PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akira Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Farnsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Maeda
vs
Farnsworth

192 cm
22
206 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
206 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Maeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Farnsworth!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farnsworth swinging wilding here.
Maeda blocks the body kick.

Maeda instigates a clinch.
Farnsworth takes an elbow to the temple.
Farnsworth tries to break the clinch but Maeda is controlling the position.
Maeda drops down looking for an ankle pick but Farnsworth pulls his leg out and moves away.
Maeda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maeda shoots for a double leg takedown but Farnsworth sprawls well. He's pushed Maeda's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maeda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Farnsworth misses with a few strikes there.
Farnsworth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Akira Maeda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farnsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Farnsworth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farnsworth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Farnsworth works the jab nicely.

Maeda is rocked!

It looks like Akira Maeda has been cut.
Farnsworth swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Oh Maeda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A punch combination from Farnsworth misses.
Maeda seems to have got his legs back now.
Maeda blocks a head kick by Farnsworth.
Maeda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farnsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maeda shoots for a double leg takedown but Farnsworth sprawls well. He's pushed Maeda's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akira Maeda. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farnsworth throws a head kick but Maeda moves out of range.
Farnsworth dodges the punch combination from Maeda.
Farnsworth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Farnsworth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farnsworth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Maeda wants to clinch up but Farnsworth keeps it at a distance.
Maeda tries to clinch but Farnsworth moves out of range.
Maeda tries to clinch but Farnsworth is having none of it.
Maeda dodges the punch combination from Farnsworth.
Maeda doesn't manage to clinch there - Farnsworth circles away.

Maeda clinches with his opponent.
Farnsworth wants to break free but Maeda has control.
Farnsworth tries to break the clinch but Maeda is controlling the position.
Maeda blocks an uppercut.
Maeda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maeda looking for a takedown.
Farnsworth is looking to break free of the clinch but Maeda has double underhooks.
Farnsworth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maeda is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Farnsworth gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Maeda manages to pull guard.

Farnsworth gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Farnsworth looks gassed!
Farnsworth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Farnsworth tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Maeda forces Farnsworth back against the cage and clinches.
Farnsworth is trying to break the clinch but Maeda has him pressed against the cage.
Maeda lands an elbow that stopped Farnsworth in his tracks for a moment.
Maeda lands a knee to the body.
Farnsworth can't break the clinch.
Maeda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farnsworth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maeda drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Farnsworth gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Farnsworth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Farnsworth is trying to break free.
Farnsworth has had enough of the clinch but Maeda keeps him there for the moment.
Farnsworth wants to break the clinch but can't.
A right handed body shot lands from Farnsworth.
Maeda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Maeda lands a knee to the body.
Farnsworth wants to get back to striking at distance but Maeda won't allow it.
Farnsworth is trying to break the clinch but Maeda has him pressed against the cage.
Maeda lands a knee to the head.

Farnsworth breaks from the clinch.
Farnsworth tries to land a front kick but Maeda steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maeda lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A head kick misses from Maeda.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maeda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Maeda darts in and clinches Farnsworth up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda lands a nice knee to the body.
Maeda connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Maeda.

Farnsworth is rocked!
Maeda has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Farnsworth - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Maeda, and another! Farnsworth is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Akira Maeda!