PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Israel Adesanya (ranked 2870 p4p, 4166 weight class) and Yoshihiro Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 182 weight class). Akiyama comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Time To Say Goodbye kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Yoshihiro Akiyama has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Adesanya
vs
Akiyama

180 cm
25
180
3 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
175
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Israel Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Akiyama!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akiyama fails with the takedown.
Adesanya feinted with a counter takedown.
Adesanya lands with a good body shot.
Akiyama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Adesanya to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Yoshihiro Akiyama has been cut.
Adesanya thuds a left hand into Akiyama's body.
Akiyama takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Akiyama closes the distance and clinches up with Adesanya, looking for a takedown. Akiyama pushes Adesanya against the cage but Adesanya circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adesanya lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Akiyama at a distance.
Akiyama looks winded!
Adesanya connects with a crisp jab.
Israel Adesanya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adesanya connects with a body shot that sends Akiyama's belly button to the back.
Adesanya drops Akiyama with a huge uppercut! Akiyama drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Adesanya is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Israel Adesanya!
A very excited looking Israel Adesanya made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.