PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Woohun Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Do
vs
Akiyama

178 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Woohun Do!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Akiyama!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akiyama with a poor takedown
and Do counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Yoshihiro Akiyama has been cut.
Akiyama moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Do throws a head kick that misses.

Do decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akiyama is looking for a sweep. Do is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Akiyama has hold of Do's hands but Do slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Do takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Do moves nicely into side control.
Do landing strikes.
Do lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Do cracks Akiyama with a big right hand but Akiyama just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Do looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Akiyama seems a little lost for a moment, as Do dominates the positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Do working the ground and pound.
Akiyama is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Do working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do working the ground and pound from side control.
Akiyama looks gassed!

Do working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Do landing strikes.
Do lands an elbow.
Do lands an elbow.
Do cracks Akiyama with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Do creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do slows the pace down.
Do cracks Akiyama with a big right hand but Akiyama just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Do landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Do landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Do scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Akiyama to see if he's OK.
Do scores with punches from side control.
Akiyama takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Akiyama takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Do scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Akiyama to see if he's OK.
Akiyama on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.
Do lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do lands a nice forearm strike.
Do works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Do working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Do grinds an elbow into Akiyama's temple.
Do lands a few punches from side control.
Do lands some shots froms side control.
Do looks up at the clock and then as Akiyama takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Do smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Do cracks Akiyama with a big right hand but Akiyama just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Do scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Akiyama to see if he's OK.
Do cracks Akiyama with a big elbow.
Do lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do working the head and body with strikes.
Do working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Do scores with a couple of short elbows.
Do is putting a hurting on Akiyama here, landing some big shots from side control.
Akiyama tries to buck Do off but Do is having none of it.
Akiyama taking a bit of punishment here - Do scoring with strikes.
Do working the ground and pound from side control.
Do working the ground and pound from side control.
Do content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Akiyama takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Do scores with a couple of short elbows.
Do working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Do tries for a kimura but Akiyama is defending well.
Akiyama takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Do looks up at the clock and then as Akiyama takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Do smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Do lands a few punches from side control.
Do scores with a couple of short elbows.
Do cracks Akiyama with a big right hand but Akiyama just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Akiyama is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Akiyama on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Do working the head and body with strikes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Do stalls from top position.
Do lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Do is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Akiyama taking punishment in the form of punches.
Akiyama takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Do lands a nice forearm strike.
Do lands a nice forearm strike.

Do working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Do lands a nice forearm strike.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Akiyama is working to avoid the ground and pound but Do connects with a decent elbow.
Akiyama is working to avoid the ground and pound but Do connects with a decent elbow.
Do connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Akiyama some visible discomfort.
Akiyama takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Do lands a decent elbow from side control.
Do in side control lands a decent elbow.
Do lands a nice forearm strike.
Do is chipping away with strikes.

Do is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Akiyama is trying to escape and Do transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Akiyama is forced to tap! Nice work there by Do! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Woohun Do!