PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Akiyo Nishiura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andelko Antun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antun has chosen Your Decision as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Andelko Antun was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Nishiura
vs
Antun

172 cm
26
151 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

170 cm
27
165 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akiyo Nishiura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andelko Antun!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nishiura misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nishiura circles away from the clinch attempt.

Nishiura clinches up against the cage.
Antun misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nishiura.
Antun tries to land knees in the clinch but Nishiura avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Nishiura - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Antun.
Nishiura just leaning against Antun, taking a breather.
Antun trying to land knees to the body.
Nishiura works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A knee to the head by Antun.
Nishiura lands a shot to the body.
Antun throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nishiura tries to land knees in the clinch but Antun avoids the damage to the body.
Antun throws an elbow that misses.
Antun is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nishiura is defending well for now.
Antun missing with knees to the body.
Nishiura controlling the action here for a moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Nishiura.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Antun looks gassed!
Nishiura lands a right hand.
Antun missing with knees to the body.
Nishiura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a body punch.
Antun tries to land knees in the clinch but Nishiura avoids the damage to the body.
Nishiura's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Antun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nishiura lands a shot to the body.
Nishiura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antun or not.
A right hand to the body from Nishiura.
A right hand to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura scores with a hook to the body.

Nishiura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Antun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands with a straight right. Antun didn't see that one coming.
Nishiura with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Antun stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nishiura.
Nishiura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nishiura fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Antun on the side of the head.
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!
Nishiura connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nishiura displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Nishiura takes the fight into the clinch.
Nishiura presses Antun against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nishiura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antun or not.
Nishiura lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
The referee calls for Nishiura to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nishiura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nishiura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nishiura scores with a shoulder strike.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nishiura digs a right hand underneath Antun's ribcage. Antun let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Nishiura.
Nishiura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nishiura lands a knee to the head.
Nishiura lands an elbow inside.

Nishiura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nishiura gets a clinch.
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nishiura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knees to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Nishiura working Antun over with knees to the body.
Nishiura lands a shot to the body.
Nishiura stalling.
Nishiura lands a left hand.
Nishiura tries to land knees in the clinch but Antun avoids the damage to the body.
Antun takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nishiura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antun or not.
Nishiura landing knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Nishiura as the two fighters clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nishiura.
Nishiura landing knees to the body.
Nishiura lands an elbow just above Antun 's eye.
Nishiura missing with knees to the body.
Antun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nishiura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antun or not.
Nishiura pushes Antun back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nishiura.
Nice body punch from Nishiura - that landed with a thud.
Nishiura stalling against the cage.
Nishiura tries a knee to the head but Antun blocks it.
Nishiura lands with a light punch inside.
Nishiura leaning his opponent against the cage.
Antun misses with a knee to the head.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.
Nishiura lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nishiura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nishiura managing to block the knees to the body from Antun.
Nishiura scores with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Nishiura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nishiura lands a body shot.
Nishiura working Antun over with knees to the body.
Antun missing with knees to the body.
Nishiura landing knees to the head.
A short right from Nishiura.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nishiura.
Antun tries a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Nishiura.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Nishiura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Antun tries to land a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks with his arms.
Nishiura effectively controlling the action here.
Nishiura managing to block the knees to the body from Antun.
Nishiura scores with a shot to the side of Antun's head.
A bit of stalling here from Nishiura.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Antun trying to land knees to the body.
Nishiura lands a hook that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Antun blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hook to the body lands for Nishiura.
Antun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nishiura blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akiyo Nishiura dominated that round.
That's time! Nishiura's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nishiura has managed to clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nishiura takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nishiura lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Antun tries to land a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks with his arms.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Nishiura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nishiura landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Nishiura.
Nishiura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Antun up against the cage.
Nishiura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Nishiura is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nishiura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Come on Nishiura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nishiura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
Antun tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Nishiura - that landed with a thud.
Nishiura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nishiura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nishiura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nishiura manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nishiura lands a good knee to the midsection. Antun won't want to take too many of those.
Nishiura dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nishiura.
A short body shot lands from Nishiura as the two fighters clinch.
Nishiura lands with a left to the head.
Antun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice body punch from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands with a left to the head.
Nishiura has Antun pushed against the cage.
Antun avoiding damage as Nishiura throws knees to the body.
Nishiura lands a knee to the head.
Antun throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.
Good body shot from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands an elbow just above Antun 's eye.
Antun is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura connects with a knee to the head.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Antun blocks with his arms.
A short right from Nishiura.
Nishiura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Antun can do to turn this around?
Nishiura is working Antun over against the cage.
Nishiura managing to block the knees to the body from Antun.
Nishiura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Antun up against the cage.
Antun with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Antun tries to land knees in the clinch but Nishiura avoids the damage to the body.
Nishiura lands a good knee to the midsection. Antun won't want to take too many of those.
Nishiura lands a body shot.
Nishiura landing knees to the body.
Nishiura taking a breather.
Nishiura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Nishiura.
Antun throws a punch but it's blocked by Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a hook that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
A hook to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura displaying some good clinch control by pressing Antun up against the cage.
Antun tries to land knees in the clinch but Nishiura avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Antun trying to land knees to the body.
Nishiura lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nishiura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nishiura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Antun blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Nishiura is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nishiura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nishiura works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nishiura avoiding damage.
Nishiura scores with a hook to the body.
Nishiura putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Antun in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Antun unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nishiura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Antun missing with knees to the body.
Nishiura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nishiura trying to land knees to the body.
Nishiura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antun or not.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Antun.
Nishiura lands a knee to the head.
Antun tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nishiura avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Antun as Nishiura tries to tie him up.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.
Nishiura trying to control the position but instead, Antun has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nishiura into the cage.
Antun misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nishiura obliges.
Nishiura scores with a shoulder strike.
Nishiura landing knees to the body.
Nishiura is stalling here.
Antun misses with a knee strike.
Antun with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nishiura comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nishiura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nishiura works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Nishiura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Antun, against the cage.
Antun tries to land a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks with his arms.
Nishiura is working Antun over against the cage.
Nishiura stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akiyo Nishiura dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nishiura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nishiura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nishiura throws a nice head kick!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nishiura checks a leg kick.
Antun chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nishiura can pounce on him.
Andelko Antun seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antun tries to clinch up

