PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alexander Yakovlev (ranked 4525 p4p, 578 weight class) and Takamura Mamoru (ranked 2550 p4p, 359 weight class). Yakovlev comes into the arena with Maroon 5 - Sugar blaring out of the sound system. Mamoru has chosen The Great Takamura as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Takamura Mamoru was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Yakovlev
vs
Mamoru

189 cm
28
209 lbs
12 - 14 - 0

190 cm
35
215 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

FORCEE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Yakovlev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takamura Mamoru!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakovlev fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mamoru.
Yakovlev misses the shot to the body.
Mamoru turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yakovlev has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Winds of Winter in the buildup to the fight.
Yakovlev misses with a straight right.
Mamoru throws a leg kick that misses.
Mamoru blocks the body kick.
Mamoru tests Yakovlev's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mamoru slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mamoru takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mamoru on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Yakovlev moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Mamoru.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mamoru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mamoru lands a right hand.
Yakovlev prevents a body shot from Mamoru.
Yakovlev is trying to maintain a safe position but Mamoru gets an underhook and turns Yakovlev into the ropes.
Mamoru lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yakovlev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mamoru tries to work over Yakovlev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yakovlev blocks an uppercut.
Mamoru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mamoru lands with a light punch inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakovlev is trying to break the clinch but Mamoru is controlling him.
Yakovlev is trying to break free.
Yakovlev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Yakovlev throws a punch but it's blocked by Mamoru.
Mamoru misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mamoru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mamoru lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yakovlev wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yakovlev is trying to push Mamoru away but Mamoru has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Mamoru lands a hook that snaps the head of Yakovlev backwards.
Yakovlev blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yakovlev tries to break the clinch but Mamoru is controlling the position.
Mamoru keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yakovlev's efforts to push away.
Yakovlev misses with some punches.
Mamoru has a couple of punches blocked by Yakovlev.
Mamoru swings wildly with an uppercut but Yakovlev uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mamoru creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Mamoru.
Mamoru lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Mamoru creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mamoru misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mamoru lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yakovlev.
Yakovlev is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yakovlev blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mamoru.
Mamoru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Mamoru creates a bit of space and cracks Yakovlev with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Yakovlev is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!

Yakovlev is rocked!

It looks like Alexander Yakovlev has been cut.
Mamoru looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mamoru looks for a left high kick but can't connect. Mamoru backs up to catch a breather... no he lunges forward with a huge flying knee that smacks Yakovlev's temple! It sends Yakovlev violently to the canvas! The crowd goes nuts as Mamoru celebrates and the doctors try to help Yakovlev!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Flying Knee). Takamura Mamoru!
Our winner, Takamura Mamoru, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Alexander Yakovlev spoke after the fight, saying 'I ll be back, as soon as possible'.