PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricco McGregor (ranked 3268 p4p, 115 weight class) and Ryo Takuma (ranked 1628 p4p, 77 weight class). 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.

McGregor
vs
Takuma

212 cm
21
300 lbs
20 - 3 - 0

207 cm
27
287 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Blue Moon

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 20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricco McGregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryo Takuma!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Hemmingworth and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGregor gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Takuma's jab looks to have found its range, popping McGregor under the eye.
Ryo Takuma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Takuma lands a nice shot that snaps McGregor's head back.
Takuma's corner calls for a 1-2. Takuma obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Takuma misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGregor.
Some wild striking there from Takuma.
Takuma has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as McGregor is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Takuma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takuma closes the distance looking to clinch
letting McGregor counter with a right hand.
McGregor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Takuma to score with a decent uppercut.
Takuma lands a body shot.
McGregor finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Takuma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with McGregor, pushing him back against the cage.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takuma blocks a body shot from McGregor.
Takuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takuma has a couple of punches blocked by McGregor.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.
Takuma can't find room to land a body shot as McGregor controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takuma.
Takuma misses with some punches.

McGregor breaks the clinch.
Takuma ducks under a wild hook from McGregor.
Takuma's jab looks to have found its range, popping McGregor under the eye.

It looks like Ricco McGregor has been cut.
Takuma throws a lazy right hand but McGregor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McGregor misses with a body shot.
McGregor ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takuma moves away.
McGregor ducks under a wild hook from Takuma.
McGregor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Takuma.
McGregor just misses with a punch to the body.
McGregor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takuma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takuma lands with a straight right. McGregor didn't see that one coming.
Takuma misses with a hook.
McGregor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McGregor misses the body punch
and Takuma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGregor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Takuma is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McGregor had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takuma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Takuma bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McGregor's head.
Takuma throws a lazy right hand but McGregor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Takuma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Takuma lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
Takuma lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
McGregor looking to stall.
Takuma misses with a punch on the inside.
Takuma throws a punch but it's blocked by McGregor.
Takuma misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takuma letting McGregor take a breather here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takuma lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Takuma throws a punch but it's blocked by McGregor.
Takuma taking a breather.
Takuma has McGregor pressed against the cage, preventing McGregor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McGregor blocking some punches.
Takuma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McGregor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McGregor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.
McGregor displaying some good clinch control by pressing Takuma up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takuma.
Takuma has a couple of punches blocked by McGregor.

McGregor manages to break the clinch.
Takuma throws a looping overhand right but McGregor ducks down to avoid it.
McGregor swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGregor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Takuma has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McGregor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takuma throws a shot from downtown. McGregor moves away and avoids it.
Takuma might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
McGregor takes a swing at Takuma's ribcage but misses.
Takuma throws out a counter right but McGregor avoids it with no problem.
Good exchange - Takuma coming out on top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takuma is looking to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from McGregor misses the target.
Takuma throws a nice looking combination but McGregor bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McGregor swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Takuma clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Takuma fails to land.
Takuma misses with a punch to the body.
McGregor throws a punch but it's blocked by Takuma.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Takuma.
Takuma lands a left hand that snaps the head of McGregor backwards.
Takuma keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McGregor's efforts to push away.
Takuma misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Takuma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricco McGregor's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Takuma throws a hook but McGregor avoids it easily.
Takuma takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Takuma instigates a clinch.
Takuma lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.

Takuma drops McGregor onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! McGregor is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

McGregor is rocked!
McGregor blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh McGregor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takuma misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takuma.
McGregor blocks an uppercut.
Takuma misses with some punches.
McGregor seems to have got his legs back now.
Takuma working aggressively here.
Takuma misses with the head strike.
Takuma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McGregor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takuma misses with the head strike.
Takuma misses with some punches.
Takuma unloads with a big right hand that wobbles McGregor! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Takuma is unloading with more strikes now! McGregor drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryo Takuma!
Ryo Takuma opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.