and Nishiura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nishiura.
Nice body punch from Nishiura.
Nishiura works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nishiura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
Nishiura stalling in the clinch.
Antun lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.
Nishiura digs a right hand into Antun's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Antun's gas tank.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
Nishiura lands a nice uppercut.
Nishiura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Antun is keeping busy.
Nishiura leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Nishiura.
Antun takes an elbow to the forehead.
Akiyo Nishiura has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Antun with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nishiura lands with a light punch inside.
Nishiura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nishiura lands a body punch.
Nishiura presses Antun against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nishiura has Antun pushed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nishiura obliges.
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Still in the clinch, Nishiura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nishiura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nishiura is working Antun over against the cage.
Nishiura works on Antun's body with a couple of short punches.
Nishiura scores with a hook to the body.
Nishiura lands a nice shot to the body.
Nishiura leaning against his opponent.
A right hand to the body from Nishiura.
Andelko Antun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura scores with a hook to the body.
Nishiura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Antun misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nishiura.
Antun tries to land a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks with his arms.
Antun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nishiura leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nishiura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nishiura lands a hook that snaps the head of Antun backwards.
Antun trying to land knees to the body.
Nishiura is looking to control Antun's arms but Antun gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nishiura has his back to the cage.
Maybe Nishiura would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Antun missing with knees to the body.
Antun throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura lands a left hand.
Antun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nishiura blocks it with crossed arms.
A bit of stalling here from Nishiura.
Antun is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nishiura is defending well for now.
Nishiura is stalling here.
Nishiura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Antun or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura gets through Antun's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Nishiura as the two fighters clinch.
Nishiura looking to slow down the pace here.
Nishiura lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nishiura digs a right hand underneath Antun's ribcage. Antun let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nishiura cracks Antun with a nice body shot.
Nishiura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Antun misses with the head strike.
Nishiura lands an elbow that stopped Antun in his tracks for a moment.
Nishiura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nice body punch from Nishiura.

Nishiura manages to break the clinch.
Antun on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nishiura lands an overhand right.
Antun tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Nishiura counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a damaging elbow.
Nishiura digs a right hand underneath Antun's ribcage. Antun let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nishiura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Antun throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nishiura blocks it with crossed arms.
Antun can't find room to land a body shot as Nishiura controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Nishiura as the two fighters clinch.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Antun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antun takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nishiura is trying to maintain a safe position but Antun gets an underhook and turns Nishiura into the cage.
Nishiura trying to land knees to the body.
Nishiura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.
Nishiura lands with a short shot to the head.
Nishiura scores with a shot to the side of Antun's head.
A short body shot lands from Nishiura as the two fighters clinch.
Nishiura leaning against his opponent.
Nishiura lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Antun.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands a shoulder strike.
Nishiura is working Antun over against the cage.
Antun being controlled against the cage.
Nishiura is looking to control Antun's arms but Antun gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nishiura has his back to the cage.
Nishiura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nishiura scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Antun.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nishiura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Antun is defending well for now.
Nishiura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Antun throws knees to the body.
Nishiura digs a right hand underneath Antun's ribcage. Antun let out a lung full of air as it connected.

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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:25

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