PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Yuki Takano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Cramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Takano
vs
Cramer

169 cm
18
146 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
141 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
KO power

Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yuki Takano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Cramer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cramer looks to score with a jab to the body but Takano is just out of range.
Cramer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takano manages to avoid it.
Takano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Takano.
Takano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cramer.
Cramer tries to move into range but Takano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cramer misses with a hook.
Takano connects with a looping right hand.
Cramer swings for the body but Takano moves out of range.
Takano thows a body shot but no joy.
Takano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cramer misses with a hook. Takano ducked under it nicely.
Takano getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Takano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takano definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grant Cramer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cramer looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Takano avoids the body shot from Cramer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takano tries to close the distance and clinch but Cramer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takano tries to clinch but Cramer moves out of range.
Takano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cramer.
Takano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Takano looks to score with a jab to the body but Cramer is just out of range.
Cramer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Takano misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cramer cracks Takano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cramer throws a hook but Takano avoids it easily.
Takano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cramer is out of range.
Takano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cramer manages to avoid it.
Cramer scores with a shot to the body.
Takano throws a hook but Cramer avoids it easily.
Cramer cracks Takano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cramer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cramer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Takano.
A big right from Cramer misses.
Cramer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cramer throws the left hand but Takano avoids the punch easily.
Cramer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Takano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cramer.
Cramer misses with a straight left.
Takano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cramer.
Cramer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cramer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Takano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cramer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cramer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good exchange - Takano coming out on top.
Cramer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cramer throws a lazy right hand but Takano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cramer.
Cramer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cramer loads up on a big right hand but Takano slips the punch.
Takano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cramer.
Takano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cramer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Cramer.
Takano connects with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Cramer.
Cramer slips a straight right by Takano.
Takano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cramer.
Takano scores with a sloppy right hand. Cramer should have avoided that one.
Takano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Takano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Takano throws a low kick but Cramer moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yuki Takano will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Takano slips under a jab.
Yuki Takano is winning the standup battle so far.
Cramer loads up on a big right hand but Takano slips the punch.
Takano defending well as Cramer loads up on a big left hand.
Cramer throws an overhand right that lands on Takano's shoulder, as Takano tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Cramer finds it's way through Takano's defenses.
Nice defenses there by Takano.
Cramer connects with a right hand. Takano shakes it off.
Takano wants to clinch.
Cramer cracks Takano with an open hand slap.
Cramer avoids the body shot from Takano.
Takano missing with a left hand there. Cramer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Takano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cramer scores with a shot to the body.
Cramer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Takano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Takano tries to work over Cramer's front leg with a kick but Cramer checks it.
Nice shot by Cramer.
Takano connects with a single shot there.
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!
Takano is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cramer.
Cramer just misses with a punch to the body.
Cramer walks into a jab.
Cramer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Takano lands a nice shot to the body.
Takano throws out a powerful jab.
Cramer throws a hook but Takano avoids it easily.
Cramer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takano is looking to clinch but Cramer is avoiding it.
A left lands for Takano.
Cramer misses with a straight right.
Cramer looks to land a right hand but Takano moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Cramer misses the target.
Takano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Takano throws a hook but Cramer blocks it.

Takano closes the distance and pushes Cramer back into the ropes.
Cramer lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takano blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cramer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takano backwards.
Takano blocking some punches.
Takano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cramer misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Takano has a couple of punches blocked by Cramer.
Takano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cramer avoids it.
Cramer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takano backwards.
Cramer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cramer throws a head punch that misses.
Takano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cramer lands with a left to the head.
Cramer lands with a left to the head.
Takano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cramer.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cramer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cramer has a couple of punches blocked by Takano.
Cramer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cramer throws a head punch that misses.
Cramer misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Cramer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cramer misses the shot to the body.
Cramer throws the left hand but Takano avoids the punch easily.
Takano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takano thows a body shot but no joy.
Cramer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cramer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Cramer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cramer ducks under a wild hook from Takano.
Cramer throws an overhand right that lands on Takano's shoulder, as Takano tries to avoid the shot.
A nice combination there by Takano.
A punch lands to the side of Takano 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cramer throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cramer's corner calls for a 1-2. Cramer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cramer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Takano tries to work over Cramer's front leg with a kick but Cramer checks it.
Cramer with a nice cross.
Takano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cramer moves away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Takano.
Cramer takes a swing at Takano's ribcage but misses.
Takano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takano takes a swing at Cramer's ribcage but misses.
Takano throws a shot from downtown. Cramer moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Cramer misses.
Nice defenses there by Takano.
A punch combination from Cramer misses.
Takano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cramer throws out the jab.
Cramer cracks a nice hook into Takano's ribs.
Cramer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cramer drops his hands momentarily and Takano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cramer stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Takano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cramer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cramer looks to land a combination. Takano sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Takano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cramer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Takano as he connects with a hook.
Takano with a nice cross.
Cramer misses with an uppercut
and Takano counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Cramer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cramer looks to score with a jab to the body but Takano is just out of range.
Takano slips under a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Takano cracks Cramer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cramer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A punch lands to the side of Cramer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cramer misses with a double jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cramer, as that shot connected.
Takano misses with a low kick as Cramer jumps back.
Takano just misses with a punch to the body.
Takano throws a looping overhand right but Cramer ducks down to avoid it.
Cramer works the jab nicely.
Cramer misses with a body shot.
Cramer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Takano thows a body shot but no joy.
Cramer throws a jab but it's blocked by Takano.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cramer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Takano avoids the body shot from Cramer.
A jab from Cramer misses.
Cramer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Grant Cramer.
I think Cramer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Cramer!