PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between London Rebel (ranked 3657 p4p, 94 weight class) and Kazuma Akiyama (ranked 3189 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rebel
vs
Akiyama

180 cm
25
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

167 cm
25
177 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

Threads of HARDCORE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, London Rebel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazuma Akiyama!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akiyama dives in and grabs Rebel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rebel pushes down on Akiyama's head and hops out.
A little feinted left hand from Rebel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rebel scores with a punch to the head.
Rebel connects with a right hand. Akiyama shakes it off.
Rebel lands a jab.

Akiyama shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rebel is trying to defend but Akiyama finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Akiyama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Akiyama thows a huge punch but Rebel dodges it nicely.
Akiyama looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rebel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Akiyama thows a huge punch but Rebel dodges it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Akiyama scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Akiyama is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Akiyama drops an elbow to the side of Rebel's head.
Akiyama thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rebel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Akiyama on the ground.
Akiyama scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Akiyama throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akiyama is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Akiyama working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Akiyama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Akiyama throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Akiyama winds up and cracks Rebel with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Akiyama takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Rebel is rocked!
Akiyama landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oh Rebel is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Akiyama passes the guard and advances to mount!
Akiyama scoring with strikes but Rebel is staying in there.
Rebel is breathing heavily.
Akiyama lands with some strikes.

Akiyama is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Akiyama!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kazuma Akiyama!
In his post fight interview, Kazuma Akiyama started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.