PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yuoki Akamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Lansing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Akamara might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Labrinth - Earthquake ft. Busta Rhymes . The crowd seem to be enjoying Lansing's choice of entrance music: Heavy Metal Kings. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alexander Lansing was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Akamara
vs
Lansing

182 cm
26
155 lbs
17 - 12 - 2

180 cm
24
158 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

KAISER

Steel Penn's Laundry 93%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Yuoki Akamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Lansing!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akamara misses the jab.
Akamara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Akamara defending well as Lansing loads up on a big left hand.

Akamara shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Akamara showed some decent athleticism there.
Lansing is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Akamara trying to control the action but Lansing is working from the bottom.
Akamara throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Akamara stalling away here and it's allowed Lansing to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Lansing manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Akamara can't escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akamara is working hard here to advance position.
Akamara wants to hold on but Lansing pushes him away.
Akamara really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Akamara is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lansing in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Akamara is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lansing wants to control the pace but Akamara is squirming around nicely.
Akamara is trying to escape the mount.
Akamara is squirming around, avoiding Lansing's attempts to control the action.
Lansing fails to advance to Akamara's back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akamara working to try and regain half guard.
Lansing postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Akamara looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akamara is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lansing unloading with bombs!
Lansing looking to control but Akamara is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lansing controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Akamara manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Akamara is not content to let Lansing control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akamara wants to improve his position but Lansing is controlling well.
Lansing is looking to take a break and control but Akamara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lansing is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Alexander Lansing was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lansing ducks under a wild hook from Akamara.
Lansing uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Akamara.
Lansing misses with a hook.
Lansing throws the kick towards the body but Akamara avoids it.
Akamara slips a straight right by Lansing.
Lansing throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Akamara counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akamara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lansing.
A big right from Akamara misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Lansing.
A left lands for Lansing.
Alexander Lansing is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lansing takes a swing at Akamara's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Akamara blocks the low kick.
Akamara attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lansing misses with a body shot

and Akamara counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lansing won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akamara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lansing keeps working.

Akamara is trying to get an arm triangle but Lansing is defending well.
Akamara landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Akamara wants to control but Lansing is keeping him busy.
Lansing sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Akamara is nestled in close to Lansing, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Akamara is thwarting Lansing's attempts to control the position.
Akamara content to control rather than advance.
Akamara working the head and body with strikes.
Lansing trying to control but Akamara postures up.

