PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Togi Makabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Makabe comes to the cage accompanied by Immigrant Song. Togi Makabe could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Tucker's chin.

Makabe
vs
Tucker

196 cm
26
265 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

188 cm
30
260 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu
Machiavelli Boutique

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Togi Makabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker keeps the fight on the outside.
Tucker looks to land a right hand but Makabe moved out of range.
Makabe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tucker counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Makabe closes the distance and clinches.
Tucker is trying to push Makabe away but Makabe has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Makabe swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tucker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Togi Makabe has been cut.
A hook to the body from Makabe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makabe throws an elbow that misses.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Makabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Makabe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Makabe has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Makabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Makabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tucker's face.

It looks like Dan Tucker has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Makabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tucker's face.
Makabe lands a knee to the head.
Tucker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Makabe blocking some punches.
Tucker looking to stall.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Makabe.
Makabe tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Makabe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tuckers head.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makabe misses with a knee strike.
Makabe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tucker is trying to stall.
Makabe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Makabe.
Tucker is looking to break free of the clinch but Makabe has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Makabe.
Tucker looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makabe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tucker's face.

That has opened up Dan Tucker's cut even more.
A short left from Makabe.

Makabe drops Tucker with a big knee straight up the middle! Tucker is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Tucker is rocked!

Makabe moves into the clinch.
Tucker is still on wobbly legs! Can Makabe finish him?
Makabe lands a nice knee to the body.
Tucker seems to have recovered his senses.
Makabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Makabe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Makabe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Makabe lands with a light punch inside.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Makabe lands a knee to the head.

Makabe breaks from the clinch.

Makabe forces Tucker back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makabe scores with a knee to the head.
Tucker misses with a punch on the inside.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.
Makabe throws a head punch that misses.
Tucker tries to work over Makabe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Makabe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Makabe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tucker throws a punch but it's blocked by Makabe.
Tucker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Makabes head.
Makabe keeps control of Tucker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Makabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Makabe.
Makabe misses with an elbow over the top.
Makabe landing knees to the head.
Tucker is looking to break free of the clinch but Makabe has double underhooks.

Tucker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Togi Makabe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makabe moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker circles away from the clinch attempt.

Makabe forces Tucker back against the cage and clinches.
Makabe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

The cut above Dan Tucker's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tucker can't find room to land a body shot as Makabe controls the action.
Makabe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Makabe struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
Tucker misses with a punch to the body.

Makabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tucker throws a right and a left that Makabe avoids nicely.
Makabe tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
Makabe fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Makabe.
Tucker swings for the body but Makabe moves out of range.
Tucker cracks a nice hook into Makabe's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Togi Makabe dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Makabe closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Tucker to counter with a crisp jab.
Makabe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Makabe closes the distance and pushes Tucker back into the cage.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Makabe avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Makabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Makabe avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Makabe lands an elbow just above Tucker 's eye.
The referee calls for Tucker to work.
The referee calls for Makabe to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Makabe drops Tucker onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Tucker is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makabe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tucker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Makabe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makabe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tucker up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makabe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Dan Tucker's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makabe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker managing to block the knees to the body from Makabe.
Makabe will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tucker up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Makabe drops Tucker with a big knee straight up the middle! Tucker is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Tucker misses with a straight left.
Tucker scores with a body shot.
Makabe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Tucker misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Makabe gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Makabe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tucker can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Makabe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker lands a nice shot to the body.
Makabe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tucker.
Tucker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Makabe tries to land a knee to the head but Tucker blocks with his arms.
Tucker avoiding damage as Makabe throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tucker stalling in the clinch but Makabe improves position.
Tucker blocks an elbow strike from Makabe.
Makabe tries a knee to the head but Tucker blocks it.
Makabe misses with some punches.
Togi Makabe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Makabe breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Makabe moves out of range of the strikes.
Tucker cracks Makabe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tucker misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Makabe rushes Tucker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tucker takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dan Tucker's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Togi Makabe!
After winning the bout, Togi Makabe thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.