PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akio Yumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Raiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Yumi
vs
Raiden

180 cm
27
182 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

183 cm
26
183 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Yumi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Raiden!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yumi moves out of range of the leg kick from Raiden.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Raiden fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yumi scores with a leg kick.
Yumi wants to clinch up but Raiden keeps it at a distance.
Yumi wants to land a leg kick but Raiden is out of range.
A head kick from Raiden lands but Yumi takes it in his stride.
Yumi slips under a jab.
Yumi wants to clinch
and Raiden counters with a head kick.

Yumi gets a clinch.
Raiden trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Raiden's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Raiden looks gassed!
Knees to the body from Yumi.
Raiden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yumi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raiden takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi lands a nice knee to the body.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Raiden avoids the damage to the body.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raiden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Raiden's ribcage.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Raiden shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Raiden takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raiden.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Raiden's ribcage.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi landing knees to the body.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raiden's defenses.
Raiden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Raiden blocks with his arms.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Raiden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Raiden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raiden trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raiden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yumi landing knees to the body.
Yumi lands a good knee to the midsection. Raiden won't want to take too many of those.
Raiden taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raiden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Raiden misses with an elbow strike.
Raiden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yumi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yumi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Raiden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yumi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi lands an elbow that stopped Raiden in his tracks for a moment.
Yumi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Raiden dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Raiden blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Raiden tries to land knees in the clinch but Yumi avoids the damage to the body.
Raiden missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raiden avoids it.
Good body shot from Raiden.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Raiden.
Raiden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raiden's defenses.
Yumi being controlled against the ropes.
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.
Yumi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Raiden throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raiden is defending well for now.
Yumi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yumi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raiden in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raiden trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raiden misses with a knee strike.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Raiden avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Yumi lands an elbow that stopped Raiden in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raiden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Raiden throws a sloppy head kick and Yumi moves out of range easily.
Yumi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Raiden. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Raiden.
Raiden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Yumi gets a clinch.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raiden.
Raiden pushes off an throws an elbow but Yumi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden scores with a shoulder strike.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yumi avoids it.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yumi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raiden lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raiden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yumi.
Yumi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Raiden is defending well for now.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Raiden shrugs off.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raiden.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Raiden avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raiden blocks an elbow strike.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Raiden tries to land knees in the clinch but Yumi avoids the damage to the body.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Raiden misses with a knee strike.
Yumi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Raiden's brow.
Raiden misses with an elbow over the top.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Raiden lands a good knee to the midsection. Yumi won't want to take too many of those.
Raiden trying to stall but Yumi improves his position.
Raiden blocks the elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Raiden lands a knee to the head.
Raiden is trying to maintain a safe position but Yumi gets an underhook and turns Raiden into the ropes.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raiden lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raiden takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Raiden, against the ropes.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.

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.
Raiden pushes off an throws an elbow but Yumi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Raiden.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Raiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yumi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Raiden throws an elbow but misses.
Raiden lands a nice knee to the body.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but Yumi blocks with his arms.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Raiden 's eye.
Raiden lands a nice knee to the body.
Yumi working Raiden over with knees to the body.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Raiden blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Raiden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yumi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Yumi avoids it.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Raiden avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Raiden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Raiden blocks with his arms.
Raiden dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Raiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Yumi's face.
Raiden trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but Yumi blocks it.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raiden with a knee to the head.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Raiden blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raiden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raiden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yumi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raiden avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Raiden lands with a light punch inside.
Raiden avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Raiden managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Raiden dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raiden trying to control the position but instead, Yumi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Raiden into the ropes.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Raiden 's eye.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Raiden working Yumi over with knees to the body.
Raiden avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Raiden lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raiden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Raiden.
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden misses with a knee strike.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yumi landing knees to the body.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Raiden trying to control the position but instead, Yumi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Raiden into the ropes.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
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 interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Yumi tries to land a front kick but Raiden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yumi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yumi is looking to score with low kicks.
Yumi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Akio Yumi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yumi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Yumi tries to clinch up.
Jack Raiden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yumi tries to clinch up but Raiden circles away and keeps his distance.
Raiden tries to clinch but Yumi moves out of range.

Raiden pushes Yumi up against the ropes in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Raiden.
Yumi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Raiden in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Akio Yumi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Raiden dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Raiden.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raiden lands a hook that snaps the head of Yumi backwards.
Raiden avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the ropes.
Raiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Raiden tries to land knees in the clinch but Yumi avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Raiden stalling in the clinch but Yumi improves position.
Raiden takes an elbow to the temple.
Raiden avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Raiden lands with a light punch inside.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi avoiding damage as Raiden throws knees to the body.
Raiden avoids the elbow strike from Yumi, against the ropes.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Raiden avoiding damage.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Raiden avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raiden.
Yumi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Raiden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raiden blocks it with crossed arms.
Raiden stalling the fight.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Raiden with a knee to the head.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
Raiden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Raiden shrugs off.
Raiden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yumi's elbow.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yumi obliges.
Raiden avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Raiden lands a nice knee to the body.
Yumi avoiding damage as Raiden throws knees to the body.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raiden blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Yumi dodges an elbow strike from Raiden.
Raiden trying to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Yumi obliges.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yumi as Raiden tries to tie him up.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raiden tries to stall but Yumi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raiden has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raiden scores with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yumi.
Raiden tries to land knees in the clinch but Yumi avoids the damage to the body.
Raiden blocks an elbow strike.
Raiden takes an elbow to the forehead.
Raiden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yumi is defending well for now.
Raiden takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raiden throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Yumi up against the ropes.
Raiden takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raiden looking to throw knees to the head but Yumi is blocking nicely.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Raiden misses with a knee strike.
Yumi lands a nice knee to the body.
Raiden avoids a wild elbow strike from Yumi.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raiden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Raiden blocks it.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi avoids a wild elbow strike from Raiden.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Raiden's brow.
Raiden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yumi.
Yumi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Raiden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yumi blocks it with crossed arms.
Raiden managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Raiden avoids the damage to the body.
Raiden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Raiden leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Raiden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Yumi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raiden throws an elbow that misses.
Raiden lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Raiden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Raiden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akio Yumi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Yumi, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Akio Yumi!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Akio Yumi!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Akio Yumi!

Akio Yumi wins by unanimous decision!