PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yuoki Akamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Le Blanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akamara kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Illuminati. Le Blanc has chosen I Know It's Over - By The Smiths as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kyle Le Blanc will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Akamara
vs
Le Blanc

182 cm
21
155 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yuoki Akamara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyle Le Blanc!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Blanc misses with a jab to the body
letting Akamara counter with a right hand.
Akamara throws a right hand that misses
and Le Blanc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Le Blanc connects with a body shot.
Akamara throws an off balance right hand
and Le Blanc counters with a low kick, right behind Akamara 's knee.
Akamara takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Akamara shoots in for a takedown but Le Blanc shows good takedown defense.
Akamara takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Le Blanc connects with a crisp jab.
Akamara chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Le Blanc can pounce on him.
Le Blanc lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Akamara takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Blanc throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Le Blanc scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Akamara 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.
Akamara wants to pass the guard but Le Blanc is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Akamara preventing the sweep.
Akamara wants to control from the top but Le Blanc keeps moving.
Le Blanc trying to keep a closed guard but Akamara is proving a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc wants to stand up but Akamara is controlling him.
Akamara won't allow Le Blanc to sweep him here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Akamara postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Le Blanc is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Akamara, into his guard.
Akamara working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akamara manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Le Blanc manages to get himself to full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Le Blanc can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Akamara is working Le Blanc over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Blanc is pulling down on Akamara's head. It's preventing any offense from Akamara, at least for the moment.
Le Blanc preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Akamara will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Akamara content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kyle Le Blanc will probably get the nod.
That's time! Akamara's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Akamara stuns Le Blanc with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Blanc throws a right hand that misses

and Akamara counters with a nice double leg into side control. Le Blanc won't be happy with that.
Akamara slows the pace down.
Le Blanc is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Akamara is controlling him well.
A lull in the action here.
Akamara trying to control the position but Le Blanc is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Blanc is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Akamara trying to control the action but Le Blanc is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Le Blanc is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Akamara looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Akamara just content to control the position.

Akamara is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Le Blanc has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akamara throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Akamara moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Le Blanc really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Akamara. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Le Blanc dodges the ground and pound from Akamara.

That's four 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.
Akamara wants to control but Le Blanc is keeping him busy.
Akamara tries to score with some ground and pound. Le Blanc controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Akamara throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Le Blanc seems a little lost for a moment, as Akamara dominates the positioning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Akamara has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

