PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yuki Takano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santiago has chosen The Rza - Samurai Showdown as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Takano
vs
Santiago

169 cm
24
146 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

179 cm
25
156 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yuki Takano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santiago lands a nice shot to the body.
Santiago avoids the body shot from Takano.
Santiago drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Takano defends it well.
Takano walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Santiago checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice takedown defense from Takano. No joy for Santiago on that attempt.
Santiago misses with a leg kick.
Santiago misses the shot to the body.

Takano lands a big head kick that sends Santiago tumbling to the mat! Takano takes a step backwards and waves Santiago back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santiago dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takano. That did some damage!
Santiago throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Takano counters with an outside leg kick.
Takano connects with a body shot.
Santiago fails with a takedown attempt.
Santiago misses with a wild body shot.
A slow jab from Santiago misses its intended target.
Takano slips a straight right by Santiago.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago thows a leg kick but Takano checks it
and Takano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Takano misses with a straight left.
Takano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santiago feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Takanos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Santiago waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takano.
Takano scores with a leg kick.
Takano throws a sloppy head kick and Santiago moves out of range easily.
Santiago throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takano is looking to counter with head kicks.
Santiago has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Takano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Santiago throws out a loose jab but Takano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takano scoring well with a low kick there.
Takano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Santiago is rocked!
Takano looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Horrible takedown attempt by Santiago or perhaps it was just good defense by Takano, which made it look bad.
Yuki Takano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Santiago.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takano defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santiago.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santiago throws a sloppy head kick and Takano moves out of range easily.
Santiago misses with a hook to the body

and Takano counters with a crisp one two that drops Santiago! Takano thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Santiago to his feet! Santiago is in big trouble!
Santiago is still on wobbly legs! Can Takano finish him?

Takano forces Santiago back against the cage and clinches.

Takano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santiago chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takano can pounce on him.
Takano throws a pinpoint strike between Santiago's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Santiago crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Takano scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuki Takano!
A less than humble Yuki Takano misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.