick. Vahti looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Takahashi - that will leave a mark!
Karri Vahti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vahti swings widly with a right hand
and Takahashi counters with a body kick.
Vahti looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takahashi takes a swing at Vahti's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Vahti misses
and Vahti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vahti takes a swing at Takahashi's ribcage but misses.
Takahashi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Karri Vahti will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Karri Vahti's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Takahashi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takahashi.
Vahti swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Takahashi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Vahti moves out of range of the body kick from Takahashi.
Takahashi misses with a left hand
and Vahti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left and a right from Vahti both land. Nice combination.
Vahti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vahti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vahti throws a hook but Takahashi blocks it.
Takahashi moves out of range of the strikes.
Vahti throws a right hand that Takahashi ducks under and follows up with a left that Takahashi also avoids with ease.
Vahti tries to score with a low kick but Takahashi moves his leg out of the way.
A punch combination from Vahti misses.
Vahti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Takahashi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Takahashi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vahti lands a slapping body shot.
Vahti throws a solid leg kick but Takahashi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vahti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vahti connects with a crisp jab.
Vahti gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Takahashi!
Takahashi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vahti.
Vahti fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Takahashi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Takahashi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vahti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Vahti has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Takahashi.
A clash of legs there as Vahti blocks the low kick.
Good leg kick by Takahashi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vahti needs to keep his hands up - Takahashi had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takahashi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Vahti is out of range and Takahashi settles back down.
Vahti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takahashi.
Vahti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vahti misses with an attempted mid kick.
Vahti throws the kick towards the body but Takahashi avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi slips a jab and a cross from Vahti.
Vahti ducks right into an uppercut from Takahashi.
Vahti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vahti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takahashi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Takahashi. Vahti shrugs it off though.
Vahti is breathing heavily.
Takahashi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Vahti on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Takahashi cracks Vahti with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Takahashi scores with a jab. Vahti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Takahashi scores with a nice body kick.
Takahashi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Takahashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Takahashi finds it's way through Vahti's defenses.
Vahti misses with a body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Takahashi - that will leave a mark!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takahashi.
Vahti avoids the head kick by Takahashi.
Vahti throws a leg kick that is checked
and Takahashi counters with a nice body shot.
Takahashi lands with a kick to the temple. Vahti shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Takahashi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vahti takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Takahashi lands a glancing blow to the side of Vahti's head.
Takahashi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Vahti is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vahti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vahti is still on wobbly legs! Can Takahashi finish him?
Vahti is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Takahashi just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Vahti has gone limp and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ethelbart Takahashi!
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.