PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Komatsu Akiaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey The Lion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akiaki comes into the arena with Enter the Dragon blaring out of the sound system. Joey The Lion is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Akiaki
vs
The Lion

175 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Komatsu Akiaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey The Lion!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Lion looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Akiaki scoring well with a low kick there.
The Lion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akiaki, right into the meat.
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Komatsu Akiaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
Akiaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Lion's sensitive parts.
A slapping leg kick lands for Akiaki.
Akiaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Akiaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Akiaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Akiaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiaki.
The Lion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akiaki.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akiaki, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
The Lion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Akiaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Lion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akiaki.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akiaki cracks the inside of The Lion's front leg.
Akiaki thumps The Lion with a low kick.
Akiaki thumps The Lion with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Akiaki.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiaki.
Akiaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akiaki is looking to slow The Lion down with leg kicks.
Komatsu Akiaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
A nice leg kick lands there from Akiaki.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Lion takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Akiaki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Akiaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Lion. That did some damage!
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akiaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akiaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Akiaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Lion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akiaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The Lion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Akiaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Akiaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Lion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiaki is looking to slow The Lion down with leg kicks.
Akiaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Lion. That did some damage!
Akiaki feints and then cracks The Lion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Lion down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akiaki, right into the meat.
Akiaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
Akiaki feints and then cracks The Lion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Lion down.
Akiaki cracks the inside of The Lion's front leg.
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Lion takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Akiaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Lion.
The Lion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akiaki.
Akiaki scores with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Akiaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akiaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Akiaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Akiaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Akiaki.
Akiaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiaki.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
Akiaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Akiaki is looking to slow The Lion down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Akiaki.
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
Akiaki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Akiaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Lion.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiaki.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Akiaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Lion's sensitive parts.
A slapping leg kick lands for Akiaki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Akiaki.
The Lion's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
The Lion tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Akiaki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiaki.
A good leg kick by Akiaki.
Akiaki feints and then cracks The Lion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Lion down.
Akiaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Akiaki is looking to slow The Lion down with leg kicks.
Akiaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akiaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Lion's calf.
Akiaki cracks the inside of The Lion's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Akiaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Lion. That did some damage!
Akiaki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Komatsu Akiaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Akiaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
Akiaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Akiaki throws a leg kick which misses The Lion's front leg but catches the back leg as The Lion tries to avoid it.
Akiaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Lion.
Akiaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Akiaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Lion.
Akiaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akiaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Lion can do to turn this around?
Akiaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Akiaki.
Akiaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Akiaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The Lion is breathing heavily.
Akiaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Akiaki.
A good leg kick by Akiaki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akiaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Lion's sensitive parts.
Akiaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Akiaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akiaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Akiaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akiaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Lion. That did some damage!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akiaki, right into the meat.
Akiaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Lion's sensitive parts.
Akiaki cracks the inside of The Lion's front leg.
The Lion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Akiaki can pounce on him.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akiaki, right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
The Lion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Akiaki can pounce on him.
Akiaki is looking to slow The Lion down with leg kicks.
Akiaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
The Lion tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Akiaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Lion tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Lion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akiaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Lion's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akiaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Akiaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on The Lion. That did some damage!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Akiaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but The Lion might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Akiaki has got the better of the exchanges.
An inside leg kick lands from Akiaki.
Akiaki thumps The Lion with a low kick.
Akiaki thumps The Lion with a low kick.
The Lion takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Akiaki.
Akiaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The Lion on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Akiaki. Akiaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Akiaki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Akiaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Akiaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Akiaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Akiaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Lion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akiaki.
Akiaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Akiaki throws a leg kick which misses The Lion's front leg but catches the back leg as The Lion tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akiaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Lion.
Akiaki scoring well with a low kick there.
Akiaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Lion's calf.
Akiaki feints and then cracks The Lion's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow The Lion down.
Akiaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Lion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akiaki.
Akiaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Lion's calf.
The Lion tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Lion stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akiaki.
Akiaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akiaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good leg kick by Akiaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akiaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The Lion chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Akiaki can pounce on him.
Joey The Lion is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Akiaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses The Lion's sensitive parts.
Akiaki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiaki.
Akiaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Akiaki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Akiaki drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Akiaki working away.

Akiaki thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Akiaki has worked his way into a potential kimura here. The Lion is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Akiaki yanks on the arm and The Lion is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Akiaki.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Komatsu Akiaki!