PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Takashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Master Chief (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Master Chief will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Takashi
vs
Chief

185 cm
23
180 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

225 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lee Takashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Master Chief!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chief was well out of range. Poor timing from Takashi.
Takashi is breathing heavily.
Chief takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Takashi misses with a wild body shot.
Takashi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Takashi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chief manages to avoid it.
Takashi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takashi. Chief does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chief needs to keep his hands up - Takashi had a free shot at his head there.
Lee Takashi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chief throws a leg kick that misses.
Takashi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chief was well out of range. Poor timing from Takashi.
Takashi throws a good cross that connects.
Takashi digs a good hook to Chief's body.
Takashi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Chief walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Takashi misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chief swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Takashi moves into range and clinches up with Chief.
Chief managing to block the knees to the body from Takashi.
Takashi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Takashi trying to land knees to the body.
Chief can't find room to land a body shot as Takashi controls the action.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chief is trying to force a seperation but Takashi has the dominant position.
Takashi lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takashi working Chief over with knees to the body.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.
Takashi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chiefs head.
Takashi misses with a body punch.
Chief blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Chief blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Chief is pushing Takashi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chief blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takashi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chief has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chief on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chief working aggressively here.
Knees to the body from Takashi.
A nice left hand lands by Chief.
Takashi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chief has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Takashi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Takashi taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chief fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chief takes a shot to the head.
Chief struggles to land a body shot inside as Takashi controls his hands.
Takashi trying to land knees to the body.
Takashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chief is defending well for now.
Chief doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takashi looking to throw knees to the head but Chief is blocking nicely.
Takashi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takashi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chief avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chief pressing his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Takashi dominated that 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.

A swing and a miss from Chief.
Takashi just misses with a punch to the body.
Chief takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takashi cracks Chief with an open hand slap.
Chief misses with a hook.
Takashi cracks Chief with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

Takashi clinches with his opponent.
Takashi working aggressively here.
Takashi lands a knee to the body.
Chief blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chief is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takashi looking to slow down the pace here.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.
Takashi working aggressively here.
Chief misses with a punch on the inside.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.
Takashi misses with a punch on the inside.
Takashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takashi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takashi trying to stall but Chief improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Chief.
Takashi working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Takashi - that landed with a thud.
Takashi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chief avoids it.
Chief lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Takashi lands with a short shot to the head.
Takashi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takashi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chief avoids it.
Chief on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Takashi misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Chief breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Takashi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chief. That one must have hurt.
Takashi tries to clinch up.
Takashi lands a jab to Chief's midsection.
Takashi doesn't manage to clinch there - Chief circles away.
Takashi lands a jab to Chief's midsection.
Takashi slips under a jab from Chief.
Takashi is looking to wear down Chief with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Takashi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chief doesn't seem bothered though.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chief checks a leg kick.
Takashi moves out of range of the strikes.
Chief throws a shot from downtown. Takashi moves away and avoids it.
Chief showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takashi.
Chief uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takashi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takashi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Chief misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chief cracks Takashi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Takashi swings for the body but Chief moves out of range.
Chief takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chief takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chief throws a head kick but Takashi moves out of range.
Chief has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Takashi finds it's way round the side to connect with Chief's head.
Chief throws a leg kick but Takashi checks it.
Chief throws a solid leg kick but Takashi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chief.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takashi misses the shot to the body.
Takashi throws an overhand right that lands on Chief's shoulder, as Chief tries to avoid the shot.

Takashi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Takashi 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!

Takashi dodges the punch combination from Chief.
Takashi feints a jab promting Chief to slip. Takashi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chief slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Chief doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Takashi lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chief backs up against the cage.
Chief has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Takashi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Takashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chief.
Chief goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Takashi connects with the punch.
Takashi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Takashi.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Takashi has managed to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takashi is trying to stall.
Takashi misses with a knee strike.
Takashi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Chief takes a knee to the side of the body.
Takashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chief is defending well for now.
Lee Takashi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Takashi tries a knee to the head but Chief blocks it.
Takashi missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takashi lands a body punch.

Chief manages to break the clinch.
Takashi jabs Chief to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Takashi lands a lovely overhand right.
Takashi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Chief walks into a left hand.
Takashi cracks a nice hook into Chief's ribs.
Chief uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Takashi.
Chief tries a head kick but it misses.
Takashi connects with a body shot that sends Chief's belly button to the back.
Takashi swinging wildly here.
Takashi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chief doesn't seem bothered though.
Master Chief has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chief misses with a jab, cross combination.
Takashi lands a really nice looking cross but Chief seems unphased.
Chief avoids the body shot from Takashi.
Chief uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takashi.
Chief misses with a body shot.
Chief doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Takashi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takashi misses the body punch
and Chief counters with a stiff right hand.
Takashi swings for the body but Chief moves out of range.
Takashi throws a sloppy body shot
and Chief counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Chief uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takashi.
Chief is looking to score with low kicks.
The crowd cheers as Takashi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chief doesn't seem phased though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chief takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Takashi checks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Takashi there.
Chief misses with a straight left.
Takashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chief.
Takashi misses with a low kick.
Takashi is looking to clinch but Chief is avoiding it.
Takashi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takashi scores with a body shot.
Takashi looks to score with a jab to the body but Chief is just out of range.
Takashi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takashi avoids a kick to the body.
Takashi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chief can pounce on him.

Takashi closes the distance and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Takashi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Takashi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Takashi!