PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Akiyo Nishiura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buster Hymen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Nishiura
vs
Hymen

172 cm
25
159 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

170 cm
24
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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[JMFC]Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q156 REC/CARDIO

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akiyo Nishiura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Buster Hymen!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nishiura dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hymen. That did some damage!
Hymen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nishiura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nishiura ducks under a wild hook from Hymen.
Nishiura misses with a double jab.
Nishiura throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Nishiura moves into the clinch.
Nishiura misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nishiura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura has Hymen pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nishiura pushes Hymen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hymen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nishiura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hymen up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishiura prevents the takedown attempt.
Hymen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nishiura landing knees to the body.
Hymen looks gassed!
Hymen tries to pull guard but Nishiura won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.
Hymen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Nishiura gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Akiyo Nishiura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buster Hymen.
Nishiura taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Nishiura.

Nishiura breaks from the clinch.
Hymen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nishiura throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Nishiura takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura works on Hymen's body with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short body shot lands from Nishiura as the two fighters clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nishiura.
Nishiura seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Hymen tries to score a body lock takedown but Nishiura shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nishiura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hymen backwards.
Nice body punch from Nishiura.
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nishiura manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nishiura lands a left hand.
Nishiura lands a body shot.
Nishiura working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nishiura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hymen backwards.
Nishiura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hymen backwards.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Hymen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hymen's gas tank.
Nishiura presses Hymen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nishiura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura lands a nice shot to the body.
Nishiura lands a body shot.
Nishiura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hymen up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Nishiura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nishiura stalling.
Good body shot from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hymen.
Nishiura slowing the pace effectively.
Nice body punch from Nishiura - that landed with a thud.
Nishiura gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hymen takes a shot to the head.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hymen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nishiura tries to throw a body punch but Hymen avoids it by throwing Nishiura back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hymen drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hymen is trying to break the clinch but Nishiura has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nishiura.
Nishiura has Hymen pressed against the cage, preventing Hymen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nishiura is leaning against Hymen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nishiura is working Hymen over against the cage.
Hymen letting Nishiura take a breather here.
Nishiura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nishiura stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nishiura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nishiura lands a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nishiura blocks a body shot from Hymen.
Nishiura crunches a lovely knee into Hymen's ribcage.
Hymen has had enough of the clinch but Nishiura keeps him there for the moment.
Nishiura lands a good knee to the midsection. Hymen won't want to take too many of those.
Nishiura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hymen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akiyo Nishiura dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nishiura smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hymen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nishiura counters with a thumping low kick.
Hymen has a takedown stuffed.

Nishiura has Hymen up against the cage in a clinch.
Akiyo Nishiura has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nishiura presses Hymen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nishiura leaning against his opponent.

Nishiura breaks the clinch.
Nishiura doesn't manage to clinch there - Hymen circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hymen moves out of range as Nishiura strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishiura misses with a looping left.
Hymen throws out a loose jab but Nishiura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hymen shoots for a double leg takedown but Nishiura sprawls well. He's pushed Hymen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Nishiura clinches with his opponent.
Nishiura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hymen up against the cage.
Nishiura trying to control the position but instead, Hymen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nishiura into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akiyo Nishiura.
Nishiura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hymen.
Nishiura tries to clinch but Hymen moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Nishiura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hymen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nishiura counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nishiura scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nishiura tries to clinch up but Hymen circles away and keeps his distance.
Nishiura misses with a looping right.
Nishiura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hymen swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura throws a body kick that misses.
Nishiura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hymen throws a combination that misses
and Nishiura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Hymen misses its intended target.
A shot to de liver by Nishiura. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nishiura scores with a shot to the body.
Akiyo Nishiura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nishiura walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nishiura cracks the inside of Hymen's front leg.
A shot to the body from Hymen misses
and Nishiura counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hymen.
Hymen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nishiura. That one must have hurt.
Nishiura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nishiura connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nishiura throws a head kick that half lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Nishiura.
Hymen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Nishiura counter with a right hand.
Nishiura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hymen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akiyo Nishiura dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nishiura.
Nice defenses there by Nishiura.
Nishiura tries to clinch up.
Nishiura misses with a body shot.
Hymen avoids the head kick by Nishiura.
Hymen misses with a double jab
and Nishiura counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hymen thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nishiura!
Nishiura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hymen can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body punch from Nishiura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Hymen misses its intended target.
A cross from Nishiura lands.
Hymen shoots in and drives through. Nishiura sprawls well.
A telegraphed right hand from Hymen misses the target.
Nishiura lands a right hook to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nishiura!
Buster Hymen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nishiura throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nishiura feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hymen's calf.
Hymen swats away the attempt to clinch by Nishiura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hymen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Decent striking displayed by Nishiura there.
Hymen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nishiura throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Nishiura lands a nice hook to Hymen's body. Hymen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hymen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hymen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura lands a head kick. Hymen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nishiura punishes Hymen's body with a nice straight punch.
No luck for Hymen with that takedown attempt.
Hymen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Akiyo Nishiura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nishiura lands with an uppercut that bounces Hymen off the cage and back into rage.
Hymen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nishiura sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hymen somewhat.
Akiyo Nishiura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Buster Hymen.

Nishiura has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura landing knees to the head.
Hymen working hard to break the clinch.
Hymen goes for a takedown attempt but Nishiura pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nishiura bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hymen's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akiyo Nishiura showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nishiura has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akiyo Nishiura!