PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Raymond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoshiko Takara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takara has chosen Heartbeats as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Raymond
vs
Takara

185 cm
23
195 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Raymond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hoshiko Takara!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raymond checks the leg kick.
Raymond ducks under a wild hook from Takara.
Raymond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Takara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Raymond fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Takara is out of range.
Takara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raymond.
Raymond misses the jab.
Ben Raymond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raymond lands an overhand right.
Raymond misses with a hook.
Raymond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raymond throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Raymond misses.
Raymond throws a leg kick but Takara moved away.
Takara cracks a nice hook into Raymond's ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Takara.
Takara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raymond just misses with a punch to the body.
Raymond takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Raymond fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takara manages to avoid it.
Raymond stuns Takara with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Takara misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymond throws a body punch but Takara moves out of range.
Raymond chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takara can pounce on him.
Takara fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Raymond on the side of the head.
Raymond misses with a hook. Takara ducked under it nicely.
Takara connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Raymond momentarily.
Raymond throws a jab but it's blocked by Takara.
Takara has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Raymond.
Takara misses with an uppercut.
Raymond keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Takara.
Sloppy strikes from Raymond. Those never looked like landing.
Raymond thows a body shot but no joy.
Takara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Raymond doesn't seem bothered though.
Raymond throws a big shot that misses.
Raymond blocks a jab.
Raymond throws a low kick but Takara moves out of range easily.
Raymond keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymond throws a series of punches but Takara moves out of range.
Raymond misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takara. Raymond does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Raymond.
Raymond misses with a looping left.
Takara with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Takara tries to clinch there but Raymond circles away.
Raymond clobbers Takara with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Takara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Raymond swinging wildly here.
Raymond looks to land a combination. Takara sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Takara checks a leg kick nicely.
Raymond throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Takara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takara tries to close the distance and clinch but Raymond swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raymond ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raymond tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Takara dodges the punch combination from Raymond.
Takara throws a lazy right hand but Raymond sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Raymond misses with a hook.
Raymond fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Takara manages to avoid it.
Raymond scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raymond ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Takara.
Raymond swings for the body but Takara moves out of range.
Raymond shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Takara fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Raymond has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Takara slips a straight right by Raymond.
Takara slips under a jab from Raymond.
Takara moves out of range of the leg kick from Raymond.
Takara tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takara lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raymond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takara moves away.
The fighters circling - Raymond throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raymond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Raymond digs a good body shot into Takara's ribs.
Raymond throws a big shot that misses.
Raymond throws the left hand but Takara avoids the punch easily.
Raymond fails to land with a series of punches.
Raymond lands with a nice combination. Takara backs away looking to recover.
Raymond with a hook.
Raymond lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Takara at a distance.
Raymond misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raymond misses with an uppercut
and Takara counters with a head kick. That will keep Raymond thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Raymond misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Takara.
Takara slips a straight right by Raymond.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Raymond dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Raymond waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takara.
An inside leg kick from Raymond misses.
Raymond ducks under a wild hook from Takara.
Raymond takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Takara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raymond.
Takara throws a series of punches but Raymond avoids them all with ease.
Takara showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Raymond.
Takara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Raymond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Takara misses.
Raymond takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Takara swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Raymond scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Raymond slips under a jab from Takara.
A right-left combo lands from Raymond.
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!
Raymond takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymond lands with an overhand left.
Raymond scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Raymond just misses with a punch to the body.
Raymond misses with a double jab.
Raymond is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takara.
Takara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Raymond lands a jab-cross combination.
Raymond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Takara misses with a wild body shot.
Raymond dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raymond works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slow jab from Raymond misses its intended target.
Raymond feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Takaras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Takara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raymond paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raymond throws a jab when Takara was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymond throws a series of punches but Takara avoids them all with ease.
Raymond waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takara.
Raymond pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raymond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takara.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raymond fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takara swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Takara misses the shot to the body.
Raymond throws a jab when Takara was well out of range.
Takara scores with a jab to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Raymond.
Raymond tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takara is able to avoid easily.
Takara fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Raymond checks it well.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Takara loads up on a big right hand but Raymond slips the punch.
Takara lands a body shot.
Takara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raymond paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raymond waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Takara.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takara throws a good cross that connects.
Raymond dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raymond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Raymond misses.
Jab, jab by Takara - just one landing.
Raymond misses with the combination.
Raymond lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takara circles away quickly and effectively.
Takara throws a lazy right hand but Raymond sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Raymond misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takara.
Raymond throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takara throws a chopping leg kick but Raymond manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Raymond will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymond thows a body shot but no joy.
Takara takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Takara shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Takara blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raymond connects with a body shot that sends Takara's belly button to the back.
Raymond throws a shot from downtown. Takara moves away and avoids it.
Takara on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Raymond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takara.
A punch combination from Takara misses.
Raymond thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raymond looks to land a left hand but Takara moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raymond is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Raymond just misses with a punch to the body.
Raymond tests Takara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Raymond throws a lazy right hand but Takara sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Raymond dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Raymond throws a nice looking combination but Takara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Raymond tries a low kick but Takara avoids it.
Raymond connects with a nice looking jab.
A combination from Raymond does no damage.
A slow jab from Raymond misses its intended target.
Raymond lands a nice looking body shot.
Raymond checks a leg kick nicely.
Raymond throws a hook but Takara avoids it easily.
Takara scores with a three punch combo!
Takara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Raymond checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Raymond lands with an uppercut that bounces Takara off the cage and back into rage.
Takara has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Takara there as he acknowledges the shot.
Raymond tests Takara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Raymond blocks the low kick.
Raymond lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Takara circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymond jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raymond slips a jab from Takara.
Raymond throws the left hand but Takara avoids the punch easily.
Raymond looks to score with a jab to the body but Takara is just out of range.
Takara misses with a body shot.
Raymond uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Takara.
Takara connects with the punch.

Raymond is rocked!
Takara lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Raymond falls backwards - clearly groggy! Takara dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hoshiko Takara!