PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daisuke Takaku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Nguyen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Takaku
vs
Nguyen

164 cm
26
159 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
165 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daisuke Takaku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thomas Nguyen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takaku goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Nguyen moves into range and clinches up with Takaku.
Nguyen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Takaku looking to stall.
Takaku keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nguyen's efforts to push away.
Nguyen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nguyen throws a punch but it's blocked by Takaku.
Nguyen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nguyen.
Nguyen is pushing Takaku up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nguyen misses with the head strike.
Nguyen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takaku throws a punch but it's blocked by Nguyen.
Nguyen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nguyen lands a left hand.
Nguyen blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Nguyen.
Stalling in the clinch from Nguyen.
Takaku tries to work over Nguyen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nguyen lands with a right to the head.
Nguyen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Takaku tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nguyen's elbow.
Nguyen lands a hook that snaps the head of Takaku backwards.
Nguyen stalling in the clinch.
Nguyen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Takaku working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Nguyen.
Takaku swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nguyen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takaku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nguyen lands a nice uppercut.
Takaku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takaku misses with a punch on the inside.
Come on Nguyen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Takaku lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nguyen backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguyen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nguyen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nguyen.
Nguyen stalling.
Takaku throws a punch but it's blocked by Nguyen.
Nguyen blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Takaku throws a head punch that misses.
Nguyen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nguyen.
Nguyen lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nguyen.
A short uppercut from Nguyen.
Takaku throws a punch but it's blocked by Nguyen.
Takaku misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takaku working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nguyen has Takaku pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takaku.
Nguyen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Takaku fails to land.
Nguyen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nguyen just leaning against Takaku, taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nguyen.
Takaku misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nguyen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nguyen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nguyen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Takaku presses Nguyen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Takaku misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Nguyen.
Takaku misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takaku takes a shot to the head.
Takaku swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nguyen gets through Takaku's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nguyen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nguyen scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takaku is leaning against Nguyen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nguyen looks winded!
Takaku lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Takaku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Takaku misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Takaku scores with a nice short uppercut.
Takaku misses with a punch on the inside.
Takaku makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nguyen has a couple of punches blocked by Takaku.
Takaku working aggressively here.
Nguyen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takakus head.
Takaku misses with the head strike.
Takaku tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nguyen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Takaku looks to score with a jab to the body but Nguyen is just out of range.
Nguyen lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Takaku.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takaku misses with a straight right.
Takaku tries to clinch there but Nguyen circles away.
Nguyen misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Takaku does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Thomas Nguyen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thomas Nguyen's cut.
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.

Takaku looks to land a left hand but Nguyen moved out of range nicely.
Takaku throws a series of strikes that have Nguyen backpedaling.
Nguyen looks to throw the jab but Takaku is out of range.
Takaku doesn't manage to clinch there - Nguyen circles away.
Takaku showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nguyen.
Nguyen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takaku connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Takaku throws a series of punches but Nguyen avoids them all with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nguyen. Takaku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nguyen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Takaku misses the target.
Takaku ducks under a wild hook from Nguyen.
Nguyen moves in looking to clinch but Takaku pushes him off.
Takaku ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Takaku pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takaku dodges the punch combination from Nguyen.
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!
Takaku slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaku misses with the combination.
Nguyen throws a jab when Takaku was well out of range.
Nguyen throws a jab but it's blocked by Takaku.
Nguyen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takaku circles away quickly and effectively.
Nguyen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Takaku misses the target.
Takaku swings for the body but Nguyen moves out of range.
Nguyen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That has opened up Thomas Nguyen's cut even more.
Takaku misses with an uppercut.
Danga de danga de dang - Nguyen scores with a four punch combination!
Nguyen misses the jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Nguyen as he connects with a hook.
Daisuke Takaku is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Nguyen got wobbled bad by a big combination! Takaku presses forward with punches and knees until Nguyen stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Nguyen closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daisuke Takaku!
In his post fight interview, Daisuke Takaku started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.