PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mako Akumba (ranked 2355 p4p, 285 weight class) and Rung Thrym (ranked 1986 p4p, 248 weight class). Thrym is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by We Are - Hollywood Undead. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Akumba
vs
Thrym

199 cm
28
206 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

195 cm
41
216 lbs
40 - 22 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Bee Krazy

Sportivité

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mako Akumba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rung Thrym!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akumba lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Thrym. Beautiful body shot.
Akumba uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Thrym has time to react.
Thrym drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Akumba fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Akumba tries a head kick but it misses.
Akumba slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Thrym uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Akumba.
Akumba lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
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!
Akumba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thrym.
Akumba misses with a shot to the body
and Thrym counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Mako Akumba has been cut.
Thrym wants to clinch up but Akumba keeps it at a distance.
Akumba throws a shot from downtown. Thrym moves away and avoids it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Akumba.
Akumba tries to score with a low kick but Thrym moves his leg out of the way.
A cross from Akumba lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumba moves in looking to clinch but Thrym pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Thrym on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Akumba misses with an uppercut.
Thrym takes one to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Thrym.
Thrym throws out a counter right but Akumba avoids it with no problem.
Thrym's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Akumba connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thrym scrambles back to his feet.
Akumba missing with a left hand there. Thrym was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been told by Akumba's head coaches at Gangsterdamage that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Akumba. That's going to slow Thrym down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Akumba - that will leave a mark!
Thrym keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Akumba looks to throw the jab but Thrym is out of range.
Akumba lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Akumba.
Akumba swats away the attempt to clinch by Thrym.
Thrym misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akumba misses with a series of wild punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akumba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thrym has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Akumba thuds his right hand into Thrym's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Akumba fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Thrym, pushing him back against the cage.
Thrym struggles to land a body shot inside as Akumba controls his hands.
Thrym blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Thrym.
Thrym tries a body shot but Akumba blocks it.
Thrym misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Akumba tries to work over Thrym's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akumba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thrym gets through Akumba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thrym lands a hook that snaps the head of Akumba backwards.
Thrym misses with a punch on the inside.
Akumba throws a punch but it's blocked by Thrym.
Thrym prevents a body shot from Akumba.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thrym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrym lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thrym tries to throw a body punch but Akumba avoids it by throwing Thrym back against the cage.
Thrym tries a body shot but Akumba blocks it.
Akumba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thrym digs a right hand underneath Akumba's ribcage. Akumba let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Akumba on the inside.
Thrym misses with a body punch.
Akumba misses with a short punch on the inside.

Akumba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Akumba. That snapped Thrym's head back.
Akumba misses with a hook. Thrym ducked under it nicely.
Thrym throws out a counter right but Akumba avoids it with no problem.
Nice body punch from Akumba.
A lazy body kick from Thrym
and Akumba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Akumba gets a clinch.
Thrym doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thrym lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akumba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Thrym fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Akumba.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thrym misses with some punches.
Akumba lands an elbow inside.
Thrym blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Akumba misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thrym misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thrym misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thrym misses with some punches.
Thrym has a couple of punches blocked by Akumba.
A right hand to the body from Thrym.
Thrym goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thrym tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thrym tries to throw a body punch but Akumba avoids it by throwing Thrym back against the cage.
Akumba throws an elbow that misses.
Good body shot from Akumba.
Thrym scores with a shot to the side of Akumba's head.
Thrym tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thrym presses Akumba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thrym lands with a short shot to the head.
Thrym blocking some punches.
Thrym doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Akumba wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mako Akumba dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mako Akumba's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Thrym moves away from the strike by Akumba.
Akumba misses with a shot to the body
and Akumba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Akumba, as that shot connected.
Mako Akumba is winning the standup battle so far.
Akumba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Akumba lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thrym takes a step back to recover.
Akumba tries to work over Thrym's front leg with a kick but Thrym checks it.
A good leg kick by Thrym.
Thrym tries to clinch up.
Thrym staying out of range there.
Akumba slips under a jab from Thrym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thrym scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Akumba misses with a series of wild punches.
Akumba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thrym manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumba misses the jab.
Thrym takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good work by Thrym as he checks the leg kick.
Akumba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thrym.
A jab lands there for Akumba.
Akumba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akumba moves out of range of the body kick from Thrym.
Akumba scores with a jab to the jaw.
Akumba thuds a left hand into Thrym's body.
Akumba throws a body punch but Thrym moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Thrym blocks the low kick.
Thrym defending well as Akumba loads up on a big left hand.
Thrym fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akumba manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrym moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Akumba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Akumba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Akumba fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thrym is trying to counter with his kicks.
Akumba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thrym uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akumba.
Akumba scores with a nice body kick.
Thrym uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akumba.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thrym connects with a single shot there.
Akumba jabs Thrym right on the nose. Thrym blinks but takes it well.
Thrym moves out of range as Akumba throws a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thrym! But no joy.
Thrym fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akumba manages to avoid it.
Thrym throws a body punch but Akumba moves out of range.
Akumba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thrym manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thrym! But no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akumba swings for the body but Thrym moves out of range.
Akumba stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thrym.
Akumba feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Thryms jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A right-left combo lands from Akumba.
Akumba clobbers Thrym with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Akumba connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akumba digs a good body shot into Thrym's ribs.
Thrym does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Akumba throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thrym ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Akumba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Thrym can do to turn this around?
Akumba dips to his left and cracks Thrym with an uppercut!
Akumba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thrym throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Akumba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thrym counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akumba cracks a nice hook into Thrym's ribs.
Akumba lands a nice looking body kick.
Nice cross by Akumba.
Thrym ducks under a wild hook from Akumba.
Akumba slips under a jab from Thrym.
Thrym moves out of range as Akumba strikes.
Akumba throws a good cross that connects.

