PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akio Yumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greer Morimune (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akio Yumi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yumi
vs
Morimune

180 cm
26
182 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

182 cm
24
180 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Knockout power

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Yumi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Greer Morimune!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morimune chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Yumi can pounce on him.
Yumi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Morimune swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yumi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Yumi tries to clinch there but Morimune circles away.
Morimune avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yumi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morimune checks it well.

Yumi takes the fight into the clinch.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi prevents Morimune from breaking the clinch.
Morimune wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yumi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Morimune 's eye.
Morimune tries to break free but Yumi pushes him back against the cage.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
Yumi prevents Morimune from breaking the clinch.
Morimune tries to circle away but Yumi has him pinned against the cage.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morimune wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yumi has him pressed against the cage.
Yumi landing knees to the head.
Morimune looks gassed!
Morimune blocks an elbow strike.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Morimune avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimune has had enough of the clinch but Yumi keeps him there for the moment.
Morimune dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Morimune takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morimune takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morimune's defenses.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morimune has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Morimune takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Morimune's ribcage.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Morimune shrugs off.
Yumi lands a good knee to the midsection. Morimune won't want to take too many of those.
Morimune takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Morimune 's eye.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morimune lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yumi obliges.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Morimune takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Morimune takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morimune managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Yumi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Morimune in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morimune looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimune's brow.
Morimune can't break the clinch.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi has Morimune pressed against the cage, preventing Morimune from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Morimune lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Morimune is trying to break free.
Morimune looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi has Morimune pressed against the cage, preventing Morimune from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Morimune wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morimune wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimune.
Yumi prevents Morimune from breaking the clinch.
Morimune has had enough of the clinch but Yumi keeps him there for the moment.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimune has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morimune tries to circle away but Yumi has him pinned against the cage.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimune working hard to break the clinch.
Morimune avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the cage.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.

Morimune escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morimune throws a head kick that half lands.
A leg kick checked by Morimune.
Morimune goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yumi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yumi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Yumi moves out of range of the body kick from Morimune.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Yumi misses.
Akio Yumi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yumi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Yumi avoids the body shot from Morimune.
Yumi tries to clinch up.
Morimune lands a glancing blow to the side of Yumi's head.
Morimune misses with a head kick.
Yumi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yumi defending well as Morimune loads up on a big left hand.
Morimune throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Yumi.
Yumi scoring well with a low kick there.

Yumi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimune.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimune.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akio Yumi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Yumi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yumi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Morimune throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yumi doesn't manage to clinch there - Morimune circles away.
Yumi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Morimune paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Morimune shoots for a double leg takedown but Yumi sprawls well. He's pushed Morimune's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morimune throws a head kick but Yumi moves out of range.
Morimune on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yumi. Yumi obviously looking to wear him down.
Yumi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morimune. That did some damage!
Yumi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yumi throws a body kick the misses
and Morimune counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Yumi blocks a head kick by Morimune.
Morimune tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Yumi drives through and clinches with Morimune against the cage.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morimune wants to break free but Yumi has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morimune's defenses.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Morimune's face.
Morimune takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimune avoids it.
Morimune has had enough of the clinch but Yumi keeps him there for the moment.
Morimune takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yumi has Morimune pressed against the cage, preventing Morimune from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morimune avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Morimune leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morimune blocks the elbow strike.
Morimune wants to break free but Yumi has control.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimune's brow.
Morimune blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morimune is trying to break the clinch but Yumi is controlling him.
Yumi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimune is defending well for now.
Morimune is looking to break free of the clinch but Yumi has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Morimune has had enough of the clinch but Yumi keeps him there for the moment.
Yumi keeps control of Morimune as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.
Morimune is looking to break free of the clinch but Yumi has double underhooks.
Morimune working hard to break the clinch.
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morimune's defenses.
Yumi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morimune's efforts to push away.
Yumi lands an elbow that stopped Morimune in his tracks for a moment.
Morimune is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimune's brow.
Yumi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morimune's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Morimune's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morimune avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Morimune wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimune avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morimune's efforts to push away.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Morimune leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Morimune blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Akio Yumi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morimune tries to break free but Yumi pushes him back against the cage.
Morimune wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Morimune avoids it.
Yumi has Morimune pressed against the cage, preventing Morimune from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yumi keeps control of Morimune as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimune wants to get back to striking at distance but Yumi won't allow it.
Morimune wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morimune dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Morimune wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morimune is trying to break the clinch but Yumi is controlling him.
Yumi prevents Morimune from breaking the clinch.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morimune's brow.
Morimune wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morimune looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimune.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morimune has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morimune's efforts to push away.
Yumi prevents Morimune from breaking the clinch.
Morimune working hard to break the clinch.
Morimune avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Morimune wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Morimune managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morimune's defenses.
Morimune has had enough of the clinch but Yumi keeps him there for the moment.
Morimune is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Morimune dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akio Yumi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Morimune will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Morimune fails with a takedown attempt.
Morimune throws a body punch but Yumi moves out of range.

Yumi closes the distance and clinches.
Yumi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Morimune avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Morimune working hard to break the clinch.
Morimune on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi keeps control of Morimune as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morimune can't break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morimune is defending well for now.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morimune working hard to break the clinch.
Morimune wants to get back to striking at distance but Yumi won't allow it.
Morimune is trying to force a seperation but Yumi has the dominant position.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morimune.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Morimune wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yumi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Morimune's efforts to push away.
Yumi has Morimune pressed against the cage, preventing Morimune from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Morimune wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morimune tries to break free but Yumi pushes him back against the cage.
Morimune wants to break free but Yumi has control.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Morimune 's eye.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimune is trying to break free.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Morimune avoids the damage to the body.
Morimune on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Morimune wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.
Morimune wants to get back to striking at distance but Yumi won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.

Morimune breaks the clinch.
Yumi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morimune is out of range.
Horrible takedown by Morimune or perhaps it was just good defense by Yumi which made him look bad.
Akio Yumi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greer Morimune.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morimune.
Yumi wants to clinch.
Yumi stuffs the takedown attempt from Morimune. Morimune gets slowly back to his feet.

Yumi rushes Morimune and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Nice elbow from Yumi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi lands an elbow that stopped Morimune in his tracks for a moment.
Morimune blocks an elbow strike.
Morimune wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morimune avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the cage.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morimune blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morimune can't break the clinch.
Morimune can't break the clinch.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Morimune shrugs off.

Morimune breaks the clinch.
Morimune shoots in looking for a takedown. Yumi tries to sprawl out of it but Morimune keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Yumi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Morimune tries to keep at a distance but Yumi has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Morimune blocks with his arms.
Morimune is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Morimune breaks from the clinch.
Yumi blocks a head kick by Morimune.
Yumi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Morimune checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yumi wants to clinch up but Morimune keeps it at a distance.
Morimune throws a looping overhand right but Yumi ducks down to avoid it.

Yumi closes the distance and clinches.
Morimune is looking to break free of the clinch but Yumi has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morimune is trying to break free.
Morimune takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi lands a nice knee to the body.
Greer Morimune has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morimune avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akio Yumi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yumi 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Akio Yumi!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Akio Yumi!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Akio Yumi!

Akio Yumi wins by unanimous decision!