PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yamato Take (ranked 148 p4p, 28 weight class) and Randy Poffo (ranked 497 p4p, 71 weight class). Randy Poffo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Take
vs
Poffo

179 cm
35
181 lbs
16 - 1 - 0

190 cm
31
185 lbs
16 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yamato Take!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Poffo!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Take goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Take darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Poffo misses with a right hand
and Take counters with a nice low kick that buckles Poffo's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Poffo. That's going to slow Take down.
Poffo misses with a two punch combination.
Take attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Take takes one to the side of the head.
Poffo throws a front kick aimed at Take's knee but Take avoids it well.
Poffo's corner calls for a 1-2. Poffo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Take slips a jab from Poffo.
Poffo tries to clinch there but Take circles away.
Poffo thuds his right hand into Take's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Poffo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poffo tries to land a leg kick but Take saw it coming and moves away.
Take buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Poffo moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo avoids a kick to the body.
Poffo misses with a low kick.
Take scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Poffo throws an overhand right that lands on Take's shoulder, as Take tries to avoid the shot.
Poffo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Take makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big right from Take misses.
Poffo misses with a leg kick
and Take makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Poffo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Poffo misses with a kick to the body
and Take makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Poffo really felt that one!
Poffo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Take looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Take keeps Poffo at a distance using the push kick.
Poffo looks winded!
Poffo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Take was well out of range. Poor timing from Poffo.
Take connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poffo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Take's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Take thuds his shin into the meat of Poffo's side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poffo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Take.
Poffo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yamato Take is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Take throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Take connects with a leg kick. Poffo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Poffo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Take avoids the body shot from Poffo.
Poffo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Take pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Take lands a nice shot to the body.
Poffo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Take.
Poffo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Poffo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Poffo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Take manages to avoid it.
Poffo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Poffo throws a looping overhand right but Take ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Take looks to score with a jab to the body but Poffo is just out of range.
Poffo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Take sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Poffo finds it's target.
Poffo smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Poffo throws a jab when Take was well out of range.
Poffo misses with an uppercut. Take saw that one coming.
Poffo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As Poffo looks to move away, Take throws a big counter combo but Poffo just gets out of the way.
Take throws an overhand right that lands on Poffo's shoulder, as Poffo tries to avoid the shot.
Take throws a leg kick which misses Poffo's front leg but catches the back leg as Poffo tries to avoid it.
Poffo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Poffo throws a low kick, looking for Take's leg but Take calmly moves out of range.
Take looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Poffo lands a head kick!
Poffo on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poffo tries to move into range but Take moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Randy Poffo has been cut.
Take scores with a body shot.
Poffo throws a right and a left that Take avoids nicely.
Poffo throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Take.
Poffo darts in trying to clinch
and Take counters with an inside leg kick.
Take throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Take needs to keep his hands up - Poffo had a free shot at his head there.
Poffo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Poffo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poffo takes one to the chin there.
Nice body kick there by Take.
Randy Poffo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Take's jab looks to have found its range, popping Poffo under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yamato Take will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Randy Poffo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Take feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Poffo sprawling to the canvas! Poffo rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Take finish him?!

Poffo is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Take is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poffo can do to turn this around?
Take scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Poffo is still on wobbly legs! Can Take finish him?
Poffo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Take.
Take cracks Poffo with a left hook right on the temple and Poffo goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Take lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Poffo is OK!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yamato Take!
Yamato Take retains his welterweight title!