PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoshiko Takara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J - Mamma Said Knock You Out. Takara is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Heartbeats. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thompson
vs
Takara

182 cm
32
195 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

182 cm
27
202 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Calvin Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hoshiko Takara!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takara lands with a nice body kick.
Takara misses with a hook.
Thompson throws a low kick but Takara moves out of range easily.
Thompson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Thompson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Calvin Thompson has been cut.
Thompson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thompson slips a straight right by Takara.
Thompson throws a low kick but Takara moves out of range easily.
Thompson throws a good cross that connects.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takara misses with a wild body shot.
Takara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thompson digs a good body shot into Takara's ribs.
Takara goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Takara walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takara misses with an uppercut.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
Thompson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takara staying out of range there.
Thompson throws a low kick, looking for Takara's leg but Takara calmly moves out of range.
Thompson moves out of range as Takara strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Takara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Takara checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Thompson slips a jab from Takara.
Takara throws a sloppy head kick and Thompson moves out of range easily.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Takara keeps it at a distance.
Takara bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Takara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takara misses with a straight right.
Thompson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Takara misses the shot to the body.
Thompson looks to throw the jab but Takara is out of range.
Thompson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thompson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Takara.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thompson. Takara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takara throws a body punch but Thompson moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thompson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Thompson tried to score with a low kick but Takara checks it.
The fighters circling - Takara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thompson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Takara tries to clinch but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takara's sensitive parts.
Thompson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thompson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thompson throws a leg kick but Takara moved away.
Takara connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Thompson loads up on a big right hand but Takara slips the punch.
A head kick from Thompson lands but Takara takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson lands with a hook. Takara tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takara takes one to the chin there.
Thompson throws a nice head kick!

Takara is rocked!
Thompson scores with a kick to the body.
Takara is still on wobbly legs! Can Thompson finish him?
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Takara got wobbled bad by a big combination! Thompson presses forward with punches and knees until Takara stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Takara closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calvin Thompson!
A very excited looking Calvin Thompson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.