PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Demetriou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Masato Takaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Demetriou comes to the cage accompanied by Ocean Avenue. Demetriou has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Demetriou
vs
Takaya

170 cm
23
143 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

162 cm
24
145 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Demetriou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Masato Takaya!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takaya misses with an uppercut.
Demetriou takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Demetriou is breathing heavily.
Takaya tries to close the distance and clinch but Demetriou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takaya connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Nick Demetriou has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takaya is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Demetriou.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takaya.
Takaya throws a nice looking combination but Demetriou bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Takaya throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Demetriou's head.
Takaya lands with a thumping leg kick.
Takaya looks to score with a jab to the body but Demetriou is just out of range.
Demetriou swats away the attempt to clinch by Takaya.
Takaya tries to clinch but Demetriou moves out of range.
Takaya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demetriou circles away from the clinch attempt.
Takaya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Demetriou circles away quickly and effectively.
Takaya misses the jab.
Takaya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demetriou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Demetriou.
Demetriou takes a jab right on the kisser.
Takaya misses with a double jab
and Demetriou counters with a straight right hand.
Takaya wants to clinch.
A combination from Takaya does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takaya tries to clinch but Demetriou moves out of range.
Takaya is looking to clinch.
Demetriou moves away from the strike by Takaya.
Takaya looks to land a right hand but Demetriou moved out of range.
Takaya moves in looking to clinch but Demetriou pushes him off.
Takaya tries a head kick but it misses.
Takaya wants to clinch up but Demetriou keeps it at a distance.
Demetriou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Takaya.
Takaya throws a sloppy head kick and Demetriou moves out of range easily.
Takaya swinging wilding here.
A combination from Takaya does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaya lands with a nice combination. Demetriou backs away looking to recover.

Nick Demetriou's cut is getting worse.
Demetriou slips a jab and a cross from Takaya.
Takaya tries to clinch there but Demetriou circles away.
Takaya throws the left hand but Demetriou avoids the punch easily.
Demetriou works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Takaya tries to clinch but Demetriou moves out of range.
Takaya misses with a looping right.
Takaya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice shot by Demetriou.
Takaya scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Takaya fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demetriou works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Takaya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Takaya throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Takaya misses with a straight right.
Demetriou looks to score with a jab to the body but Takaya is just out of range.
Takaya is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Takaya scores with a three punch combo!
Demetriou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takaya misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Takaya misses with a series of wild punches.
Takaya scoring well with a low kick there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masato Takaya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Demetriou's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Takaya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Demetriou circles away quickly and effectively.
A decent looking cross lands there for Takaya.
A swing and a miss from Takaya.
Takaya keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takaya throws a chopping leg kick but Demetriou manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Demetriou lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Takaya misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Demetriou counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Takaya scores with a jab. Demetriou acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Takaya swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Demetriou tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaya doesn't manage to clinch there - Demetriou circles away.
Takaya thumps Demetriou with a low kick.
Demetriou slips a jab and a cross from Takaya.
Demetriou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Takaya throws a left and a right that both miss
and Demetriou counters with a left and a right that stings Takaya.
Masato Takaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takaya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Demetriou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Masato Takaya seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Takaya misses with an uppercut. Demetriou saw that one coming.
Takaya looks to score with a jab to the body but Demetriou is just out of range.
Takaya tries to close the distance and clinch but Demetriou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takaya misses with a looping left.
Takaya lands a nice leg kick that just misses Demetriou's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takaya cracks Demetriou with a right hand to the side of the head.
Takaya throws a looping overhand right but Demetriou ducks down to avoid it.
Takaya tries to bum rush Demetriou with a series of wild strikes but Demetriou uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Demetriou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Takaya scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Takaya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takaya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Demetriou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takaya.
Demetriou takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Takaya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Demetriou slips a jab and a cross from Takaya.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Demetriou does no damage.
Takaya misses with a hook.
Takaya throws a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Takaya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masato Takaya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Demetriou swats away the attempt to clinch by Takaya.
Demetriou chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takaya can pounce on him.
Takaya uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Demetriou has time to react.
Demetriou lands with an uppercut that bounces Takaya off the cage and back into rage.
Takaya throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Takaya misses with a combination
and Demetriou counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Takaya lands a jab.
Takaya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takaya clinches but Demetriou breaks the clinch
and Demetriou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Demetriou takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Takaya uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Demetriou.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takaya looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masato Takaya showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nick Demetriou's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

A big right from Takaya misses.
Takaya closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Demetriou to counter with a crisp jab.
Demetriou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takaya.
Demetriou staying out of range there.

Takaya has Demetriou up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takaya looking to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takaya.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Demetriou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takaya misses with the head strike.
Takaya controlling the action here for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takaya.
Takaya pushes Demetriou back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takaya is trying to stall.
Takaya pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takaya.
Demetriou blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Takaya lands a nice uppercut.
Takaya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Demetriou's elbow.
Takaya throws an elbow but it misses.
Demetriou is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Takaya presses Demetriou against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Demetriou is looking to break free of the clinch but Takaya has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takaya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takaya throws an elbow that misses.
Demetriou's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takaya has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Takaya softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Takaya.
Takaya lands a hook that snaps the head of Demetriou backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Demetriou as Takaya tries to tie him up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Takaya lands with a light punch inside.
Takaya is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Takaya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takaya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Demetriou is keeping busy.
Takaya will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Demetriou up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Masato Takaya.
Demetriou keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaya throws a jab but it's blocked by Demetriou.
Takaya clinches but Demetriou breaks the clinch
enabling Demetriou to counter with a crisp jab.
Takaya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Demetriou circles away quickly and effectively.
Takaya misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Demetriou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Demetriou misses with a hook.
Takaya tries to bum rush Demetriou with a series of wild strikes but Demetriou uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Takaya misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Takaya tries to clinch
and Demetriou counters with a straight right hand.
Demetriou ducks under a wild hook from Takaya.
Takaya tries to clinch up
and Takaya takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Takaya will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Demetriou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takaya.
Nice defenses there by Demetriou.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Takaya tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takaya tries to clinch but Demetriou moves away
and Demetriou counters with a nice uppercut.
Nick Demetriou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Masato Takaya is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Demetriou dodges the punch combination from Takaya.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masato Takaya comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Takaya has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masato Takaya!