PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ren Akita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kerry Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Akita
vs
Woods

171 cm
27
148 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
134 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Spartan Fight Gear - Tokyo Defiance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ren Akita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kerry Woods!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Akita shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Woods is wriggling around trying to escape.
Woods really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Akita. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A nice elbow there by Akita.
Akita lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Akita scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Woods?
Woods is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Akita.
Woods wants to try and get back to his feet.
Akita working Woods over with strikes here.
Woods is trying to stand up.
Akita lands a heavy elbow.

Woods is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woods is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Woods is still in real trouble! Can Akita finish him?
Woods looks gassed!
Woods slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Woods seems to have recovered his senses.
Woods trying to hold on to Akita's head to control him but Akita postures up.
Akita passes to side control.
Akita works to advance to full mount. Woods defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akita is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Woods can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Akita putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Woods takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Woods defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Akita.

Akita looking for a guillotine from mount but Woods is having none of it.
Akita working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Akita is landing with some decent strikes but Woods is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Woods in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Akita working for a submission but Woods is keeping him at bay.
Woods is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods is trying to escape the mount but Akita keeps good control and instead manages to take Woods's back.
Woods has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Akita working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Woods is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Akita has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Woods taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ren Akita!