PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Donnie O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichi Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Brien comes to the cage accompanied by Rocky Road to Dublin. Donnie O Brien has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

O Brien
vs
Takeshi

172 cm
35
142 lbs
35 - 17 - 1

155 cm
25
138 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hellraiser FightGear

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 35 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Donnie O Brien !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ichi Takeshi!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Takeshi looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Takeshi throws a big elbow that misses.

O Brien is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Takeshi defends well.
O Brien is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Takeshi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Brien tries to land a sweep but no joy.
O Brien preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Takeshi postures up and lands a big shot to O Brien 's brow.
Takeshi won't allow O Brien to sweep him here.
Takeshi looking to pass the guard.

O Brien has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Takeshi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takeshi tries to free his leg and advance position but O Brien is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeshi trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but O Brien manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Takeshi keeping moving, preventing O Brien from controlling successfully.

Takeshi is looking to cinch up a triangle. O Brien throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Takeshi's body to avoid the submission. Takeshi has instead reached around O Brien 's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Takeshi arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ichi Takeshi!
During a confident post fight interview, Ichi Takeshi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.