PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bmo Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jun Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bmo Morris had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Morris
vs
Akiyama

180 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bmo Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jun Akiyama!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Akiyama gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morris to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Akiyama looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Akiyama can't keep his opponent in guard - Morris advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morris works his foot free and advances to mount.
Akiyama keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morris controlling his opponent.
A nice elbow there by Morris.
A nice elbow there by Morris.
Akiyama wants to control but Morris is having none of it.
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.
Morris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morris lands a big shot there that rocks Akiyama but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Akiyama really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akiyama is trying desperately to improve position.
Akiyama tries to hold on but Morris postures up.
Morris controlling the pace for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Akiyama can do anything to dispel that myth.
Morris landing punches.
Morris controlling the pace for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morris is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Akiyama can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Akiyama tries to hold on but Morris postures up.
Morris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morris is landing with some decent strikes but Akiyama is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Morris controlling his opponent.
Morris with shots to the head and body - Akiyama looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris controlling from the full mount.
Akiyama in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Morris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morris controlling from the full mount.
Morris postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Akiyama looks a forlorn figure.
Morris landing strikes from the mount and Akiyama is in trouble!
Morris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morris postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Akiyama looks a forlorn figure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris working Akiyama over with strikes here.
Morris lands with some strikes.
Morris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morris lands a nice shot to the head.
Morris scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Akiyama is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morris pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bmo Morris dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Morris closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Akiyama to the mat! Akiyama manages to get full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bmo Morris.

Morris gets the takedown into side control.
Morris controls the position from side control.
Morris connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Akiyama some visible discomfort.
Morris is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Akiyama will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Morris grinds an elbow into Akiyama's temple.
Morris working the ground and pound.
Akiyama is letting Morris control him for a moment.
Akiyama is working to avoid the ground and pound but Morris connects with a decent elbow.
Akiyama wants to control but Morris postures up.
Akiyama is breathing heavily.
Morris lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Akiyama down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris moves into full mount!
Morris scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morris controlling from the full mount.
Morris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Akiyama is looking to escape.
Morris avoids the attempt from Akiyama to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Morris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Akiyama is looking to escape.
Akiyama tries to lock up and control but Morris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morris lands a big shot there that rocks Akiyama but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Akiyama wants to hold on but Morris pushes him away.
Akiyama is in a horrible position here. Morris smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Akiyama can't escape the position.
Morris lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Akiyama is in a horrible position here. Morris smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Morris raining down shots from the mount!
Morris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Morris with good strikes from the mount here!
Akiyama is in a horrible position here. Morris smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Akiyama is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morris unloading with bombs!
Morris is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Akiyama can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Akiyama can do to turn this around?
Morris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morris with a couple of short strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris lands with some strikes.
Morris controlling from mount.
Morris dominating with strikes here.
Morris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Morris has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Akiyama's face.
Morris scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Morris landing punches.
Morris working Akiyama over with strikes here.
Morris landing strikes, looking to finish!
Morris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bmo Morris dominated that second round.
That's time! Morris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Morris misses with a kick to the body.

Morris feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Morris trying to control the position from guard on top but Akiyama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morris content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Morris controls from within his opponent's guard.
Akiyama is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morris slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Akiyama wants to improve his position but Morris is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris controlling the action here.
Morris's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Akiyama is staying active underneath Morris, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morris working Akiyama over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Morris lands a nice short elbow.
Morris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Morris lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Akiyama is trying to maintain the position but Morris is very close to passing his half guard.
Morris seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Morris.
Morris is trying to control. Akiyama wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morris lands strikes from half guard.
Morris is keen to just control but Akiyama is a slippery customer.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Bmo Morris.

Akiyama gets caught flat footed, as Morris shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Morris controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morris tries to free his leg and advance position but Akiyama is retaining full guard.
Morris preventing the sweep.
Morris is working Akiyama over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Morris wants to control from the top but Akiyama keeps moving.
Akiyama controls Morris momentarily but Morris frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris trying to control the position from guard on top but Akiyama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morris passes into half guard.
Bmo Morris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Morris trying to control the action but Akiyama is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Akiyama tries for a takedown but Morris circles away easily

and Morris counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Akiyama's guard now.
Akiyama keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.
Akiyama not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Akiyama looking for a sweep. Not yet Akiyama, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Akiyama swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morris pushing down on Akiyama's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Akiyama tries to get to full guard but Morris has control of the leg.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Morris in particular looking to stall.
Akiyama is trying to stand up here but Morris is controlling him well.
Morris is looking to advance position but Akiyama won't allow it.
Akiyama has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morris is working away from the top position though.
Jun Akiyama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bmo Morris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Akiyama looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bmo Morris showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Morris has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:25
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bmo Morris!