PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Hastings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moto Akita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hastings
vs
Akita

178 cm
22
157 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

166 cm
18
164 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Hastings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Moto Akita!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hastings scores with a shot to the body.
Akita wants to clinch but Hastings slips to the side
and Hastings counters with a nice body kick.
Hastings tests Akita's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hastings comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Akita takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hastings moves out of range of the body kick.
Akita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hastings counters with a head kick. That will keep Akita thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hastings lands a nice shot that snaps Akita's head back.
Hastings works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hastings lands a high kick!

Akita is rocked!

It looks like Moto Akita has been cut.
Akita takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Akita is still on wobbly legs! Can Hastings finish him?
Hastings lands a body shot.
Akita looks gassed!
Akita gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Hastings!