PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akio Yumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Goku Sekimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sekimoto's choice of entrance music: Open Your Eyes . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Yumi
vs
Sekimoto

180 cm
23
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

173 cm
23
172 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Yumi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Goku Sekimoto!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sekimoto drives through with a takedown into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yumi is on top in guard.

Sekimoto has his foot on Yumi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Yumi works his way back into a safe position though.
Sekimoto working a defensive guard here.
Yumi trying to control but Sekimoto is working from the bottom.
Yumi is really struggling to control Sekimoto but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sekimoto is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yumi is controlling him.
Yumi stays in close to Sekimoto's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Yumi tries to clinch up.
Sekimoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Yumi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Sekimoto jumps into guard, dragging Yumi to the mat.
Sekimoto keeping moving, preventing Yumi from controlling successfully.
Sekimoto tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Yumi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sekimoto is keeping the position for now.
Yumi trying to control but Sekimoto is working from the bottom.
Yumi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sekimoto looking for a sweep. Not yet Sekimoto, not yet.

Sekimoto is looking for a triangle but Yumi pushes his legs off easily.
Yumi wants to control from the top but Sekimoto keeps moving.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Yumi doesn't manage to clinch there - Sekimoto circles away.
Yumi wants to clinch but Sekimoto slips to the side
and Sekimoto counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Good leg kick by Yumi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sekimoto looks gassed!
Yumi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Yumi closes the distance and clinches.
Yumi crunches a lovely knee into Sekimoto's ribcage.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yumi scores with a knee to the head.
Yumi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Yumi.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi lands a damaging elbow.
Yumi landing knees to the head.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sekimoto takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sekimoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi landing knees to the body.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Sekimoto takes an elbow to the temple.
Yumi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Yumi keeps control of Sekimoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yumi lands a nice knee to the body.
Sekimoto wants a takedown but no success here.
Sekimoto tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Yumi just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Yumi misses with a knee to the head.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Sekimoto avoids the damage to the body.

Sekimoto lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sekimoto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sekimoto is tying to control. Yumi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Yumi is controlling Sekimoto's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Yumi tries to roll over but Sekimoto keeps him under control.
Sekimoto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Yumi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Sekimoto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Yumi wants to improve his position but Sekimoto is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Akio Yumi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Yumi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Yumi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sekimoto.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Sekimoto blocks it.
Sekimoto goes for a takedown attempt but Yumi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Sekimoto has closed the distance and engaged Yumi in a clinch.
Sekimoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Yumi won't allow it.
Yumi landing knees to the head.
Sekimoto wants to break free but Yumi has control.
Sekimoto is breathing heavily.
Sekimoto wants to break free but Yumi has control.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Sekimoto blocks the elbow strike.
Sekimoto is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Yumi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yumi lands an elbow just above Sekimoto 's eye.
Sekimoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Goku Sekimoto has been cut.
Yumi tries to land knees in the clinch but Sekimoto avoids the damage to the body.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yumi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Sekimoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Akio Yumi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Goku Sekimoto.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Sekimoto is trying to break free.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Yumi throws an elbow but misses.
Sekimoto is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Yumi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Yumi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sekimoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yumi scores with a knee to the head.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Sekimoto blocks with his arms.
Yumi is trying to stall.
Sekimoto avoiding damage as Yumi throws knees to the body.
Yumi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but Sekimoto blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sekimoto trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sekimoto jumps guard but Yumi stands there with Sekimoto around his waist. Sekimoto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sekimoto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sekimoto tries for a takedown. No joy.
Yumi stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Yumi for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Sekimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Sekimoto fails to pull guard.
Yumi lands an elbow inside that Sekimoto shrugs off.
Yumi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sekimoto's face.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Sekimoto is working for takedown but Yumi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.

Sekimoto ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Sekimoto no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Sekimoto tries to strike from the bottom.
Yumi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yumi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Yumi tries to advance position but instead Sekimoto slips a leg back in to half guard.
Sekimoto trying to hold on to Yumi's head to control him but Yumi postures up.
Sekimoto is refusing to be controlled, as Yumi sits in half guard.
Sekimoto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Yumi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Yumi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yumi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sekimoto tries to get to full guard but Yumi has control of the leg.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Sekimoto tries to keep at a distance but Yumi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yumi with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sekimoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Yumi stalling in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Sekimoto is trying to break the clinch but Yumi has him pressed against the ropes.
Yumi connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akio Yumi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Goku Sekimoto's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Yumi wants to clinch but Sekimoto slips to the side

and Sekimoto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yumi won't be happy with that.
Yumi is trying to control Sekimoto's posture but Sekimoto avoids it.
Sekimoto trying to control the position but Yumi is working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yumi tries to bench press Sekimoto off him but Sekimoto keeps the position.
Sekimoto trying to control the position but Yumi is working away.
Yumi gets back to half guard.
Yumi is trying to maintain the position but Sekimoto is very close to passing his half guard.
Yumi is positioning himself well to prevent Sekimoto advancing to mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yumi wants to control but Sekimoto is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Yumi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Yumi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Yumi tries to get out of the position.

Sekimoto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Yumi tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Sekimoto counters with a nice double leg into side control. Yumi won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Yumi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sekimoto looks up at the clock and then as Yumi takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sekimoto smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Yumi can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yumi is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Sekimoto is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Yumi wants to hold on but Sekimoto pushes him away.
Sekimoto wants to control the pace but Yumi is squirming around nicely.
Yumi holds on for dear life, controlling Sekimoto's posture momentarily.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Akio Yumi just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Sekimoto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yumi. Yumi obviously looking to wear him down.
Yumi lands with a kick to the temple. Sekimoto shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yumi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sekimoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sekimoto tries for a takedown but Yumi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yumi lands a high kick!
Sekimoto lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Sekimoto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Yumi moves into range and clinches up with Sekimoto.
A knee to the head by Yumi.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yumi misses with an elbow strike.
Yumi trying to land knees to the body.
Yumi missing with knees to the body.
Yumi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sekimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Sekimoto goes for a takedown in the clinch but Yumi prevents it.
Sekimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yumi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sekimoto fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Akio Yumi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Goku Sekimoto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yumi blocks an uppercut.
Yumi landing knees to the head.
Sekimoto tries for a takedown. No joy.
Yumi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Yumi lands a knee to the body.
Yumi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sekimoto.
Sekimoto letting Yumi take a breather here.
Sekimoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Yumi won't allow it.
Goku Sekimoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yumi lands an elbow inside.
Sekimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Yumi.
Yumi tries a knee to the head but Sekimoto blocks it.
Yumi tries to stall but Sekimoto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sekimoto blocks an elbow strike from Yumi.
Yumi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sekimoto misses with a punch to the body.
Sekimoto fails to pull guard.
Yumi scores a nice knee to the body.
Yumi prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees in the clinch landing for Yumi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Goku Sekimoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Yumi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28

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