PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Catipay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bo Taka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bo Taka will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Catipay
vs
Taka

191 cm
27
199 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

187 cm
27
189 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Highland Clothing

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Catipay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bo Taka!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Catipay just misses with a punch to the body.

Catipay has taken the fight to the clinch.
Catipay missing with knees to the body.

Taka breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Catipay steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Taka.
Taka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Catipay drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
An inside leg kick from Catipay misses.
Catipay with a poor takedown
and Taka counters with a nice uppercut.
Catipay is looking to score with low kicks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Taka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Catipay throws out the jab.
Catipay throws a body kick that misses.
Catipay swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Catipay will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A little jabbing left from Taka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Taka blocks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Taka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Taka with a nice cross.
Catipay throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taka connects with a high kick.
Catipay displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taka throws out the jab.
Catipay moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taka connects with a good right hand that stumbles Catipay. Catipay circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Catipay looks to land a right hand but Taka moved out of range.
Catipay has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Catipay misses with a jab, cross combination.
Taka scores with a jab to the body.
Catipay throws a low kick but Taka moves out of range easily.
The crowd cheers as Taka lands an impressive looking overhand right. Catipay doesn't seem phased though.
Taka lands a jab to Catipay's midsection.
Taka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Taka. That's going to slow Catipay down.
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!
Taka digs a good hook to Catipay's body.
Taka works Catipay's body with a nice hook.
Bo Taka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Taka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Taka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Taka drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Catipay right on the button. Catipay goes down! Taka follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Taka gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Taka!
Bo Taka took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Highland Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.