PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitsugu Takeishi (ranked 652 p4p, 1016 weight class) and Aiu BangYou (ranked 32 p4p, 50 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Takeishi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kabuki Gomen-Jyo. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Takeishi
vs
BangYou

185 cm
32
380
16 - 2 - 0

209 cm
30
285
17 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mitsugu Takeishi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aiu BangYou!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BangYou scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
BangYou scoring well with a low kick there.
BangYou thumps Takeishi with a low kick.
Takeishi swings for the body but BangYou moves out of range.
It seemed like BangYou was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Takeishi connects with a crisp jab.

It looks like Aiu BangYou has been cut.
Takeishi loads up on a big right hand but BangYou slips the punch.
BangYou cracks Takeishi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Takeishi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Takeishi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
BangYou gets cracked there but stands up to it.
BangYou looks to land a right hand but Takeishi moved out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BangYou thumps Takeishi with a low kick.
BangYou buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Takeishi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from BangYou.
Takeishi misses with a straight right.
BangYou misses with a hook. Takeishi ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeishi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from BangYou.

Takeishi has managed to clinch.

BangYou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Takeishi darts in trying to clinch
and BangYou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
BangYou lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Takeishi misses with an uppercut
letting BangYou counter with a right hand.
Takeishi misses the shot to the body.
BangYou fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takeishi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by BangYou.
Takeishi moves out of range as BangYou strikes.
BangYou misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by BangYou.
Takeishi needs to keep his hands up - BangYou had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Takeishi gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
BangYou being controlled against the cage.
BangYou blocks a body shot from Takeishi.
Takeishi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite BangYou's efforts to push away.
BangYou prevents a body shot from Takeishi.
Takeishi working aggressively here.
BangYou has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Takeishi after a bit of a struggle.
Takeishi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
BangYou gets through Takeishi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Takeishi tries to work over BangYou's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Takeishi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

BangYou manages to break the clinch.
Takeishi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Takeishi backing away here, and BangYou unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
BangYou lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A looping hook to the body misses from BangYou. Takeishi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Takeishi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before BangYou can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

BangYou darts in and clinches Takeishi up against the cage.
I was talking to Takeishi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

BangYou jumps into guard, dragging Takeishi to the mat.

BangYou pushes Takeishi off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
BangYou is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Takeishi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Takeishi ducks right into an uppercut from BangYou.

BangYou gets tackled into the cage by Takeishi. Takeishi maintains the clinch.
A body shot lands from Takeishi.
Takeishi avoiding damage.
Takeishi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with BangYou's elbow.
A knee to the head by BangYou.
BangYou blocks a body shot from Takeishi.
BangYou blocks an uppercut.
Takeishi misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takeishi lands a left hand.
Takeishi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
BangYou has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BangYou.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Takeishi misses with the head strike.

BangYou manages to break the clinch.
Takeishi cracks BangYou with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Takeishi tries to move into range but BangYou moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
BangYou throws a hook but Takeishi blocks it.
BangYou is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
BangYou looks to land a right hand but Takeishi moved out of range.
As BangYou tries to get set, Takeishi tries to push him back and clinch up but BangYou manages to avoid the attempt.
A swing and a miss from Takeishi.
Takeishi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Takeishi's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.

Takeishi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BangYou.
Takeishi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Takeishi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Takeishi has a couple of punches blocked by BangYou.
Takeishi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiu BangYou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aiu BangYou's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

BangYou pulls out of a head kick attempt.
BangYou throws a body shot but no joy.
BangYou takes one to the side of the head.
BangYou fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Takeishi on the side of the head.
BangYou stuns Takeishi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Takeishi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from BangYou.
Takeishi closes the distance looking to clinch
and BangYou counters with a stiff right hand.
BangYou has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeishi thuds his right hand into BangYou's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
BangYou lands a body shot.
BangYou misses with a looping right.

Takeishi has BangYou up against the cage in a clinch.
BangYou misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Takeishi.

