PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Timmy Lupus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryu Takeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryu Takeida has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Timmy Lupus's chin.

Lupus
vs
Takeida

170 cm
21
145 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

155 cm
22
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Timmy Lupus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Takeida!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeida stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lupus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Takeida.
Lupus looks to land a left hand but Takeida moved out of range nicely.
Lupus misses with an uppercut.
Lupus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lupus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Takeida scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Timmy Lupus has been cut.
Lupus takes a jab right on the kisser.
Takeida lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lupus circles away quickly and effectively.
Lupus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takeida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lupus.
Lupus throws a chopping leg kick but Takeida manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Takeida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lupus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Takeida misses with a few strikes there.
Jab from Takeida.
Takeida throws a combination. Lupus tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Lupus is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lupus at a distance.
Oh Lupus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lupus walks straight into a right hand from Takeida - that's dropped him! Takeida jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Lupus from any more punishment! Lupus complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ryu Takeida!
Ryu Takeida is the new featherweight champion!