PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mikko Takatukka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvain Sauvage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mikko Takatukka has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Takatukka
vs
Sauvage

194 cm
22
170 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

177 cm
23
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

[WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mikko Takatukka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sylvain Sauvage!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauvage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takatukka throws out the jab.
Takatukka scores with a punch to the head.
Sauvage dodges the punch combination from Takatukka.
Takatukka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Takatukka fails to land with a series of punches.
Sauvage tries to clinch but Takatukka is having none of it.
Takatukka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage throws a looping overhand right but Takatukka ducks down to avoid it.
Takatukka connects with a nice looking jab.
Takatukka circles away from the clinch attempt
and Takatukka counters with a straight right hand.
Takatukka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sauvage sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sauvage tries to clinch
and Sauvage takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takatukka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mikko Takatukka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sauvage tries to clinch but Takatukka is having none of it.
Sauvage is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Takatukka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sauvage tries to clinch but Takatukka moves out of range.
Takatukka misses with a left hand
and Sauvage counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takatukka keeps the fight on the outside.
Takatukka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sauvage has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takatukka finds it's way round the side to connect with Sauvage's head.
Sauvage is looking to clinch.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takatukka throws a jab when Sauvage was well out of range.
Sauvage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sauvage lands a jab.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch but Takatukka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takatukka is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sauvage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sauvage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takatukka.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takatukka misses with a straight left.
Takatukka throws a big shot that misses.
Takatukka moves out of range as Sauvage throws a body kick.
Takatukka is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sauvage ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Takatukka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sauvage wants to clinch up but Takatukka keeps it at a distance.
Sauvage wants to clinch up but Takatukka keeps it at a distance.
Sauvage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takatukka.
Sauvage lands with a thumping leg kick.
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!
Takatukka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sauvage tries to clinch up.
Takatukka throws a lazy right hand but Sauvage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takatukka throws a jab when Sauvage was well out of range.
Takatukka throws a looping overhand right but Sauvage ducks down to avoid it.
Takatukka throws a lazy uppercut
and Sauvage counters with a good, hard body kick but Takatukka shrugs it off.
Takatukka uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Takatukka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sauvage's hands.
Sauvage slips a straight right by Takatukka.
Takatukka misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takatukka.
Sauvage staying out of range there.
Sauvage scores with a spinning back kick!
Sauvage wants to clinch
and Takatukka counters with a series of strikes. Sauvage will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheers as Takatukka lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sauvage doesn't seem phased though.
Sauvage steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takatukka.
Takatukka feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sauvages jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takatukka is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Takatukka blocks a head kick by Sauvage.
Sauvage throws a half hearted mid kick.
Takatukka loads up on a big right hand but Sauvage slips the punch.
Sauvage scores with a kick to the body.
Takatukka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takatukka scores with a nice strike.
Sauvage moves in looking to clinch but Takatukka pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Takatukka gets tackled into the cage by Sauvage. Sauvage maintains the clinch.
Sauvage blocks an uppercut.
Takatukka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sauvage creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sauvage throws an elbow that misses.
Takatukka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sauvage lands an elbow inside that Takatukka shrugs off.
Sauvage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sauvage takes a shot to the head.
Sauvage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takatukka dodges an elbow strike from Sauvage.
Sauvage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Takatukka is keeping busy.
Takatukka can't find room to land a body shot as Sauvage controls the action.
Takatukka swings wildly with an uppercut but Sauvage uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sauvage prevents a body shot from Takatukka.
Takatukka tries a body shot but Sauvage blocks it.
Sauvage blocks an uppercut.
Sauvage blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Takatukka dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Takatukka throws a jab but it's blocked by Sauvage.
Sauvage staying out of range there.
Takatukka misses with an uppercut. Sauvage saw that one coming.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takatukka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sauvage ducks under a wild hook from Takatukka.
Sauvage avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takatukka throws out a loose jab but Sauvage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sauvage tries to clinch but Takatukka moves out of range.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Takatukka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sauvage gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sauvage slips under a jab.
Sauvage wants to clinch but Takatukka slips to the side
and Takatukka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sauvage wants to clinch.
Takatukka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sauvage tries to clinch up but Takatukka circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takatukka scores with a one two! Sauvage had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sloppy strikes from Takatukka. Those never looked like landing.