BangYou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
BangYou pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Takeishi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Takeishi throws a jab when BangYou was well out of range.
BangYou defending well as Takeishi loads up on a big left hand.
BangYou takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Takeishi lands an overhand right.
BangYou lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Takeishi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Takeishi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from BangYou.
Takeishi wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takeishi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
BangYou appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Takeishi fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from BangYou on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi throws an overhand right that lands on BangYou's shoulder, as BangYou tries to avoid the shot.
BangYou throws the left hand but Takeishi avoids the punch easily.
BangYou lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
BangYou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takeishi.
Takeishi swings away with a body shot that misses
letting BangYou counter with a right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid leg kick lands there for BangYou.
BangYou scores with a crisp jab that stopped Takeishi in his tracks.
BangYou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takeishi.
BangYou takes a swing at Takeishi's ribcage but misses.
BangYou looks to land a left hand but Takeishi moved out of range nicely.
Takeishi throws a hook but BangYou avoids it easily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for BangYou. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Takeishi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
BangYou dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takeishi. That did some damage!
BangYou misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangYou changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
BangYou misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Takeishi counters by clinching up.
Takeishi misses with the head strike.

BangYou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
BangYou stuns Takeishi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Takeishi slips a straight right by BangYou.
BangYou does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Good standup being displayed there by BangYou as he connects with a hook.
Takeishi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
BangYou does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Takeishi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but BangYou manages to circle out of the way.
BangYou tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takeishi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
BangYou throws a leg kick but Takeishi moved away.
BangYou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from BangYou.
BangYou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As BangYou tries to get set, Takeishi tries to push him back and clinch up but BangYou manages to avoid the attempt.
BangYou misses with a straight right.
BangYou shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Takeishi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takeishi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by BangYou.
BangYou misses with an uppercut.
BangYou connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Takeishi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
BangYou throws a push kick but Takeishi slaps the foot to one side.
BangYou misses with a low kick.
Takeishi lands a nice looking body shot.
Takeishi lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiu BangYou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aiu BangYou's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Takeishi throws a looping overhand right but BangYou ducks down to avoid it.
Aiu BangYou seems to be getting the better of the standup.
BangYou connects with a solid leg kick.
BangYou walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Takeishi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
BangYou throws a chopping leg kick but Takeishi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
BangYou misses with a low kick as Takeishi jumps back.
A bone on bone clash there as Takeishi blocks the leg kick.
BangYou throws a leg kick

and Takeishi counters by clinching up.
Takeishi misses with the head strike.

BangYou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
BangYou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeishi misses with a wild body shot.
BangYou takes a swing at Takeishi's ribcage but misses.
BangYou lands a leg kick that knocks Takeishi off balance momentarily.
BangYou wants to slow Takeishi down by chopping away at his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeishi misses with a hook
and BangYou counters with a nice body kick.
BangYou stuns Takeishi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
BangYou will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Takeishi throws a jab but it's blocked by BangYou.
BangYou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takeishi.

Takeishi moves into the clinch successfully.

BangYou has hold of one of Takeishi's legs. Takeishi is fighting the takedown attempt but BangYou gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
BangYou working some strikes from top position.
BangYou controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
BangYou wants to control from the top but Takeishi keeps moving.
BangYou throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BangYou is pushing down on Takeishi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Takeishi is fighting to maintain full guard but BangYou has managed to sneak the leg through.
BangYou missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Takeishi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

BangYou is trying to work for a kimura but Takeishi is defending well.
BangYou not doing much here.
BangYou wants to control but Takeishi is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
BangYou throws a body shot but no joy.
Takeishi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Takeishi lands a body shot.
Takeishi wants to clinch up but BangYou keeps it at a distance.
Takeishi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BangYou feints a counter leg kick.
BangYou keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from BangYou.
BangYou misses with a left hand

and Takeishi counters by moving into the clinch.
BangYou has Takeishi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Takeishi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Takeishi tries to throw a body punch but BangYou avoids it by throwing Takeishi back against the cage.
BangYou has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Takeishi seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if BangYou can turn it around.
Takeishi scores with a shot to the side of BangYou's head.
BangYou misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Takeishi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Takeishi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Takeishi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of BangYou backwards.
BangYou takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
BangYou wants to get back to striking at distance but Takeishi won't allow it.

