|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Benatar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yujiro Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benatar comes to the cage accompanied by Hit Me With Your Best Shot. Benatar has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. On his way into the cage it seems that Pat Benatar has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pat Benatar seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
 |
|
 |
| 185 cm
22
186 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
|
180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
|
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Plays chess |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pat Benatar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yujiro Takahashi!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Takahashi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Benatar.
Takahashi throws a jab when Benatar was well out of range.
Takahashi throws a lazy right hand but Benatar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Takahashi misses with a looping right.
Left hook, right uppercut from Benatar.
Takahashi lands with a shot to the body.
Benatar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A swing and a miss from Takahashi.
Benatar throws out a powerful jab.
Takahashi throws a jab when Benatar was well out of range.
Takahashi misses with a leg kick.
Benatar scores with a shot to the body.
Benatar misses with a series of wild punches.
Benatar is breathing heavily.
Takahashi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benatar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benatar lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Benatar.
A left and a right from Benatar both land. Nice combination.
Takahashi fails in his attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Benatar.
A head kick from Benatar lands but Takahashi takes it in his stride.
Takahashi is rocked!
Takahashi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Takahashi is still on wobbly legs! Can Benatar finish him?
Takahashi throws a jab when Benatar was well out of range.
Takahashi seems to have recovered his senses.
Takahashi looks to land a right hand but Benatar moved out of range.
Takahashi is looking to clinch.
Benatar misses with a wild combination.
A head kick misses from Benatar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi misses the jab.
Takahashi throws a right hand that misses
enabling Benatar to counter with a crisp jab.
Takahashi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Takahashi shoots in and bounces Benatar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Benatar on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Benatar tries to get out of the position.
Takahashi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Benatar keeping moving, preventing Takahashi from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Benatar is keeping the position for now.
Takahashi wants to control from the top but Benatar keeps moving.
Takahashi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
You can see the frustration on Benatar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Takahashi advances nicely into full mount.
Takahashi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Takahashi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Benatar wants to control but Takahashi is having none of it.
Takahashi controlling the position easily from mount.
Benatar is squirming around, avoiding Takahashi's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yujiro Takahashi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Benatar throws a hook but Takahashi blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Benatar.
Takahashi scores a takedown into full mount!
Takahashi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Despite being in the dominant position, Yujiro Takahashi just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Benatar throws a head kick that misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Takahashi as he connects with a hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big left from Benatar misses.
Takahashi throws a poor cross that misses
and Benatar counters with a big head kick but Takahashi shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benatar misses with a kick to the body.
Takahashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Benatar.
Benatar misses with a hook.
Benatar ducks under a wild hook from Takahashi.
Benatar misses with a few strikes there.
Benatar slips under a jab from Takahashi.
Takahashi throws a poor cross that misses
and Benatar counters with a left and a right that stings Takahashi.
Takahashi misses with a body shot.
Takahashi misses with a hook.
Takahashi misses with a looping right.
Takahashi is looking to clinch but Benatar is avoiding it.
Benatar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Takahashi takes a swing at Benatar's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Takahashi clinches up with Benatar and pushes him back against the cage.
Takahashi stalling in the clinch but Benatar improves position.
Takahashi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Benatar wants to get back to striking at distance but Takahashi won't allow it.
Benatar letting Takahashi take a breather here.
Takahashi breaks from the clinch.
Benatar moves out of range as Takahashi strikes.
Takahashi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benatar.
Takahashi throws a hook but Benatar blocks it.
Benatar takes a swing at Takahashi's ribcage but misses.
Takahashi might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Takahashi missing with a left hand there. Benatar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pat Benatar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benatar tries to keep at a distance but Takahashi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Benatar letting Takahashi take a breather here.
A head punch on the inside from Takahashi fails to land.
Takahashi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Takahashi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Takahashi misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Takahashi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Takahashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Takahashi is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Benatar has denied him.
Takahashi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Benatar up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yujiro Takahashi.
Takahashi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benatar doesn't seem bothered though.
Takahashi throws a hook to the side of Benatar's head but Benatar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Benatar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Takahashi tries to clinch up but Benatar circles away and keeps his distance.
Benatar doesn't manage to clinch there - Takahashi circles away.
Jab from Takahashi.
Takahashi scores with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Takahashi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pat Benatar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Takahashi drives through and clinches with Benatar against the cage.
Takahashi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Takahashi looking to slow down the pace here.
Takahashi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takahashi thows a body shot but no joy.
Takahashi moves out of range as Benatar strikes.
Takahashi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Takahashi tries for a takedown but Benatar sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A shot to de liver by Takahashi. Beautiful body shot.
Benatar defending well as Takahashi loads up on a big left hand.
Takahashi tries to clinch there but Benatar circles away.
Takahashi throws a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yujiro Takahashi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Benatar swinging wilding here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takahashi.
Benatar misses with a kick to the body
letting Takahashi counter with a right hand.
Takahashi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Takahashi thuds a left hand into Benatar's body.
Takahashi connects with a solid leg kick.
Takahashi misses with a hook. Benatar ducked under it nicely.
Benatar blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benatar moves in looking to clinch but Takahashi pushes him off.
Benatar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benatar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Takahashi counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi controlling the action here.
Takahashi wants to control but Benatar is keeping him busy.
Takahashi trying to control the pace.
Benatar is looking to control Takahashi's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Benatar avoid being mounted?
Takahashi seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Benatar trying to control here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Benatar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Takahashi is working away from the top position though.
Takahashi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Takahashi wants to take a breather but Benatar is having none of it.
Despite being in the dominant position, Yujiro Takahashi just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Benatar misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi throws a leg kick which misses Benatar's front leg but catches the back leg as Benatar tries to avoid it.
Takahashi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Benatar. That did some damage!
Benatar steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Takahashi. That one must have hurt.
Benatar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Takahashi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Takahashi wants to break free but Benatar has control.
A bit of stalling here from Takahashi.
Takahashi trying to stall but Benatar improves his position.
Takahashi slows down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Takahashi.
Takahashi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yujiro Takahashi.
Benatar misses with a combination
and Takahashi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takahashi tries to clinch up but Benatar circles away and keeps his distance.
Benatar thows a body shot but no joy.
Takahashi lands with an overhand left.
A choreographed right hand from Takahashi misses the target.
Benatar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Takahashi throws out the jab.
Benatar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Takahashi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pat Benatar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Takahashi.
Takahashi is looking to clinch.
Benatar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Takahashi.
Takahashi blocks a head kick by Benatar.
Takahashi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Takahashi throws a poor cross that misses
and Benatar counters with a nice uppercut.
Pat Benatar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Benatar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yujiro Takahashi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Takahashi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yujiro Takahashi!
Yujiro Takahashi is the new middleweight champion!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
31% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
