PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bakki yAkoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Hardy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

yAkoi
vs
Hardy

170 cm
20
158 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bakki yAkoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

yAkoi drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
yAkoi stops Hardy from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
yAkoi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
yAkoi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
yAkoi won't allow Hardy to get back to his feet.
yAkoi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
yAkoi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bakki yAkoi wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hardy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of yAkoi's head.
Hardy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hardy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent yAkoi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy stuffs the takedown attempt from yAkoi. yAkoi gets slowly back to his feet.
Hardy digs a good body shot into yAkoi's ribs.
yAkoi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hardy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dan Hardy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hardy throws a combination that misses
and yAkoi counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hardy looks gassed!

yAkoi drives through with a takedown into Hardy's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
yAkoi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
yAkoi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
yAkoi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
yAkoi tries to free his leg and advance position but Hardy is retaining full guard.
yAkoi sitting in guard here, content to control.

We're going to have a standup here because Bakki yAkoi wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy misses with a body shot
and yAkoi counters with a head kick.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
yAkoi throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Hardy crashing down! Hardy tries to stagger back to his feet but yAkoi just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Hardy asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bakki yAkoi!