PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Bounty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toma Takahara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Bounty
vs
Takahara

185 cm
27
194 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

200 cm
28
190 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mark Bounty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Toma Takahara!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bounty throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bounty misses with a head kick.
Bounty throws a low kick, looking for Takahara's leg but Takahara calmly moves out of range.
Takahara sizes up Bounty with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Takahara misses with a hook.
Takahara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bounty.
Takahara tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Bounty holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Takahara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takahara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bounty takes a knee right on the jaw!
Takahara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bounty working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Takahara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bounty avoids it.
Takahara avoids the elbow strike from Bounty, against the cage.
Takahara lands with a left to the head.
Takahara avoids a wild elbow strike from Bounty.
Takahara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bounty throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahara tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Takahara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takahara tries to work over Bounty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takahara misses with a knee to the head.
Takahara lands a nice uppercut.
Bounty managing to block the knees to the body from Takahara.
Bounty throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bounty on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takahara dodges an elbow strike from Bounty.
Bounty prevents a body shot from Takahara.
Bounty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takahara is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bounty pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Takahara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takahara missing with knees to the body.
Takahara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bounty lands a damaging elbow.
Bounty comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bounty prevents a body shot from Takahara.
Bounty scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bounty scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takahara drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bounty gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bounty creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bounty lands an elbow inside that Takahara shrugs off.
Bounty lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bounty lands a left hand.

Takahara is rocked!
Bounty has Takahara pressed against the cage. He pushes Takahara back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Bounty throws a beautiful elbow that sends Takahara crashing to the floor! Bounty piles on the pressure with more strikes! Takahara is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Bounty!
A victorious Mark Bounty thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.