PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Aman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Takka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aman kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is We Believe. Takka has chosen Kavinsky - Nightcall as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Aman
vs
Takka

183 cm
32
194 lbs
23 - 10 - 1

195 cm
31
194 lbs
17 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!

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 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Aman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timo Takka !
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aman scores with a jab. Takka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Takka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aman on the side of the head.
Takka misses with a body kick.
Aman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aman throws a half hearted mid kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Takka checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Aman blocks the leg kick.
Aman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takka manages to avoid it.
Takka connects with a looping right hand.
Aman tries to move into range but Takka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Takka moves out of range of the body kick from Aman.
A jab from Aman misses.
That kick from Aman tenderised Takka 's leg. Takka is trying to keep his angry face on.
Takka 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Aman under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takka connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Timo Takka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Aman is out of range.
Aman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aman misses with an uppercut. Takka saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aman stuffs the takedown attempt from Takka . Takka gets slowly back to his feet.
Aman ducks right into an uppercut from Takka .
Takka gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Aman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Takka is looking to land body kicks.
Aman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John Aman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aman tries to close the distance and clinch but Takka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aman tries to land a body kick

and Takka counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takka working Aman over with strikes.
Takka is looking to advance position but Aman won't allow it.
Aman is looking to control Takka 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Aman avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takka frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Aman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Takka can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aman is looking to escape.
Takka has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Takka throwing strikes here but Aman is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Takka prevents Aman from getting the reversal.
Aman wants to hold on but Takka pushes him away.
Aman is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takka cracks Aman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takka misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Takka avoids the attempt from Aman to control.
Takka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Takka scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Takka trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Takka is landing with some decent strikes but Aman is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Takka lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Takka trying to control but Aman is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takka is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Takka lands a couple of good shots and Aman has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Takka looking to break Aman's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Aman remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Takka will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

Aman is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Takka gets his way!
Takka softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Takka working for a choke but Aman reverses nicely into Takka 's guard.
Takka keeping moving, preventing Aman from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Takka dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Aman slaps away a takedown attempt from Takka , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Takka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Takka is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Takka scores with a leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Aman.
Aman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Takka 's head.
Aman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takka throws out the jab.
Aman walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Takka checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takka .
Takka has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Aman throws a leg kick which misses Takka 's front leg but catches the back leg as Takka tries to avoid it.
Aman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aman.
Takka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Aman's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aman blocks a jab.
Takka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Aman can pounce on him.
Aman cracks the inside of Takka 's front leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Takka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Aman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice jab there from Takka .
A jab from Aman misses.
Aman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Aman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takka throws a jab but it's blocked by Aman.
Aman misses with a straight left.
Aman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Takka shoots in but no luck this time.
Jab from Takka .
Aman misses with a straight left.
Takka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Aman defends it nicely.
John Aman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Timo Takka .
Aman misses with a left hand

and Takka counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Takka .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aman wants to sweep but no luck.
Aman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Takka tries to get to full guard but Aman has control of the leg.
Aman moves nicely into side control.
Takka is not content to let Aman control the position.
Aman tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Takka prevents Aman from moving into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aman is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Takka sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Aman prevents Takka from improving his position.
Aman is keen to just control but Takka is a slippery customer.
Takka gets full guard.
Timo Takka has got the better of the ground game so far.

Takka throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Takka wants to hit a switch here but Aman passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Takka there!
Takka wants to hold on but Aman pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aman is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Takka has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Takka is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takka can't escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Aman can't control as he wanted to and Takka manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Aman 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. This is the final round!

Takka changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Aman tries to avoid it but Takka manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Aman to the ground. Aman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Takka ducks under a wild hook from Aman.
Aman tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Aman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aman throws a leg kick but Takka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jab from Aman.
Nice cross by Aman.
Takka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Aman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Takka circles away from the clinch attempt.
Aman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Takka ducks under a wild hook from Aman.
Aman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Takka .
Aman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Takka 's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takka scores with a jab to the head.
A big right from Aman misses.
A punch lands to the side of Takka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aman misses with a hook

and Takka counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Takka throwing strikes from guard but Aman blocks nicely.
Aman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Takka !
Aman controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Takka sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

Takka is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Aman pulls his head out easily.

Takka looking for submissions off his back.
Aman trying to control the action but Takka is working from the bottom.
Aman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Takka wants to improve his position but Aman is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takka is still trying to improve position.

Aman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Takka sees it coming and defends easily.
Takka tries to get to full guard but Aman has control of the leg.
Aman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Takka is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Takka manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Aman is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aman trying to control the position from guard on top but Takka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aman tries to free his leg and advance position but Takka is retaining full guard.
Aman wants to control from the top but Takka keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because John Aman just wasn't active enough.
Takka moves out of range of the body kick.
Aman scores with a decent looking hook.
Takka works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crunch! Takka slams his shin into Aman's torso.
Takka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Takka 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aman's calf.
Takka misses with a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Aman.
I think Aman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... John Aman!
An out of breath John Aman thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.