PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Codi Gale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gale kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gravity kills - Guilty. Akiyama has chosen Akiyama Theme Song (This Is My Life - Edward Maya) as his entrance music. Codi Gale could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kenji Akiyama's chin.

Gale
vs
Akiyama

190 cm
29
223 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

185 cm
30
210 lbs
26 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Codi Gale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Akiyama!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gale is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Akiyama walks into a left hand.
Akiyama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akiyama throws the left hand but Gale avoids the punch easily.
Akiyama misses with a looping right.
Akiyama is looking to chop away at Gale's legs.
Gale avoids the body shot from Akiyama.
Akiyama throws out a loose jab but Gale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Akiyama uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gale has time to react.
Akiyama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Akiyama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gale moves away.
Akiyama scores with a body shot.
Akiyama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Akiyama checks a leg kick.
Akiyama throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Akiyama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gale swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gale thuds a left hand into Akiyama's body.
Good work by Gale as he checks the leg kick.
Akiyama throws a hook but Gale blocks it.
A big right from Akiyama misses.
Gale takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Akiyama throws a big shot that misses.
Gale fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Akiyama has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Akiyama misses with an uppercut.
Gale throws a front kick aimed at Akiyama's knee but Akiyama avoids it well.
Akiyama lands the left hand.
Gale misses with a kick to the body.
Akiyama ducks under a wild hook from Gale.
Akiyama moves forwards but Gale connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gale throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Akiyama pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gale tries to keep at a distance but Akiyama has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gale lands a left hand that snaps the head of Akiyama backwards.
Akiyama has a couple of punches blocked by Gale.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Akiyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gale's brow.
Gale doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Akiyama looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Akiyama.
Gale misses with a punch on the inside.
Akiyama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gale.
Akiyama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Akiyama is stalling here.
Gale struggles to land a body shot inside as Akiyama controls his hands.
Akiyama blocks an uppercut.
Gale works on Akiyama's body with a couple of short punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Akiyama.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale lands a body shot.
Akiyama taking a breather.
Gale throws a punch but it's blocked by Akiyama.
Akiyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gale misses with a punch to the body.
Gale avoiding damage as Akiyama throws knees to the body.
Gale lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Gale.
Nice body punch from Gale - that landed with a thud.
Akiyama looks winded!
Gale tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gale throws a punch but it's blocked by Akiyama.
Akiyama lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gale makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gale blocking some punches.
Gale scores with a hook to the body.
Gale digs a right hand underneath Akiyama's ribcage. Akiyama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gale softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gale scores with a shoulder strike.
Gale softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Gale.
Still in the clinch, Gale scores with a nice short uppercut.
Akiyama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Akiyama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Akiyama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gale.
Gale scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gale goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Akiyama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gale.
Gale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gale throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gale.
Gale lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gale creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Akiyama is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Gale.
Akiyama is still on wobbly legs! Can Gale finish him?
Gale misses with a punch on the inside.
Gale presses Akiyama against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Akiyama tries to work over Gale's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gale lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gale lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Codi Gale dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

and Gale counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Akiyama! He's just covering up as Gale starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Codi Gale!
A relieved looking Codi Gale thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.