PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Billy Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Takamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Apollo Takamura is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Madison
vs
Takamura

187 cm
25
198 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
28
192 lbs
8 - 16 - 0

Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Lethal high kicks
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Madison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Apollo Takamura!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takamura takes a swing at Madison's ribcage but misses.
Takamura swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Madison looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Madison tries to clinch but Takamura moves away
and Takamura counters with a one-two to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Madison. Those never looked like landing.
Madison tries to clinch
and Takamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Madison is looking to clinch.
Takamura drops his hands momentarily and Madison takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Madison throws a head kick but Takamura moves out of range.
Madison throws a hook but Takamura avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Madison there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Madison lands a nice leg kick that just misses Takamura's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Madison tries to clinch but Takamura moves away
and Takamura counters with a slapping leg kick.
Madison throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takamura.
Takamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
Madison lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Billy Madison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Takamura moves away.
Madison tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Takamura is able to avoid easily.
Takamura circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Takamura to counter with a crisp jab.

Madison darts in and clinches Takamura up against the ropes.
Madison struggles to land a body shot inside as Takamura controls his hands.
Takamura blocking some punches.
Madison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Takamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Madison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Madison blocks an uppercut.
Madison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Madison tries to land a knee to the head but Takamura blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Madison.
Takamura taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Madison.

Takamura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Madison throws a low kick, looking for Takamura's leg but Takamura calmly moves out of range.
Takamura dodges the punch combination from Madison.
Madison tries to clinch but Takamura moves away
and Takamura counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Madison. Those never looked like landing.
Takamura circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Takamura takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Madison lands a nice looking kick to the body. Takamura takes a step back to recover.
Madison looks to clinch
and Takamura counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Madison dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Madison moves to clinch but Takamura breaks away
and Takamura makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Madison throws a low kick but it's checked well by Takamura.
Madison misses with an uppercut
letting Takamura counter with a right hand.
Takamura tries to land a front kick but Madison steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Madison throws a combination that misses
and Takamura counters with a left to the body.

Madison darts in and clinches Takamura up against the ropes.

Takamura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Takamura takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Madison moves to clinch but Takamura breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Takamura looks to land a combination but Madison avoids it well.
Madison tries to clinch
and Takamura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Takamura blocks a head kick by Madison.
Madison throws a poor cross that misses
and Takamura counters with a three punch combo that has Madison backing up. Madison nods at Takamura to acknowledge the strikes.
Madison lands a high kick!
Madison moves out of range of the strikes.
Madison darts in trying to clinch
and Takamura counters with a straight right hand.
Takamura checks a leg kick.
Takamura needs to keep his hands up - Madison had a free shot at his head there.
Madison moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Madison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Takamura counters with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takamura throws a head kick but Madison moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madison tries to clinch but Takamura moves away
and Takamura counters with a right hand to the body.
Takamura lands with a good body shot.
A punch combination from Madison misses.
Madison wants to clinch
and Takamura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Madison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Takamura counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Madison lands with a hook. Takamura tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Madison throws a right and a left that Takamura avoids nicely.
Madison scores with a jab. Takamura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Madison swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Takamura counter with a right hand.
Madison attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Madison misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Apollo Takamura will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Madison throws a left and a right that both miss
and Takamura counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Takamura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Madison throws out the jab.
Madison thows a body kick. Takamura tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Madison moves in looking to clinch but Takamura pushes him off.
Sloppy strikes from Madison. Those never looked like landing.
Takamura misses with a jab, cross combination.
Madison throws a front kick that sends Takamura stumbling back into the ropes.
Takamura throws a series of punches but Madison moves out of range.
Madison throws an overhand right that lands on Takamura's shoulder, as Takamura tries to avoid the shot.
Madison swings for the body but Takamura moves out of range.
Madison throws a left and a right that both miss
and Takamura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Madison attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Billy Madison is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Takamura swats away the attempt to clinch by Madison.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison tries to bum rush Takamura with a series of wild strikes but Takamura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Takamura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Madison throws out a loose jab but Takamura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madison misses with a few strikes there.
Billy Madison is winning the standup battle so far.
Madison closes the distance looking to clinch
and Takamura counters with a one-two to the body.
Madison tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Takamura to counter with a crisp jab.

Madison is rocked!
Madison misses with a double jab
and Takamura counters with a right hand from hell and Madison is out cold! A vicious knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Apollo Takamura!
Apollo Takamura bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.