PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Takeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Izaak Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Takeshi
vs
Waters

178 cm
27
183 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

185 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc
5th Round Clothing

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryu Takeshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Izaak Waters!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takeshi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Waters scores with a body shot.
Izaak Waters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Waters closes the distance and clinches.
Waters is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Waters stalls.
Waters lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takeshi backwards.
Waters prevents Takeshi from breaking the clinch.

Takeshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Waters tries to bum rush Takeshi with a series of wild strikes but Takeshi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Takeshi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Waters's head.
Waters lands with an uppercut that bounces Takeshi off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Ryu Takeshi has been cut.
Takeshi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Waters darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takeshi displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Waters just misses with a punch to the body.
Waters looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Waters.
Waters takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Waters looks to land a left hand but Takeshi moved out of range nicely.
Waters moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Takeshi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Waters swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Waters avoids the head kick by Takeshi.
Waters misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi staying out of range there.
Takeshi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Takeshi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab by Waters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takeshi ducks under a wild hook from Waters.

Takeshi closes the distance and clinches.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch but Waters keeps him there for the moment.
Waters lands a nice uppercut.
Waters lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Waters works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Waters managing to block the knees to the body from Takeshi.
Waters lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takeshi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Waters up against the cage.
Waters makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Waters.
Takeshi is trying to break the clinch but Waters has him pressed against the cage.
Takeshi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Waters lands with a short shot to the head.
Waters keeps control of Takeshi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Waters tries to throw a body punch but Takeshi avoids it by throwing Waters back against the cage.
Takeshi tries to break free but Waters pushes him back against the cage.
Waters scores with a shot to the side of Takeshi's head.
Waters makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Waters struggles to land a body shot inside as Takeshi controls his hands.
Takeshi being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waters trying to control the position but instead, Takeshi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Waters into the cage.
Waters struggles to land a body shot inside as Takeshi controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Waters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takeshi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Waters lands a left hand.
Takeshi is looking to break free of the clinch but Waters has double underhooks.
Takeshi misses with the head strike.

Takeshi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters swinging wildly here.
Waters avoids the body shot from Takeshi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Izaak Waters dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryu Takeshi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Takeshi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Waters manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Waters fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Waters punishes Takeshi's body with a nice straight punch.
Waters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Waters misses with an uppercut.
Waters throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Waters looks to score with a jab to the body but Takeshi is just out of range.
Takeshi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takeshi throws a head kick that misses.
Waters scores with a sloppy right hand. Takeshi should have avoided that one.
Takeshi misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters misses with a right hand
and Takeshi counters with a good, hard body kick but Waters shrugs it off.

Waters gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Takeshi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Waters connects with a crisp jab.
Waters throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Takeshi does no damage.
Takeshi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Waters scores with a decent looking hook.
Waters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takeshi.
Ryu Takeshi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Takeshi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Waters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters misses with a straight right.
Waters with a nice cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waters throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Takeshi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Waters ducks under a wild hook from Takeshi.
Waters lands a jab to Takeshi's midsection.
Takeshi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Takeshi slips under a jab.
Waters avoids the head kick by Takeshi.
Takeshi on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Takeshi misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Waters lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Waters wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Izaak Waters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Takeshi misses with a head kick.
Takeshi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Ryu Takeshi's cut is getting worse.
Left hook, right uppercut from Waters.

Takeshi is rocked!
Waters lands a nice shot to the body.
Takeshi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Oh Takeshi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Waters does no damage.
BOOM! Waters lands a beautiful left hook that drops Takeshi. Takeshi tries to recover but Waters is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Takeshi lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Izaak Waters!
Izaak Waters decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.