PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiagong Akyat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cristiano Farias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Akyat
vs
Farias

225 cm
26
300 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

195 cm
25
295 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tiagong Akyat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Farias!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akyat keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Farias throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Farias looks for the body kick but Akyat saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Akyat.
Farias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farias is looking to slow Akyat down with leg kicks.
Akyat misses with a body kick.
Akyat scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Farias misses
and Akyat counters with a good low kick that Farias was not able to check.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Farias, right into the meat.
Farias dips to his left and cracks Akyat with an uppercut!
Akyat scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Akyat throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Akyat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Farias moves out of range of the leg kick from Akyat.
Farias lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akyat's sensitive parts.
Nice body kick there by Akyat.
Farias throws a wild body kick that Akyat sees coming a mile off.
Akyat walks forward, straight into a front kick from Farias.
Akyat is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farias fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Farias throws a head kick but Akyat moves out of range.
Akyat moves out of range as Farias strikes.
Farias blocks the body kick.
Farias thumps Akyat with a low kick.
Farias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farias throws a head kick but Akyat moves out of range.
Akyat throws a lazy right hand but Farias sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab from Farias.

It looks like Tiagong Akyat has been cut.
Farias lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Farias on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Akyat on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farias feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akyat's calf.
Farias misses with a looping right.
Farias connects with a leg kick. Akyat looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Farias connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Farias.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farias throws a looping overhand right but Akyat ducks down to avoid it.
Farias lands a nice looking body kick.
Farias lands a leg kick that knocks Akyat off balance momentarily.
Farias misses with a looping right.
Akyat on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Akyat takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crunch! Farias slams his shin into Akyat's torso.
Farias throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Akyat takes a kick to the side of the head.
Akyat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Farias.
Akyat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Farias tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farias pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farias misses with a body kick.
Farias throws a head kick but Akyat moves out of range.
Farias misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cristiano Farias dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiagong Akyat's cut.
That's time! Akyat's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Farias connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Akyat blocks a head kick by Farias.
Akyat moves out of range of the body kick from Farias.
Akyat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Farias scores with a kick to the body.
Farias is looking to slow Akyat down with leg kicks.
Farias jabs Akyat right on the nose. Akyat blinks but takes it well.
A low kick from Farias misses
and Akyat counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Farias is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A thudding body kick lands there by Farias!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farias looks to land a body kick but Akyat moved away.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Akyat might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Whack! Farias lands a heavy head kick that drops Akyat. The ref tackles Farias to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Akyat was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Cristiano Farias!
An out of breath Cristiano Farias thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.