PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Takaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gee Damn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takaya comes into the arena with Jimi Hendrix - All along the Watchtower blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Takaya
vs
Damn

171 cm
29
152 lbs
21 - 7 - 1

175 cm
32
158 lbs
22 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps

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 21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshihiro Takaya!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gee Damn!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damn lands a leg kick that knocks Takaya off balance momentarily.
Damn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damn throws a body punch but Takaya moves out of range.
Takaya misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Damn misses with an uppercut.
Damn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Damn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Takaya. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Takaya. Damn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Damn throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Takaya moves into range and connects with a jab.
Damn lands a nice looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Takaya.
Takaya getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Damn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Takaya moves into range and clinches up with Damn.
Damn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Damn lands an elbow inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Damn.
Damn scores with a nice hook to the head.
Damn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Damn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Damn cracks Takaya with a nice body shot.
Damn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takaya misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takaya.
Damn blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takaya goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takaya throws a punch but it's blocked by Damn.
Takaya is trying to drag Damn to the mat but Damn just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
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!
Takaya has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Damn after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshihiro Takaya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Damn trying to control the position but instead, Takaya has worked for underhooks and has pushed Damn into the ropes.
Damn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Damn gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Takaya.
Takaya throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Damn.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Takaya as Damn tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn throws a punch but it's blocked by Takaya.
Takaya blocks a body shot from Damn.
Damn prevents a body shot from Takaya.
Damn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Takaya has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Damn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Takaya is looking to take this one to the mat.
Damn blocks a body shot from Takaya.
Takaya has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Damn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Damn lands with a short shot to the head.
Takaya takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Yoshihiro Takaya has been cut.
Nice body punch from Damn.
Takaya is working Damn over against the ropes.
Damn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees to the body from Damn.
Damn lands a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Damn blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damn is trying to maintain a safe position but Takaya gets an underhook and turns Damn into the ropes.

Damn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damn lands a high kick!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Damn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Takaya has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Takaya and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Damn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Takaya.
Takaya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Damn with a jab.
Takaya blocks a low kick nicely.
Some wild striking there from Damn.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damn loads up on a big right hand but Takaya slips the punch.
Damn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gee Damn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Takaya's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Takaya takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Damn displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Takaya.
Damn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Damn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takaya is able to avoid easily.
Damn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Damn motions for Takaya to come forward. Damn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Takaya misses with a takedown attempt
and Damn counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Takaya swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Damn misses with a low kick.
Damn stuffs the takedown attempt from Takaya. Takaya gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshihiro Takaya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Takaya loads up on a big right hand but Damn slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damn loads up on a big right hand but Takaya slips the punch.
Takaya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Damn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takaya throws out the jab.
Takaya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Takaya takes one to the chin there.

Takaya is rocked!
Takaya avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Oh Takaya is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Takaya stuns Damn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Takaya seems to have got his legs back now.
Damn throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Damn leaves Takaya with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Damn keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damn lands with an uppercut that bounces Takaya off the ropes and back into range.
Damn cracks the inside of Takaya's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takaya looks to land a left hand but Damn moved out of range nicely.

Damn has Takaya up against the ropes in a clinch.
A short left from Takaya.
Damn blocks a body shot from Takaya.
Takaya blocks a body shot from Damn.

Damn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Damn throws a nice looking combination but Takaya bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Takaya tries to close the distance and clinch but Damn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Takaya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch combination from Takaya misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takaya misses with a hook. Damn ducked under it nicely.
Damn misses with a head kick.
Takaya throws a shot from downtown. Damn moves away and avoids it.
Damn misses with a low kick.
Damn scores with a nice strike.

Takaya has closed the distance and engaged Damn in a clinch.
Damn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Damn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Takaya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damn is keeping busy.
Takaya misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Damn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Damn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Takaya tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Damn lands with a left to the head.
Takaya tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Damn's elbow.
Takaya swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takaya has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Damn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Takaya is trying to maintain a safe position but Damn gets an underhook and turns Takaya into the ropes.
Takaya swings wildly with an uppercut but Damn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takaya swings wildly with an uppercut but Damn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Damn scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takaya tries to throw a body punch but Damn avoids it by throwing Takaya back against the ropes.
Takaya looking to slow down the pace here.
Damn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Takayas head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gee Damn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Takaya's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Left hook, right uppercut from Damn.
Damn misses with a body shot.
Damn throws a hook but Takaya avoids it easily.
Damn throws a head kick that half lands.
Takaya tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Damn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Damn pounces like a tiger and cracks Takaya with a vicious hook! Takaya is down but not out! Damn follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gee Damn!
Gee Damn is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, Gee Damn, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.