PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Aerts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamoru Takamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takamura has chosen Pay Money To My Pain - Weight of My Pride as his entrance music. Mamoru Takamura told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Aerts
vs
Takamura

179 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Basic striking
Granite chin

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Quark's
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Ace of Spades Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tommy Aerts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mamoru Takamura!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takamura throws a series of strikes that have Aerts backpedaling.

It looks like Tommy Aerts has been cut.
Takamura swinging wildly here.
Aerts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aerts looks to land a left hand but Takamura moved out of range nicely.
Aerts seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Aerts lands a head shot.
Takamura falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Aerts to counter with a crisp jab.
Takamura misses with a hook
and Aerts counters with a straight right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Takamura slips under a jab from Aerts.
Takamura is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Aerts moves into the clinch.
Aerts throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Takamura is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Aerts scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Aerts.
Aerts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Aerts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Takamura throws a head punch that misses.
Takamura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Takamura can't find room to land a body shot as Aerts controls the action.
Aerts has a couple of punches blocked by Takamura.
Takamura is trying to break free.
Aerts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Takamura backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Aerts.
Aerts digs a right hand into Takamura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takamura's gas tank.
Takamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aerts blocking some punches.
Aerts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Aerts tries a body shot but Takamura blocks it.
Takamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Aerts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aerts has Takamura pressed against the ropes, preventing Takamura from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Aerts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Takamura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aerts can't find room to land a body shot as Takamura controls the action.
Takamura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Aerts presses Takamura against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aerts digs a right hand into Takamura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takamura's gas tank.
Aerts scores with a shoulder strike.
Aerts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Takamura misses with the head strike.
Takamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Aerts.

Takamura is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takamura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Takamura is still on wobbly legs! Can Aerts finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takamura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aerts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aerts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aerts digs a right hand into Takamura's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Takamura's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Aerts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Takamura tries to throw a body punch but Aerts avoids it by throwing Takamura back against the ropes.
Aerts scores with a shot to the side of Takamura's head.
Aerts cracks Takamura with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Takamura goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Takamura wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tommy Aerts!
Tommy Aerts decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.