BangYou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
BangYou missing with a left hand there. Takeishi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
BangYou pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BangYou gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Takeishi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from BangYou.
Takeishi tries to clinch there but BangYou circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiu BangYou really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aiu BangYou's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

BangYou throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takeishi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Takeishi moves away from the strike by BangYou.
BangYou blocks a jab.
BangYou throws the left hand but Takeishi avoids the punch easily.
BangYou throws a hook to the side of Takeishi's head but Takeishi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takeishi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from BangYou.
BangYou flicks out a counter leg kick but Takeishi steps away.
Takeishi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from BangYou.
BangYou swings for the body but Takeishi moves out of range.
BangYou with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeishi misses with a body shot.
BangYou tests Takeishi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left lands for BangYou.

That's one minute gone in the round.
BangYou connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Takeishi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Takeishi moves into the clinch successfully.
Takeishi pushes BangYou back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

BangYou manages to break the clinch.
Takeishi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Takeishi looks to score with a jab to the body but BangYou is just out of range.
BangYou misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takeishi. BangYou does a little dance to reset his feet.
BangYou throws a hook to the side of Takeishi's head but Takeishi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
BangYou throws the left hand but Takeishi avoids the punch easily.
Takeishi throws out a loose jab but BangYou uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like BangYou was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Takeishi misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Takeishi darts in and clinches BangYou up against the cage.
BangYou stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Takeishi struggles to land a body shot inside as BangYou controls his hands.

BangYou breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BangYou misses with an uppercut

and Takeishi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Takeishi.
Takeishi stalling.

BangYou jumps guard and drags Takeishi to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Takeishi is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BangYou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Takeishi is one step ahead there.
BangYou trying to keep a closed guard but Takeishi is proving a slippery customer.
BangYou wants to sweep here but Takeishi controlling him for the moment.
BangYou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Takeishi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Takeishi tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
BangYou wants to control from the top but Takeishi keeps moving.
BangYou throws a big right hand that misses.
Takeishi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
BangYou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Takeishi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as BangYou controls the pace.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aiu BangYou dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Aiu BangYou's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Takeishi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from BangYou - the referee stops the clock and Takeishi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says BangYou. Takeishi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice defenses there by Takeishi.
As BangYou tries to get set, Takeishi tries to push him back and clinch up but BangYou manages to avoid the attempt.
Takeishi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BangYou throws a leg kick which misses Takeishi's front leg but catches the back leg as Takeishi tries to avoid it.
Takeishi slips under a jab.
Takeishi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from BangYou.
Takeishi swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling BangYou to counter with a crisp jab.
BangYou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takeishi.
Takeishi tries to counter by clinching up but BangYou breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takeishi misses with a hook
and BangYou counters with a nice uppercut.
BangYou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Takeishi.
Takeishi moves out of range of the body kick from BangYou.
BangYou thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeishi takes a swing at BangYou's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick lands from BangYou.
BangYou cracks Takeishi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
BangYou throws a hook to the side of Takeishi's head but Takeishi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
BangYou dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takeishi. That did some damage!
A solid leg kick lands there for BangYou.
BangYou lunges at Takeishi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Takeishi's hand.
BangYou connects with an inside leg kick.
Takeishi slips a jab from BangYou.
Nice defenses there by Takeishi.
Takeishi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takeishi is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from BangYou.
Takeishi looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Takeishi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and BangYou counters with a nice low kick that buckles Takeishi's knee momentarily.
Mitsugu Takeishi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi misses with an uppercut.
BangYou misses with a hook.
BangYou lands with a straight right. Takeishi didn't see that one coming.
Takeishi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from BangYou.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takeishi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from BangYou. That one must have hurt.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
BangYou lands a jab to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for BangYou.
Takeishi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by BangYou.
Takeishi misses with a hook. BangYou ducked under it nicely.
Takeishi misses with a jab to the body
and BangYou counters with a head kick that wobbles Takeishi - left then right he sways and one more bomb from BangYou sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aiu BangYou!
Aiu BangYou is the new super heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Aiu BangYou thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.