Akumba rushes Thrym and presses him up against the cage.

Akumba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Akumba connects with an inside leg kick.
Thrym looks to throw the jab but Akumba is out of range.
Akumba throwing a counter right hand but Thrym manages to avoid it.
Thrym attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Akumba throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thrym sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mako Akumba dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mako Akumba's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Thrym throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Akumba scores with the left hand. Thrym knows he should have avoided that one.
Akumba looks to land a right hand but Thrym moved out of range.
Thrym showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Akumba.
Akumba connects with a crisp jab.
Thrym looks to land a right hand but Akumba moved out of range.
Thrym scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thrym moves out of range of the strikes.
Akumba throws an overhand right that lands on Thrym's shoulder, as Thrym tries to avoid the shot.
Akumba misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Thrym! But no joy.
Akumba tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Thrym is able to avoid easily.
Thrym with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Akumba to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Akumba as he checks the leg kick.
Thrym throws a leg kick but Akumba sees it coming and moves out of range.
Thrym swings away with a body shot that misses
and Akumba counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Akumba scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Akumba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Akumba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thrym jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good shot there by Thrym.
Akumba lands a nice looking kick to the body. Thrym takes a step back to recover.
Akumba thumps Thrym with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Thrym has a couple of punches blocked by Akumba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thrym avoids a wild elbow strike from Akumba.
Akumba throws a head punch that misses.
Akumba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Akumba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akumba, right into the meat.
Akumba misses with a double jab.
Thrym moves out of range of the body kick from Akumba.
Akumba with a hook.
Thrym throws a big shot that misses.
Akumba slips under a jab from Thrym.
Akumba throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thrym follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Akumba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thrym looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Akumba connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thrym momentarily.
Akumba avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akumba scoring well with a low kick there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thrym. That's going to slow Akumba down.
Thrym lands a jab to the head.
Mako Akumba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thrym uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Akumba.
A lazy left from Thrym finds it's target.
A jab from Akumba does it's job there.
Rung Thrym has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thrym thows a leg kick but Akumba checks it
and Akumba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Akumba slips a straight right by Thrym.
Akumba fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Akumba tries a low kick but Thrym avoids it.
Akumba throws a hook to the side of Thrym's head but Thrym sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thrym has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Akumba keeps Thrym at a distance using the push kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akumba defending well as Thrym loads up on a big left hand.
Akumba swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thrym.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good work by Akumba as he checks the leg kick.
Akumba throws a big counter combination but Thrym scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Akumba ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thrym's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thrym looks to land a body kick but Akumba moved away.
Akumba works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Akumba.
Thrym has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Akumba.
Akumba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Akumba connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thrym momentarily.
Akumba misses with a kick to the body.
Thrym tries a quick counter leg kick but Akumba is wise to it.
Akumba tries to clinch there but Thrym circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Akumba.
Akumba's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Akumba duly obliges.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mako Akumba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Akumba, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mako Akumba!
Mako Akumba was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.