PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daken Akihiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson Blaze will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Akihiro
vs
Blaze

172 cm
27
162 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
29
168 lbs
21 - 12 - 0

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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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daken Akihiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Akihiro has closed the distance and engaged Blaze in a clinch.
Akihiro avoiding damage as Blaze throws knees to the body.
Blaze throws a punch but it's blocked by Akihiro.
A short left from Akihiro.
Blaze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akihiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blaze blocking some punches.
Blaze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Akihiro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blaze blocks an uppercut.
Blaze misses with a body punch.

Blaze's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blaze's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blaze duly obliges.
Blaze looks to throw the jab but Akihiro is out of range.
Akihiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
A head kick misses from Akihiro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akihiro wants to slow Blaze down by chopping away at his legs.
Akihiro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
An inside leg kick lands from Akihiro.
Akihiro has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Blaze misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akihiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akihiro misses with a body shot.
Blaze bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Akihiro's head.
Akihiro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Akihiro gets a clinch.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Akihiro avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Akihiro has a couple of punches blocked by Blaze.
Stalling in the clinch from Blaze.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Akihiro avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Akihiro prevents a body shot from Blaze.
Akihiro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blaze working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akihiro.
Akihiro lands a left hand.
Blaze tries to land knees in the clinch but Akihiro avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Blaze.
Akihiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akihiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Akihiro swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaze.
Akihiro has a couple of punches blocked by Blaze.
Akihiro throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaze.
Blaze scores with a shot to the side of Akihiro's head.
Akihiro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akihiro tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing Akihiro back against the cage.
Akihiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blaze blocking some punches.
Blaze lands a knee to the body.
Blaze is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Akihiro presses Blaze against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Blaze pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akihiro lands a nice shot to the body.
Blaze checks a low kick from Akihiro.
Akihiro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akihiro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Blaze counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Akihiro jabs Blaze right on the nose. Blaze blinks but takes it well.
Blaze blocks a head kick by Akihiro.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akihiro.
Blaze moves out of range of the strikes.
Blaze misses with a looping left.
Akihiro moves out of range of the body kick.
Akihiro throws a low kick but Blaze avoids it.
Akihiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blaze works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Akihiro digs a good hook to Blaze's body.
Akihiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaze.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Akihiro is looking to wear down Blaze with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Akihiro throws a leg kick that misses.
Akihiro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blaze.
A big right from Blaze misses.
Blaze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akihiro manages to avoid it.
Blaze throws out a leg kick but Akihiro moves out of range and Blaze only half commits.
A jab from Akihiro misses.
Akihiro misses with an uppercut.
Akihiro throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze throws the kick towards the body but Akihiro avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Akihiro.
Akihiro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Akihiro connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tyson Blaze will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Akihiro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blaze. Blaze obviously looking to wear him down.
Akihiro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Akihiro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blaze lands a nice looking kick to the body. Akihiro takes a step back to recover.
Akihiro cracks Blaze with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Blaze misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Blaze misses.
Blaze misses with a body kick.
Akihiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaze.
Akihiro tries to land a front kick but Blaze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Akihiro cracks the inside of Blaze's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akihiro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blaze's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze avoids the body shot from Akihiro.
Akihiro drops his hands momentarily and Blaze takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Akihiro moves away from the strike by Blaze.
Blaze swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Akihiro counters with a stiff right hand.
Blaze fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Akihiro checks a leg kick.
Blaze throws a wild body kick that Akihiro sees coming a mile off.
Blaze uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Akihiro.
Akihiro scores with a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Akihiro
and Akihiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Akihiro cracks the inside of Blaze's front leg.
A slapping body kick lands there for Akihiro.
Blaze is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akihiro lets loose with a powerful body kick. Blaze will feel that in the morning.
Akihiro moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Daken Akihiro is winning the standup battle so far.
A cross from Akihiro lands.
Akihiro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Akihiro lands a leg kick that knocks Blaze off balance momentarily.
Akihiro tries to land a front kick but Blaze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Akihiro scoring well with a low kick there.
Daken Akihiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akihiro connects with a leg kick. Blaze looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Akihiro thumps Blaze with a low kick.
Blaze has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blaze there as he acknowledges the shot.
Akihiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Blaze circles away.
Akihiro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blaze on the side of the head.
Blaze takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Blaze is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze looks up at the clock. Bad move! Akihiro lands a right hand from hell, dropping Blaze. Akihiro pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daken Akihiro!
A very excited looking Daken Akihiro rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.