PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Totman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akiyama comes to the cage accompanied by Akiyama Theme Song (This Is My Life - Edward Maya). Totman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Operation Ground and Pound kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sam Totman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Akiyama
vs
Totman

185 cm
23
220 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

188 cm
28
218 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Akiyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Totman!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akiyama throws a head kick that misses.
Akiyama misses with an uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akiyama.
The fight stays on the outside here - Akiyama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Akiyama fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Totman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Totman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Totman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Totman misses the jab.
Akiyama tries to land a body kick
and Totman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akiyama thinking.
Akiyama misses with a head kick.
Totman walks forward, straight into a front kick from Akiyama.
Akiyama throws a leg kick that is checked
and Totman counters with a three punch combo that has Akiyama backing up. Akiyama nods at Totman to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akiyama throws out a loose jab but Totman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akiyama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Totman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Totman tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Akiyama turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Akiyama attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Akiyama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Totman was well out of range. Poor timing from Akiyama.
Akiyama lands with a nice body kick.
Akiyama connects with a leg kick. Totman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Totman moves out of range of the body kick from Akiyama.
Kenji Akiyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akiyama tries to clinch there but Totman circles away.
Nice defenses there by Akiyama.
Akiyama misses with a wild body shot.
Akiyama ducks under a wild hook from Totman.
Akiyama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akiyama throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Akiyama moves in looking to clinch but Totman pushes him off.
Totman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Totman moves in looking to clinch but Akiyama pushes him off.
Totman blocks a leg kick.
Akiyama keeps Totman at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Totman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Akiyama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Akiyama throws a leg kick but Totman sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Akiyama misses with a wild body shot.
Akiyama throws a low kick, looking for Totman's leg but Totman calmly moves out of range.
Akiyama misses with a shot to the body
and Totman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Akiyama tries to clinch up.
Akiyama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Akiyama lands a head kick!
Akiyama uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Totman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Akiyama clinches up with Totman and pushes him back against the cage.
Totman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akiyama lands with a short shot to the head.
Totman takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Sam Totman has been cut.
Totman avoids a wild elbow strike from Akiyama.
Akiyama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Akiyama has Totman pressed against the cage, preventing Totman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Akiyama misses with an elbow strike.
Akiyama misses with an elbow strike.
Akiyama keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Totman's efforts to push away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akiyama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Totman is trying to break the clinch but Akiyama is controlling him.
Akiyama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Totman.
Akiyama lands an elbow just above Totman 's eye.
Totman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Totman has a couple of punches blocked by Akiyama.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Akiyama.
Akiyama throws an elbow but it misses.
Totman misses with some punches.
Akiyama lands an elbow that stopped Totman in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Totman.
Akiyama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Totman's defenses.

Totman is rocked!
Totman tries to throw a body punch but Akiyama avoids it by throwing Totman back against the cage.
Akiyama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Akiyama.
Totman is still on wobbly legs! Can Akiyama finish him?
Totman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Akiyama looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Totman seems to have recovered his senses.
Akiyama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Sam Totman's cut even more.
Akiyama lands with a light punch inside.
Akiyama creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Totman! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Akiyama.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenji Akiyama!