Akamara looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lansing is controlling Akamara's trapped leg to prevent Akamara from advancing to side control.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Akamara seems to be working for a kimura but Lansing defends the submission attempt.
Akamara tries to pass to full mount but Lansing defends it.
Lansing is looking for a sweep. Akamara is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lansing has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Akamara is working away from the top position though.
Akamara is taking a breather. Lansing says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lansing regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Akamara accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Akamara with a flurry of punches that miss.
Akamara looking to sit in guard and control but Lansing gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Akamara keeping full guard, as Lansing tries to pass.
Akamara looking for a sweep. Not yet Akamara, not yet.
Lansing showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lansing pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Akamara is keeping the position for now.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Akamara wants to sweep here but Lansing controlling him for the moment.
Lansing trying to control the position from guard on top but Akamara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alexander Lansing.
Akamara scores with a nice right hand.
Lansing throws a series of punches but Akamara avoids them all with ease.
Akamara takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lansing throws a nice looking combination but Akamara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lansing uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akamara.
Nice uppercut there from Lansing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lansing misses with a straight right.
Lansing misses with a body shot.
Lansing connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Akamara misses with a body shot.
Akamara avoids the body shot from Lansing.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lansing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alexander Lansing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akamara throws out a loose jab but Lansing uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akamara throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lansing throws a sloppy head kick and Akamara moves out of range easily.
Akamara throws out a powerful jab.
Lansing takes a swing at Akamara's ribcage but misses.
Lansing throws a leg kick but Akamara checks it.
Lansing blocks a low kick nicely.
Akamara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lansing is looking to slow Akamara down with leg kicks.
Akamara avoids the body shot from Lansing.
Lansing looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lansing with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Akamara lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lansing staying out of range there.
Akamara misses with a left hand
and Lansing counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexander Lansing will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Akamara misses with a straight left.
A bone on bone clash there as Lansing blocks the leg kick.
Lansing is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lansing defending well as Akamara loads up on a big left hand.
Akamara misses with a looping left.
Akamara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lansing.
Lansing takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lansing scores with a jab to the body.
Lansing misses with a straight right.
Lansing with a jab.
Akamara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lansing.
A telegraphed right hand from Lansing misses the target.
Akamara checks a low kick from Lansing.
Akamara avoids the body shot from Lansing.
Lansing just misses with a punch to the body.
Lansing shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lansing digs a good hook to Akamara's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akamara stuns Lansing with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lansing uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Akamara.
Akamara misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Akamara.
Lansing misses with a series of wild punches.
Lansing thows a body shot but no joy.
Akamara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Akamara misses with a straight right.
Lansing blocks a jab.
Good shot there by Akamara.
Lansing tries to move into range but Akamara moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lansing tests Akamara's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lansing misses with a lunging right hand
and Akamara counters with a left to the body.
Lansing is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akamara.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lansing fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Akamara throws out a loose jab but Lansing uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Lansing. Beautiful body shot.
Akamara slips a straight right by Lansing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Akamara darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Lansing keeping hold of Akamara's head, controlling as best he can.
Lansing tries to get to full guard but Akamara has control of the leg.
Lansing moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lansing controls Akamara momentarily but Akamara frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akamara is looking to work some ground and pound but Lansing has wrist control.
Lansing is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lansing wants to improve his position but instead Akamara has moved into half guard.
Lansing is staying active underneath Akamara, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Akamara with the ground and pound but Lansing uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Akamara postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Akamara trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lansing keeping moving, preventing Akamara from controlling successfully.
Lansing is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lansing connects with a good right hand that stumbles Akamara. Akamara circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Akamara shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Lansing is trying to defend but Akamara finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Akamara is pressing down on Lansing's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lansing is holding on for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lansing tries to get to full guard but Akamara has control of the leg.
Akamara stalling.
Lansing trying to control but Akamara postures up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lansing might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Akamara kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Akamara prevents Lansing from improving his position.
Lansing works his way to full guard. Good work.
Akamara trying to control but Lansing is working from the bottom.

Yuoki Akamara has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Lansing is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Akamara looks to score with a jab to the body but Lansing is just out of range.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Lansing darts in and clinches Akamara up against the cage.
Akamara takes a shot to the head.
Akamara tries to pull guard but Lansing holds him up against the cage and eventually Akamara drops back down to his feet.
Lansing lands a nice uppercut.
Akamara blocks a body shot from Lansing.
Lansing swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Lansing - that landed with a thud.
Akamara jumps guard but Lansing turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Akamara blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Akamara tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Lansing just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuoki Akamara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Lansing.
Akamara jumps guard but Lansing turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lansing is trying to stall.
Lansing pushes Akamara back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Akamara jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lansing walks away with a smile on his face. Akamara gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Akamara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Akamara walks into a jab.
A punch combination from Lansing misses.
Akamara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lansing.
Lansing throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lansing throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Lansing misses.

Akamara manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Lansing on his heels. He'll look to pass Lansing's guard now, I'm sure.
Lansing is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Akamara stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lansing swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lansing is trying to keep Akamara in close.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Akamara being controlled here momentarily.
Akamara with a flurry of punches that miss.
Akamara won't allow Lansing to sweep him here.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alexander Lansing.
Lansing fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Akamara looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akamara misses with a wild body shot.
Lansing looks to land a combination but Akamara avoids it well.
Akamara looks to land a left hand but Lansing moved out of range nicely.
Lansing throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Akamara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lansing walks into a stiff left hand from Akamara.
Akamara attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lansing wants to clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lansing lands a nice looking body shot.
Lansing goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Lansing misses with a body shot.
Lansing swings for the body but Akamara moves out of range.
Lansing scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lansing throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alexander Lansing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Akamara misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Akamara there.
Akamara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lansing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Akamara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Akamara's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lansing connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Akamara scrambles back to his feet.
Akamara slips a jab and a cross from Lansing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Lansing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lansing has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Alexander Lansing!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Alexander Lansing!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Alexander Lansing!

Alexander Lansing wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Alexander Lansing, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.