PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yasuhiro Akagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Sin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akagi's entrance music is Nash the Slash - American Band. A fine choice. Sin is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Original Nuttah. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Akagi
vs
Sin

180 cm
26
181 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

182 cm
27
183 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing
Aspire Nutrition

KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasuhiro Akagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Sin!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akagi misses with a few strikes there.
Akagi scores with a shot to the body.
Sin lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Akagi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sin misses with a wild body shot.
Akagi tries to counter with a takedown but Sin is quick to defend against it.
A swing and a miss from Sin.
Akagi throws a right hand that misses
and Sin counters with a leg kick.
Akagi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sin as he jumps to the side.
Sin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akagi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sin.
Akagi backing away here, and Sin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Akagi throws a chopping leg kick but Sin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Akagi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Akagi misses with the combination.
Sin looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sin blocks a leg kick.
Akagi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Akagi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Akagi lands a leg kick that knocks Sin off balance momentarily.
Akagi throws a sloppy head kick and Sin moves out of range easily.
Sin appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Sin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Akagi throws a lazy right hand but Sin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sin! But no joy.
Akagi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Akagi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sin takes a swing at Akagi's ribcage but misses.
Akagi connects with a crisp jab.
A punch lands to the side of Sin 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Akagi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Akagi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sin's waist but Sin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Akagi off to one side.
Sin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Akagi tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Akagi clobbers Sin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Akagi misses with a straight right.
Akagi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sin.
Nice body kick from Akagi.
Akagi lands with a shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sin walks into a straight right hand from Akagi.
Nice defenses there by Sin.
Akagi scores with a jab. Sin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Akagi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Akagi throws a looping overhand right but Sin ducks down to avoid it.
Sin tries a quick counter leg kick but Akagi is wise to it.

Akagi drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Sin manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Akagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sin lands a right hand.
Akagi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Akagi prevents a body shot from Sin.
Akagi takes a shot to the head.
Akagi blocks a body shot from Sin.
Akagi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Sin.
Akagi misses with a punch to the body.
Akagi blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akagi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akagi or not.
Nice body punch from Sin - that landed with a thud.

Sin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Akagi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sin moves away.
Akagi slips a jab from Sin.
Sin thumps Akagi with a low kick.
Akagi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sin dodges the punch combination from Akagi.
Sin misses with an uppercut. Akagi saw that one coming.
Sin missing with a left hand there. Akagi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Akagi throws a series of punches but Sin moves out of range.
Akagi backing away here, and Sin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some bone on bone action there as Sin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Akagi throws a hook to the side of Sin's head but Sin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yasuhiro Akagi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Akagi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sin.
Sin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Akagi under the eye.
Akagi clobbers Sin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Akagi throws a hook to the side of Sin's head but Sin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akagi.
Akagi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sin momentarily.
Good exchange - Sin coming out on top.
Akagi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akagi throws a right hand that Sin ducks under and follows up with a left that Sin also avoids with ease.
Sin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Sin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akagi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sin throws the kick towards the body but Akagi avoids it.
Sin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Akagi throws out the jab.
Akagi scores with a one two! Sin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Akagi misses with a jab to the body
and Sin counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Akagi misses its intended target.
Akagi throws a wild body kick that Sin sees coming a mile off.
Akagi lands a jab to the nose.
Akagi misses the jab.
Sin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Akagi with a body shot.
Sin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice defenses there by Akagi.
Sin ducks under a wild hook from Akagi.
Sin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sin misses with an uppercut. Akagi saw that one coming.
Sin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Akagi lands a lovely overhand right.
Akagi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Akagi misses with a few strikes there.
Sin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Akagi backing away here, and Sin unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Akagi scores with a jab.
Sin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Akagi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Akagi tries to move into range but Sin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice body kick there by Akagi.
Yasuhiro Akagi is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sin throws a jab but it's blocked by Akagi.
Akagi looks to land a left hand but Sin moved out of range nicely.
Sin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Akagi to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot lands for Akagi.
Sin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Akagi. Akagi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Akagi swings widly with a right hand
and Sin counters with a nice uppercut.
Akagi misses with a looping left.
Akagi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Akagi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sin.
Akagi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Akagi somewhat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akagi throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Akagi misses with a body punch
and Sin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akagi loads up on a big right hand but Sin slips the punch.
Akagi misses with a left hand
and Sin counters with a nice body shot.
Sin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Akagi moves into the clinch.
Akagi lands a shoulder strike.
Sin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Akagi.
Akagi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sin can't find room to land a body shot as Akagi controls the action.
Sin struggles to land a body shot inside as Akagi controls his hands.
Akagi tries to throw a body punch but Sin avoids it by throwing Akagi back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yasuhiro Akagi will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Sin is looking to chop away at Akagi's legs.
Akagi just misses with a punch to the body.
Sin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Akagi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sin throws the kick towards the body but Akagi avoids it.
Akagi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sin lands an overhand right.
Akagi misses with a few strikes there.
Sin replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Akagi blocks it well.
Sin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akagi looks to throw the jab but Sin is out of range.
Sin moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Sin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Akagi lands with an overhand left.
Sin with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Sin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sin.

Akagi is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Sin misses the target.
Oh Akagi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Akagi throws a hook but Sin avoids it easily.
Sin jabs at Akagi's body.
Akagi moves away from the strike by Sin.
Sin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akagi's calf.
Sin digs a good hook to Akagi's body.
Akagi seems to have got his legs back now.
Sin takes a swing at Akagi's ribcage but misses.
Akagi throwing a counter right hand but Sin manages to avoid it.
Sin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Akagi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Akagi looks to score with a jab to the body but Sin is just out of range.
Akagi closes the distance but Sin moves to the side
and Sin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akagi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Akagi scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lee Sin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akagi misses with a body shot.
Sin was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Sin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Akagi is out of range.
Sin throws an overhand right that lands on Akagi's shoulder, as Akagi tries to avoid the shot.
Akagi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Sin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Yasuhiro Akagi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Akagi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A solid leg kick lands there for Akagi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akagi punishes Sin's body with a nice straight punch.
An inside leg kick from Sin misses.
Sin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Akagi can pounce on him.
Akagi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sin cracks Akagi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yasuhiro Akagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sin moves out of range of the body kick.
Akagi misses with a combination

and Sin counters with a crisp right hand that drops Akagi! Sin lets Akagi back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akagi misses with a body shot.
Sin lands an uppercut, right on the button! Akagi tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lee Sin!
Lee Sin thanked the fans post fight for their support.