PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitsugu Takeishi (ranked 2345 p4p, 5103 weight class) and Iourselfi Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Takeishi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kabuki Gomen-Jyo. Iourselfi Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Takeishi
vs
Silva

185 cm
37
381
24 - 12 - 0

215 cm
20
295
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mitsugu Takeishi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Iourselfi Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeishi is looking to clinch.
Takeishi moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Mitsugu Takeishi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice uppercut lands for Takeishi. That snapped Silva's head back.
Good shot there by Takeishi.

It looks like Iourselfi Silva has been cut.
Takeishi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Silverback MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Takeishi cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva moves forwards but Takeishi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Takeishi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Takeishi tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva cracks Takeishi with an open hand slap.

It looks like Mitsugu Takeishi has been cut.
Takeishi tries to clinch
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva walks into a left hand.

That has opened up Iourselfi Silva's cut even more.
Takeishi moves away from the strike by Silva.
Takeishi walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeishi throws a big shot that misses.
Takeishi throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takeishi throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Takeishi scores with a punch to the head.
Takeishi with a hook.
Takeishi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

The cut above Iourselfi Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Takeishi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Takeishi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Takeishi with a body shot.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
A big left from Takeishi misses.

Takeishi forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Takeishi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Takeishi.

Iourselfi Silva's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Takeishi uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeishi throws a head punch that misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Takeishi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takeishi lands a left hand.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Iourselfi Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Mitsugu Takeishi!
A relieved looking Mitsugu Takeishi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.