PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takahashi Ryu (ranked 6790 p4p, 571 weight class) and Dexter Papadopoulos (ranked 4734 p4p, 471 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Ryu
vs
Papadopoulos

188 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Takahashi Ryu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dexter Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Papadopoulos instigates a clinch.
Papadopoulos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ryu can't find room to land a body shot as Papadopoulos controls the action.
Papadopoulos stalling in the clinch but Ryu improves position.
Papadopoulos lands with a light punch inside.
Ryu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Papadopoulos presses Ryu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Papadopoulos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ryu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papadopoulos cracks Ryu with a nice body shot.
Ryu blocks a body shot from Papadopoulos.
Ryu misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ryu.
Ryu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Papadopoulos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ryu presses Papadopoulos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Ryu.
A head punch on the inside from Papadopoulos fails to land.
Ryu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ryu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ryu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Papadopoulos.
Ryu misses with a body punch.
Papadopoulos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ryu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papadopoulos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ryu prevents a body shot from Papadopoulos.
A short left from Ryu.

It looks like Dexter Papadopoulos has been cut.
Papadopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Ryu controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ryu as Papadopoulos tries to tie him up.
Ryu throws a punch but it's blocked by Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Papadopoulos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ryu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Papadopoulos prevents a body shot from Ryu.
Ryu lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Papadopoulos is rocked!
Ryu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Papadopoulos is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryu finish him?
Ryu lands a nice shot to the body.
Papadopoulos looks winded!
A short body shot lands from Ryu as the two fighters clinch.
Ryu unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Papadopoulos! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ryu is unloading with more strikes now! Papadopoulos drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takahashi Ryu!