PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takira Akono (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akihito Yamato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yamato has chosen Unravel-Hatsune Miku as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Akono
vs
Yamato

188 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takira Akono!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akihito Yamato!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yamato throws a right hand that Akono ducks under and follows up with a left that Akono also avoids with ease.
Akono swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Akono misses with a hook
and Yamato counters with a nice uppercut.
Yamato rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Akono moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Akono slips a jab from Yamato.
Akono misses with a hook to the body
and Yamato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yamato misses with an uppercut.
Yamato scores with a nice strike.
Akono swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Yamato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Akono is rocked!
Yamato cracks Akono with a hook to the temple - Akono is on wobbly legs here! Yamato swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Akono falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Yamato wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Akihito Yamato!
After winning the bout, Akihito Yamato thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.