PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akaki Murasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Yumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akio Yumi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murasa
vs
Yumi

180 cm
23
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Solid chin

Random Name Supplements

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akaki Murasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Yumi!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murasa is looking to clinch but Yumi is avoiding it.

Murasa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yumi's brow.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Murasa blocks it.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Murasa blocks with his arms.
Murasa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Yumi looking to stall.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murasa.
Yumi scores with a knee to the head.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.
Murasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yumi is keeping busy.
Yumi is looking to control Murasa's arms but Murasa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yumi has his back to the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Murasa blocks it.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murasa.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
Yumi looks gassed!
Murasa looking to stall.
Murasa blocks an elbow strike.
Murasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Murasa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Murasa misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
Murasa dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Murasa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Murasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murasa blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Murasa.
Murasa blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi is trying to stall.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murasa.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Murasa lands an elbow that stopped Yumi in his tracks for a moment.
Murasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Murasa.
Murasa is looking to control Yumi's arms but Yumi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Murasa has his back to the cage.
Yumi landing knees to the head.
Murasa stalling the fight.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Murasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yumi is keeping busy.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Yumi takes an elbow to the temple.
Murasa lands a nice elbow.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
Murasa lands an elbow inside.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Murasa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murasa throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Murasa up against the cage.
Yumi tries to stall but Murasa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi is looking to control Murasa's arms but Murasa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yumi has his back to the cage.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yumi tries to stall but Murasa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Murasa.
Murasa missing with knees to the body.
Yumi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi is trying to stall.
Murasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murasa avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yumi is keeping busy.
Murasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murasa blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Murasa blocks with his arms.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
Murasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Murasa.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Murasa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murasa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murasa blocks an elbow strike.
Murasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Yumi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murasa's brow.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Murasa, against the cage.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi dodges an elbow strike from Murasa.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Murasa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murasa trying to stall but Yumi improves his position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.
Murasa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murasa throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Yumi has Murasa pushed against the cage.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Murasa 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from Yumi.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murasa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Akio Yumi will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Yumi rushes Murasa and presses him up against the cage.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Murasa stalls.
Yumi throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Murasa blocks it.
Murasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murasa takes an elbow to the temple.
Murasa lands an elbow just above Yumi 's eye.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Yumi taking a breather.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Murasa.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Murasa shrugs off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi scores with a knee to the head.
Yumi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murasa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yumi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murasa tries to stall but Yumi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yumi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murasa blocks the elbow strike.
Murasa is looking to control Yumi's arms but Yumi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Murasa has his back to the cage.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Murasa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murasa lands a nice knee to the body.
Murasa letting Yumi take a breather here.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Murasa blocks with his arms.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murasa's face.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murasa.
Murasa lands a nice elbow.
Murasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Murasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Murasa blocks it.
Murasa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Murasa is blocking nicely.
Murasa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Murasa shrugs off.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murasa dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Yumi stalling in the clinch.
Murasa dodges an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Murasa.
Murasa lands an elbow that stopped Yumi in his tracks for a moment.
Murasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yumi is keeping busy.
Yumi stalling.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murasa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murasa throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murasa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Murasa.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Murasa is trying to maintain a safe position but Yumi gets an underhook and turns Murasa into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yumi.
Murasa misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murasa tries to stall but Yumi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Yumi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murasa avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi lands a knee to the head.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Murasa shrugs off.
Yumi is trying to maintain a safe position but Murasa gets an underhook and turns Yumi into the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi tries to stall but Murasa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Murasa lands an elbow that stopped Yumi in his tracks for a moment.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Yumi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Yumi just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murasa's brow.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Murasa throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Murasa, against the cage.
Murasa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murasa's face.
Murasa throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi avoiding damage.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murasa misses with an elbow strike.
Murasa missing with knees to the body.
Murasa misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murasa.
Murasa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murasa throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi dodges an elbow strike from Murasa.
A bit of stalling here from Murasa.
Yumi is trying to maintain a safe position but Murasa gets an underhook and turns Yumi into the cage.
Yumi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yumi dodges an elbow strike from Murasa.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
Yumi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Akio Yumi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Yumi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murasa lands an elbow that stopped Yumi in his tracks for a moment.
Yumi throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akio Yumi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Murasa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yumi. That did some damage!
Murasa wants to clinch but Yumi slips to the side
and Yumi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murasa wants to clinch.
Yumi keeps the fight on the outside.
Yumi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yumi.
Yumi blocks a head kick by Murasa.

Yumi takes the fight into the clinch.
Murasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murasa's face.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murasa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murasa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The referee calls for Yumi to work.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murasa blocks an elbow strike.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Murasa is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yumi's brow.
Murasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murasa trying to stall but Yumi improves his position.
Murasa avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Murasa leaning against his opponent.
Murasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yumi is keeping busy.
Murasa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murasa throws an elbow but it misses.
Yumi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
Murasa takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murasa avoiding damage.
Murasa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yumi dodges an elbow strike from Murasa.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Yumi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murasa is trying to maintain a safe position but Yumi gets an underhook and turns Murasa into the cage.
Murasa lands an elbow inside that Yumi shrugs off.
Yumi blocks an elbow strike from Murasa.
Yumi lands a knee to the head.
Murasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Murasa, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murasa throws an elbow but misses.
Yumi misses with an elbow over the top.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Murasa looking to stall.
Yumi managing to block the knees to the body from Murasa.
Yumi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Yumi's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.
Yumi misses with a knee strike.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murasa's face.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi lands an elbow that stopped Murasa in his tracks for a moment.
Yumi pushes off an throws an elbow but Murasa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murasa throws an elbow that misses.
Yumi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yumi stalling against the cage.
Yumi avoids the elbow strike from Murasa, against the cage.
Come on Yumi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murasa misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Murasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murasa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yumi lands a nice elbow.

Murasa is rocked!
Yumi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murasa blocks it with crossed arms.
Oh Murasa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Murasa seems to have got his legs back now.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Murasa's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murasa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murasa lands an elbow just above Yumi 's eye.
Akaki Murasa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Murasa avoids the damage to the body.
Yumi wants to stall.
Murasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murasa.
Murasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Yumi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murasa lands an elbow inside that Yumi shrugs off.
Murasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murasa has Yumi pressed against the cage.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Murasa stalling in the clinch but Yumi improves position.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Murasa blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Murasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Yumi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yumi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Murasa avoids the damage to the body.
Yumi looking to throw knees to the head but Murasa is blocking nicely.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Murasa managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi blocks the elbow strike.
Murasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murasa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Murasa blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akio Yumi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yumi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akio Yumi!