PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lion Takanori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takanori comes to the cage accompanied by Scary. Chavez has chosen El Hornazo as his entrance music. Lion Takanori has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Takanori
vs
Chavez

166 cm
24
151 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

171 cm
25
155 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lion Takanori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Chavez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takanori just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez throws a hook but Takanori avoids it easily.
Takanori scores with a nice head shot.
A big right from Chavez misses.
Takanori misses with a double jab.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Takanori uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takanori misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
Takanori misses the shot to the body.
Takanori swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanori ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Takanori misses with a body shot.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Takanori slips the punch.
Takanori ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chavez moves away.
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takanori.
Takanori fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Takanori misses with a few strikes there.
Takanori is looking to wear down Chavez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab lands there for Takanori.
Takanori throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Takanori misses with a body shot.
Takanori ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chavez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Takanori's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Takanori duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Takanori sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Takanori connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A telegraphed right hand from Chavez misses the target.
Chavez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Takanori steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chavez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Takanori.
A slow jab from Takanori misses its intended target.
Takanori just misses with a punch to the body.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A left and a right from Takanori both land. Nice combination.
Takanori swinging wildly here.
Takanori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lion Takanori dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Chavez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Takanori swings for the body but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Takanori to score with a decent uppercut.
Takanori lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chavez circles away quickly and effectively.
Chavez ducks right into an uppercut from Takanori.
Takanori throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chavez misses with a straight right.
Chavez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takanori pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lion Takanori is winning the standup battle so far.
Chavez throws the left hand but Takanori avoids the punch easily.
Takanori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chavez was well out of range. Poor timing from Takanori.
Takanori moves out of range as Chavez strikes.
Takanori just misses with a punch to the body.
Takanori takes a swing at Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Chavez loads up on a big right hand but Takanori slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Takanori lands a body shot.
Chavez 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.
Takanori misses with a few strikes there.
Takanori misses with the combination.
Lion Takanori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chavez lands a glancing blow to the side of Takanori's head.
Takanori throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chavez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Chavez misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takanori scores with a decent looking hook.
Takanori misses with a straight left.
Takanori is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Chavez misses with an uppercut. Takanori saw that one coming.
Chavez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takanori.
A swing and a miss from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Takanori does no damage.
Chavez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Chavez throws a combination that misses
and Takanori makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Takanori! Chavez is backing up but he can't get away as Takanori lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Chavez and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lion Takanori!