Akamara is trying to get an arm triangle but Le Blanc is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuoki Akamara dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Le Blanc throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Akamara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Akamara tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Akamara misses with a hook to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Blanc thumps Akamara with a low kick.
Akamara ducks right into an uppercut from Le Blanc.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akamara takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Akamara is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Le Blanc throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Akamara counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akamara postures up in Le Blanc's guard and throws a big left but Le Blanc blocks it.
Akamara tries to free his leg and advance position but Le Blanc is retaining full guard.
Le Blanc keeping moving, preventing Akamara from controlling successfully.
Akamara working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Le Blanc trying to control the position.
Akamara trying to control but Le Blanc is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Akamara seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Akamara walks into a jab.
Le Blanc misses with a head kick.
Kyle Le Blanc is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le Blanc throws a shot to the body.
Akamara works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc is looking to slow Akamara down with leg kicks.
Akamara throws a predictable looking body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a nice uppercut.
Akamara misses with a shot to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a straight right hand.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a left to the body.
Le Blanc connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Akamara momentarily.
Akamara misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Le Blanc counters with an outside leg kick.
Akamara misses with a jab to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a three punch combo that has Akamara backing up. Akamara nods at Le Blanc to acknowledge the strikes.
Akamara misses with a lunging right hand
and Le Blanc counters with a good, hard body kick but Akamara shrugs it off.
Akamara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Le Blanc.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akamara throws a right hand that misses
and Le Blanc counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Le Blanc moves into range and connects with a jab.
Akamara misses with a shot to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a nice uppercut.
Akamara swings away with a body shot that misses
and Le Blanc counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Akamara throws a lazy uppercut
letting Le Blanc counter with a right hand.
Le Blanc ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akamara moves away.
Le Blanc lands a nice hook to Akamara's body. Akamara takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Akamara checks a leg kick.
Akamara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le Blanc.
A nice inside leg kick there by Le Blanc. That's going to slow Akamara down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Le Blanc really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Akamara swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Le Blanc to counter with a crisp jab.
Akamara misses the body punch
and Le Blanc counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Le Blanc connects with a nice looking jab.
Akamara misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akamara thinking.
Akamara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Le Blanc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Akamara misses with an uppercut
and Le Blanc counters with a thumping low kick.
Le Blanc throws a jab when Akamara was well out of range.
Le Blanc lands a glancing blow to the side of Akamara's head.
Akamara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Le Blanc counters with a nice uppercut.
Akamara misses with a body punch
and Le Blanc counters with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akamara throws an off balance right hand
and Le Blanc makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Akamara on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Akamara misses with a hook to the body
enabling Le Blanc to counter with a crisp jab.
Le Blanc lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Le Blanc's corner calls for a 1-2. Le Blanc obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Le Blanc moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Akamara takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Le Blanc cracks the inside of Akamara's front leg.
A big right from Le Blanc misses.
Akamara is looking to wear down Le Blanc with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Le Blanc connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Akamara misses
and Le Blanc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fighters circling - Le Blanc throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le Blanc's jab looks to have found its range, popping Akamara under the eye.
Akamara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Le Blanc counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Akamara misses with a left hand
and Le Blanc counters with a nice leg kick.
Le Blanc connects with a body shot.
Akamara throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Le Blanc stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Akamara fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Le Blanc, right into the meat.
Le Blanc stuns Akamara with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Blanc lands a nice leg kick that just misses Akamara's sensitive parts.
Le Blanc lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Le Blanc lands with an uppercut that bounces Akamara off the cage and back into rage.
Akamara tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le Blanc throws a head kick that misses.
Le Blanc lands a lovely overhand right.
Akamara takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akamara misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a slapping leg kick.
Le Blanc scores with a leg kick.
Akamara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a nice body shot.
Le Blanc takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Le Blanc lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Le Blanc lands with a shot to the body.
Akamara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a left to the body.
Le Blanc lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Le Blanc dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Akamara throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Le Blanc's waist but Le Blanc gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Akamara off to one side.
Le Blanc bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Akamara's head backwards.
Akamara misses with a jab to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Le Blanc jabs Akamara to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Akamara swings away with a body shot that misses
and Le Blanc counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akamara thinking.
Le Blanc throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Akamara takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Akamara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A right-left combo lands from Le Blanc.
Akamara thuds a left hand into Le Blanc's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Blanc lands a nice looking body kick.
Nice body punch from Le Blanc.
Le Blanc works the jab nicely.
Akamara throws a predictable looking body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Akamara misses with a jab to the body
and Le Blanc makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Le Blanc connects with a leg kick. Akamara looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Le Blanc feints and then cracks Akamara's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Akamara down.
Le Blanc cracks Akamara with a good jab.
Akamara misses the body punch
enabling Le Blanc to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a nice low kick that buckles Akamara's knee momentarily.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Le Blanc lands an overhand right.
Le Blanc misses with a body kick.
Le Blanc pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le Blanc moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Le Blanc throws a hook to the side of Akamara's head but Akamara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Akamara misses with a body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a good low kick that Akamara was not able to check.
Akamara throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Blanc counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Akamara throws a predictable looking body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc cracks the inside of Akamara's front leg.
Akamara misses with an uppercut
and Le Blanc counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Akamara misses the body punch
and Le Blanc counters with a straight right hand.
Le Blanc lands an overhand right.
Akamara misses with a body punch
and Le Blanc counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Akamara throws a predictable looking body shot
and Le Blanc counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akamara thinking.
Akamara misses with a shot to the body
and Le Blanc counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akamara thinking.
Kyle Le Blanc is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Le Blanc scores with a nice head shot.
Akamara throws an off balance right hand
and Le Blanc counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc swings widly with a right hand
enabling Akamara to counter with a crisp jab.
Le Blanc pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Le Blanc throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Blanc lands a jab to Akamara's midsection.

Akamara scores a takedown into full mount!
Akamara controlling from the full mount.
Le Blanc is squirming around, avoiding Akamara's attempts to control the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Le Blanc comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Le Blanc has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 46:49
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Le Blanc!