PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akira Sakurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jouichirou Daisuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daisuke has chosen Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Sakurai
vs
Daisuke

184 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

171 cm
20
181 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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Combat Pro Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Sakurai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jouichirou Daisuke!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sakurai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sakurai, as that shot connected.
Sakurai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Daisuke has a takedown stuffed.
Daisuke is looking to clinch but Sakurai is avoiding it.
Sakurai swats away the attempt to clinch by Daisuke.
Daisuke tries to close the distance and clinch but Sakurai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sakurai keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Daisuke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Daisuke looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Akira Sakurai has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jouichirou Daisuke.

Sakurai rushes Daisuke and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daisuke has a couple of punches blocked by Sakurai.
Sakurai lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sakurai goes for a takedown attempt but Daisuke pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Daisuke.
Daisuke fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daisuke shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Daisuke takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Daisuke shoots for a double leg takedown but Sakurai sprawls well. He's pushed Daisuke's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Daisuke looks gassed!
Daisuke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sakurai ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Sakurai shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sakurai with the ground and pound from mount.
Sakurai with a couple of short strikes.
Sakurai lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Sakurai lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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.

Sakurai is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Daisuke is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Daisuke flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Sakurai anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Daisuke and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Sakurai slips an arm under Daisuke chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Sakurai has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Sakurai is squeezing on Daisuke like an anaconda would it's prey. Daisuke fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Akira Sakurai!
Akira Sakurai retains his welterweight title!