Sauvage gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takatukka.
Sauvage scores with a hook to the body.
Sauvage is trying to maintain a safe position but Takatukka gets an underhook and turns Sauvage into the cage.
Sauvage misses with an elbow over the top.
Takatukka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sauvage lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sauvage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Takatukka.
Sauvage throws an elbow that misses.

Takatukka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sauvage throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sauvage takes one to the chin there.
Sauvage doesn't manage to clinch there - Takatukka circles away.
A big left from Sauvage misses.
Takatukka circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takatukka throws out a powerful jab.
Takatukka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sauvage.
Takatukka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sauvage sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Sauvage closes the distance and clinches.
Sauvage misses with an elbow strike.
Takatukka lands a nice uppercut.
Takatukka tries to work over Sauvage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takatukka throws a head punch that misses.
Takatukka misses with some punches.
Takatukka managing to block the knees to the body from Sauvage.
Sauvage blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takatukka blocks an elbow strike from Sauvage.
Takatukka managing to block the knees to the body from Sauvage.
Sauvage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sauvage with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sauvage lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Takatukka fails to land.
Takatukka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takatukka throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Sauvage.
Sauvage doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takatukka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sauvage using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Takatukka has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takatukka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sauvage is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Takatukka is defending well for now.
Takatukka throws a punch but it's blocked by Sauvage.
A short uppercut from Takatukka.
Sauvage is trying to stall.
Takatukka lands an uppercut.
Takatukka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sauvage backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sauvage throws an elbow but misses.
Takatukka misses with some punches.
Takatukka lands with a short shot to the head.
Takatukka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Sauvage is rocked!
Sauvage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sauvage is still on wobbly legs! Can Takatukka finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takatukka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sauvage backwards.
Good body shot from Takatukka.
Sauvage blocking some punches.

Takatukka manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauvage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Takatukka connects with a looping right hand.
Takatukka throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Sauvage counter with a right hand.
Takatukka misses with an uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sauvage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Takatukka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sauvage moves out of range of the strikes.
Sauvage bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sauvage defending well as Takatukka loads up on a big left hand.
Takatukka throws a right hand that misses
and Sauvage counters with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Takatukka misses its intended target.
Sauvage wants to clinch up but Takatukka keeps it at a distance.
Takatukka throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Takatukka misses its intended target.
Sauvage fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takatukka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sauvage has time to react.
Sauvage is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jab by Takatukka.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takatukka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sauvage tries to clinch
letting Takatukka counter with a right hand.
Takatukka avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slow jab from Takatukka misses its intended target.
Takatukka misses with an uppercut. Sauvage saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikko Takatukka dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Sauvage slips under a jab.
Sauvage takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Takatukka misses with a right hand
and Sauvage counters with a good low kick that Takatukka was not able to check.
Takatukka missing with a left hand there. Sauvage was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Takatukka misses with an uppercut. Sauvage saw that one coming.
Takatukka throws a lazy right hand but Sauvage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takatukka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice jab there from Takatukka.
Takatukka loads up on a big right hand but Sauvage slips the punch.
Sauvage tries to close the distance and clinch up but Takatukka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sauvage slips under a jab from Takatukka.

Sauvage clinches up with Takatukka and pushes him back against the cage.
Sauvage throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sauvage working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Takatukka blocks the elbow strike.
Takatukka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sauvage stalling in the clinch but Takatukka improves position.
A short left from Takatukka.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takatukka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takatukka presses Sauvage against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sauvage missing with knees to the body.
Sauvage keeps control of Takatukka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Takatukka dips a shoulder and cracks Sauvage with a mighty uppercut! Sauvage falls back against the cage and Takatukka unloads with a barrage of strikes! Sauvage is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Takatukka screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikko Takatukka!