PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Meguru Takayanagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Takayanagi
vs
White

170 cm
19
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

165 cm
20
135 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Vitality
Unique Wear and Custom Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Meguru Takayanagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Walter White!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takayanagi slips a jab and a cross from White.
Takayanagi tries to close the distance and clinch up but White swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Takayanagi throws a hook but White blocks it.
Takayanagi fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from White misses.
A swing and a miss from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Takayanagi wants to clinch.
A combination from White does no damage.
White swings for the body but Takayanagi moves out of range.
Takayanagi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Takayanagi misses the jab.
White looks to land a combination but Takayanagi avoids it well.
Takayanagi tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
A jab from White misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takayanagi scores with a punch to the head.
Takayanagi ducks under a wild hook from White.
White fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takayanagi manages to avoid it.

Takayanagi darts in and clinches White up against the cage.
Takayanagi working aggressively here.
Takayanagi lands with a short shot to the head.

White lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
White wants to stand up but Takayanagi has a hold of him and won't allow it.
White wants to free his trapped foot but Takayanagi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Takayanagi wants to control but White is keeping busy and won't allow it.
White not doing much here.
Takayanagi is trying to control but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

White looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Takayanagi wants to control but White is keeping busy and won't allow it.
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!

White is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Takayanagi is trying to control but can't.

White is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

White is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi trying to control from the bottom.
Takayanagi is trying to get back to full guard.
Takayanagi is looking to control White's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Takayanagi avoid being mounted?

Takayanagi actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi is holding on to half guard well.
White trying to mount his opponent but Takayanagi defends it.
White trying to control from half guard but Takayanagi is working away.
Takayanagi trying to control here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
White misses the shot to the body.

Takayanagi moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takayanagi prevents White from breaking the clinch.
White blocks a body shot from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi misses with a body punch.
Takayanagi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Meguru Takayanagi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sloppy strikes from White. Those never looked like landing.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Takayanagi is just out of range.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Takayanagi throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takayanagi cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Takayanagi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
White misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takayanagi. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Takayanagi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
White scores with a sloppy right hand. Takayanagi should have avoided that one.
White uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takayanagi.
Walter White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takayanagi misses with a straight left.
Takayanagi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a double jab

and Takayanagi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
White prevents a body shot from Takayanagi.
White wants to break free but Takayanagi has control.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takayanagi misses with a body punch.
Takayanagi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takayanagi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Takayanagi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
White wants to break free but Takayanagi has control.
White wants to take the fight to the mat but Takayanagi manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Takayanagi lands with a short shot to the head.
Takayanagi can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Takayanagi struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Takayanagi misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi lands a left hand.
Takayanagi lands a right hand that snaps the head of White backwards.
Takayanagi working aggressively here.
Takayanagi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite White's efforts to push away.

White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White tries to bum rush Takayanagi with a series of wild strikes but Takayanagi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takayanagi defending well as White loads up on a big left hand.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Takayanagi tries to clinch up but White circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takayanagi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck White on the side of the head.
Takayanagi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
White swinging wildly here.
Takayanagi avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi wants to clinch up but White keeps it at a distance.
Takayanagi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
White throws a series of punches but Takayanagi moves out of range.
Takayanagi tries to clinch but White moves out of range.
Takayanagi scores with a decent looking hook.
Takayanagi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by White.
White looks to score with a jab to the body but Takayanagi is just out of range.
White takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some wild striking there from White.
White is breathing heavily.
White throws a lazy right hand but Takayanagi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White tries to move into range but Takayanagi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Takayanagi tries to clinch but White moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White swings for the body but Takayanagi moves out of range.
Meguru Takayanagi is winning the standup battle so far.
Takayanagi just misses with a punch to the body.
Takayanagi misses with a double jab
and White counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
White takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
White misses with a wild combination.
White tests Takayanagi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takayanagi moves in looking to clinch but White pushes him off.
White moves away from the strike by Takayanagi.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
White will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice body punch from Takayanagi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Meguru Takayanagi dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Takayanagi darts in and clinches White up against the cage.
Takayanagi has a couple of punches blocked by White.
Takayanagi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Takayanagi won't allow it.
Takayanagi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takayanagi looking to stall.
White has had enough of the clinch but Takayanagi keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Takayanagi.
White has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Takayanagi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Takayanagi tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takayanagi lands a shoulder strike.
White wants to break free but Takayanagi has control.
White tries to pull guard but Takayanagi won't allow it.
Takayanagi lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on White's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takayanagi stalls.
Takayanagi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takayanagi lands with a short shot to the head.
Takayanagi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takayanagi working aggressively here.
White blocks a body shot from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
White is trying to push Takayanagi away but Takayanagi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Takayanagi misses with a hook to the ribs.
White tries to pull guard but Takayanagi won't allow it.
Takayanagi lands a shot to the body.
White takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Takayanagi can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Takayanagi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to push Takayanagi away but Takayanagi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Takayanagi tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Takayanagi back against the cage.
Takayanagi tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Takayanagi back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takayanagi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Takayanagi tries a body shot but White blocks it.
Takayanagi can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
White tries to break free but Takayanagi pushes him back against the cage.

White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takayanagi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takayanagi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takayanagi slips a jab and a cross from White.
White misses with a body shot.
White misses with a double jab.

Takayanagi has closed the distance and engaged White in a clinch.
Takayanagi lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White tries to break free but Takayanagi pushes him back against the cage.
Takayanagi works on White's body with a couple of short punches.
Meguru Takayanagi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Takayanagi struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi can't find room to land a body shot as White controls the action.
Takayanagi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Whites head.
Nice body punch from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Takayanagi is stalling here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Takayanagi - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short body shot lands from Takayanagi as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takayanagi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
Nice body punch from Takayanagi - that landed with a thud.
Takayanagi lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Takayanagi.
A nice left hand lands by Takayanagi.
Takayanagi tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
White's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takayanagi taking a breather.
Takayanagi struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
Takayanagi tries to work over White's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good body shot from Takayanagi.
Takayanagi misses with a body punch.
Takayanagi lands a shoulder strike.
Walter White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Takayanagi scores with an uppercut up the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Meguru Takayanagi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Takayanagi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Meguru Takayanagi!
Meguru Takayanagi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.