PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Stefan Van Der Sar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Takayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stefan Van Der Sar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Van Der Sar
vs
Takayama

212 cm
22
294 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
243 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stefan Van Der Sar !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yoshihiro Takayama!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Takayama moves into the clinch successfully.
Takayama misses with a knee to the head.

Van Der Sar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Takayama tries to clinch up.
Takayama tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Sar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Takayama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Takayama tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Van Der Sar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takayama fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Takayama closes the distance looking to clinch
and Van Der Sar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Takayama tries to clinch but Van Der Sar moves out of range.
Van Der Sar swats away the attempt to clinch by Takayama.
Takayama fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takayama fails with an attempt to clinch.
Takayama tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Sar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Takayama moves into the clinch successfully.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Takayama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Der Sar .
Takayama with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yoshihiro Takayama will probably get the nod.
That's time! Van Der Sar 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Takayama moves to clinch but Van Der Sar breaks away

and whilst Takayama still has his hands down, Van Der Sar counters with a perfectly aimed head kick that sends Takayama crashing to the mat! Will he recover? 3,4,5,6,7 - he's back up! The referee looks into his eyes and asks him to walk forwards. He's going to allow this one to continue but will Takayama be able to survive another onslaught?

Takayama is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Takayama moves to clinch but Van Der Sar breaks away
and as Takayama loses concentration momentarily, Van Der Sar counters with a picture perfect head kick! Takayama goes down, out cold! The referee rushed in to check on his condition - I'm sure he'll be ok but that was a massive knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Stefan Van Der Sar !
Our winner, Stefan Van Der Sar , 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.