PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kazuya Takeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Takeda
vs
Taylor

174 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuya Takeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Taylor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Takeda kicks off Taylor and gets to his feet.
Takeda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taylor closes the distance and clinches up with Takeda, looking for a takedown. Taylor pushes Takeda against the cage but Takeda circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Takeda scoring well with a low kick there.
Taylor takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Joe Taylor has been cut.
Takeda slaps away a takedown attempt from Taylor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Taylor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kazuya Takeda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Taylor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Takeda lands a front kick.
Taylor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takeda can pounce on him.
Takeda looks to score with a jab to the body but Taylor is just out of range.
Takeda throws a head kick that half lands.
Taylor looks to land a body kick but Takeda moved away.
Taylor looks to land a body kick but Takeda moved away.
A solid body kick from Takeda.
Takeda shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Taylor eats them both and turns towards Takeda to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeda throws a nice head kick!
Takeda scores with a push kick.
Takeda scoring well with a low kick there.
Takeda lands a nice looking kick to the body. Taylor takes a step back to recover.
Taylor looks gassed!
Taylor throws a lazy body kick
and Takeda counters with a head kick. That will keep Taylor thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nice body kick there by Takeda.
Jab, jab by Takeda - just one landing.
Takeda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Takeda avoids them all with ease.
Takeda misses with a wild body shot.
No joy there for Taylor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Takeda feints a jab promting Taylor to slip. Takeda then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Taylor slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Taylor is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takeda lands a big head kick that sends Taylor to the canvas! Takeda follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kazuya Takeda!
An out of breath and clearly excited Kazuya Takeda thanked Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).