PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Shiny Aoki (ranked 2736 p4p, 969 weight class) and Hokuto Akira (ranked 344 p4p, 130 weight class). Aoki comes to the ring accompanied by Big Scoob - Bitch Please Ft B - Legit , E- 40. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Aoki
vs
Akira

176 cm
40
166
40 - 12 - 2

176 cm
32
158
14 - 5 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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 40 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shiny Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Hokuto Akira!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Akira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Aoki closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Akira.
Akira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aoki leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Akira scores with a hook to the body.
Akira blocks an uppercut.
Aoki digs a right hand into Akira's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Akira's gas tank.
Akira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Aoki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Akira blocks it with crossed arms.
Akira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Akira lands with a right to the head.
Akira lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Akira fails to land.
Akira scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Akira prevents a body shot from Aoki.
Akira takes an elbow to the temple.
Akira presses Aoki against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Aoki lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Akira scores with a nice short uppercut.
Akira can't find room to land a body shot as Aoki controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Akira as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Aoki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Akira.
Akira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Aoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akira moves forwards but Aoki connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Aoki throws out a loose jab but Akira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki misses with an uppercut. Akira saw that one coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Aoki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aoki moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Akira misses.
A little feinted left hand from Aoki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Akira tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Aoki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Akira loads up on a big right hand but Aoki slips the punch.
Aoki throwing a counter right hand but Akira manages to avoid it.
Aoki misses with an uppercut. Akira saw that one coming.
Aoki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akira.
As Akira looks to move away, Aoki throws a big counter combo but Akira just gets out of the way.
Jab from Akira.
Aoki throws a hook but Akira avoids it easily.
Akira digs a good body shot into Aoki's ribs.

Akira has Aoki up against the ropes in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akira keeps control of Aoki as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki lands an elbow that stopped Akira in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Hokuto Akira has been cut.
Akira misses with the head strike.
Akira struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
A short right from Akira on the inside.
Akira wants to stall.
Akira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Akira.
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Akira lands a shoulder strike.
Akira has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Aoki seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Akira can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akira.
Aoki lands a nice uppercut.
Akira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Akira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Akira fails to land.

Aoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akira throws a hook but Aoki avoids it easily.
Aoki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Akira looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Akira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akira throws the left hand but Aoki avoids the punch easily.
Aoki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Hokuto Akira dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hokuto Akira's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Aoki slips under a jab from Akira.
Aoki digs a good body shot into Akira's ribs.
Aoki wants to clinch.

Aoki has Akira up against the ropes in a clinch.

Akira breaks from the clinch.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Akira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Akira lands a slapping body shot.
Akira scores with a jab.
Akira just misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akira lands with a straight right. Aoki didn't see that one coming.
Akira throws a body shot but no joy.
Aoki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Akira's hands.
Aoki lands a body shot.
Aoki blocks a jab.
It looked like Aoki wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Akira moves into the clinch successfully.
Akira misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akira misses with some punches.
Akira lands with a right to the head.
Akira tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Akira back against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Akira.
Aoki scores with a shoulder strike.
Akira tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Akira back against the ropes.
Akira lands a left hand.
Aoki misses with a hook from the clinch.

Aoki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akira throws a shot to the body.
Akira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aoki lands a nice looking body shot.
Aoki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Akira takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Aoki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Aoki connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Aoki - just one landing.
Akira takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nice jab there from Aoki.
Akira looks to land a left hand but Aoki moved out of range nicely.
Akira throws a jab but it's blocked by Aoki.
Akira slips a jab and a cross from Aoki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throws a sloppy head kick and Akira moves out of range easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The fighters circle momentarily. Aoki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Aoki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Aoki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Akira.
Aoki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Aoki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Akira was well out of range. Poor timing from Aoki.
Akira throws an overhand right that lands on Aoki's shoulder, as Aoki tries to avoid the shot.
Akira misses with a looping left.
Aoki takes a swing at Akira's ribcage but misses.
Akira staying out of range there.

Akira closes the distance and clinches.
Aoki throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Akira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a punch on the inside.
Akira lands a hook that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
Aoki is trying to break the clinch but Akira is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aoki cracks Akira with a nice body shot.
Akira lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
A shot in the inside from Aoki.
Akira tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Akira back against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Hokuto Akira will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hokuto Akira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Akira misses with a wild body shot.
Akira throws a shot to the body.
Shiny Aoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice jab there from Aoki.

Akira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Akira scores with a shoulder strike.
Aoki misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki is trying to stall.
Akira has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Akira lands a nice uppercut.
Akira tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Hokuto Akira seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Aoki.

Aoki breaks the clinch.
Aoki misses with a looping right.
Aoki scores with a nice head shot.
Aoki missing with a left hand there. Akira was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Akira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Akira throws a body punch but Aoki moves out of range.
Aoki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akira keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akira tries to clinch but Aoki moves out of range.
Akira slips under a jab.
Akira with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Akira scores with the left hand. Aoki knows he should have avoided that one.
Aoki throws a head kick but Akira moves out of range.
Aoki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Akira missing with a left hand there. Aoki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Akira connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aoki momentarily.
Akira connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Akira misses.
Aoki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aoki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shiny Aoki is winning the standup battle so far.
Akira throws a combination that misses
and Aoki counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aoki ducks right into an uppercut from Akira.
Aoki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Akira misses with a wild body shot.
Aoki throws a head kick that misses.
Aoki throws a lazy right hand but Akira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Akira! But no joy.
Aoki throws a sloppy head kick and Akira moves out of range easily.
Aoki misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a body shot.
Akira connects with a jab.
Aoki misses with a hook
and Aoki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aoki drops his hands momentarily and Akira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Akira moves into the clinch.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Akira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akira lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Aoki working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akira.
Akira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Akira.

Aoki is rocked!
Aoki wants to get back to striking at distance but Akira won't allow it.
Oh Aoki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Akira blocks a body shot from Aoki.
Still in the clinch, Aoki scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Akira.

Aoki breaks from the clinch.
Aoki works over Akira's head and body with a nice combination.
Akira misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hokuto Akira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Akira winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight for Hokuto Akira!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Hokuto Akira!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Hokuto Akira!

Hokuto Akira wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Hokuto Akira thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Shiny Aoki stepped up to the mic, saying 'i lost to this bum...my career is over i m 40 and i m losing to mfs like this loser'.