PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomura Krakakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomura Krakakos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Krakakos
vs
Maeda

192 cm
26
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

192 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomura Krakakos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krakakos misses with a looping right.
Krakakos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maeda throws an off balance right hand
and Krakakos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Krakakos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Krakakos misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Krakakos misses.
Krakakos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maeda.
Maeda is looking to chop away at Krakakos's legs.
Maeda drops his hands momentarily and Krakakos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Krakakos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Krakakos throws a chopping leg kick but Maeda manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Krakakos misses the target.
Krakakos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maeda.
Krakakos misses the shot to the body.
Krakakos blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maeda manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Maeda blocks the low kick.
Maeda lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Maeda.
Maeda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Krakakos tries to clinch but Maeda moves away
and Maeda counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Krakakos checks a low kick from Maeda.
Maeda scores with a spinning back kick!
Krakakos slips a jab from Maeda.
Krakakos throws a body punch but Maeda moves out of range.
A big left from Krakakos misses.
Maeda throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maeda ducks under a wild hook from Krakakos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Krakakos ducks right into an uppercut from Maeda.
Maeda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maeda misses with a looping left.
Krakakos throws a low kick but Maeda moves out of range easily.
Krakakos ducks under a wild hook from Maeda.
Krakakos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maeda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krakakos lands with a nice body punch.
Maeda thuds his right hand into Krakakos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Maeda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Krakakos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maeda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krakakos.
Maeda uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Maeda thows a left - swing and a miss!
Krakakos misses with a wild body shot.
Krakakos thows a body shot but no joy.
Krakakos lands with a good body shot.
Maeda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maeda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Krakakos. Krakakos obviously looking to wear him down.
Krakakos jabs Maeda to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Krakakos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krakakos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Krakakos lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda thows a leg kick but Krakakos checks it
and Krakakos counters with a left and a right that stings Maeda.
Krakakos moves out of range of the body kick from Maeda.
Krakakos with a jab.
Maeda throws a low kick but Krakakos moves out of range easily.
Krakakos defending well as Maeda loads up on a big left hand.
Krakakos connects with a body shot.
Maeda tries to move into range but Krakakos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Krakakos misses the shot to the body.
Krakakos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A cross from Krakakos lands.
Krakakos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maeda swats away the attempt to clinch by Krakakos.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Maeda misses with a low kick as Krakakos jumps back.
Maeda is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Krakakos.

It looks like Akira Maeda has been cut.
Maeda motions for Krakakos to come forward. Maeda throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maeda walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Maeda is rocked!
Krakakos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Maeda is still on wobbly legs! Can Krakakos finish him?
Krakakos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maeda.
Krakakos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maeda.
Maeda seems to have recovered his senses.
Maeda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Maeda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krakakos lands a right hook to the body.
Maeda avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krakakos dips to his left and cracks Maeda with an uppercut!
Krakakos misses with a wild body shot.
Krakakos misses with an uppercut.
Maeda takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Maeda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maeda there as he acknowledges the shot.
Maeda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krakakos misses with a body shot.
Maeda tries to land a leg kick but Krakakos saw it coming and moves away.
Krakakos ducks under a wild hook from Maeda.
Krakakos digs a good body shot into Maeda's ribs.
Krakakos cracks Maeda with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maeda staying out of range there.
Maeda avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Krakakos misses with a body shot.
Maeda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maeda tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Krakakos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maeda throws a leg kick which misses Krakakos's front leg but catches the back leg as Krakakos tries to avoid it.
Krakakos connects with a body shot that sends Maeda's belly button to the back.
Krakakos takes a swing at Maeda's ribcage but misses.
Krakakos missing with a left hand there. Maeda was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That kick from Maeda tenderised Krakakos's leg. Krakakos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Krakakos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maeda circles away quickly and effectively.
Krakakos throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Maeda throws a lazy right hand but Krakakos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krakakos just misses with a punch to the body.
Krakakos looks to land a left hand but Maeda moved out of range nicely.
Maeda swings for the body but Krakakos moves out of range.
Krakakos moves out of range as Maeda throws a body kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Maeda. Krakakos shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maeda looks to land a left hand but Krakakos moved out of range nicely.
Krakakos lands a nice hook to Maeda's body. Maeda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maeda tried to score with a low kick but Krakakos checks it.
Maeda connects with a nice looking jab.
Maeda tries to work over Krakakos's front leg with a kick but Krakakos checks it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos lands a nice shot that snaps Maeda's head back.
Maeda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krakakos was well out of range. Poor timing from Maeda.
Krakakos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Maeda walks into a jab.
Maeda gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maeda tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Krakakos as he connects with a hook.
Krakakos digs a good hook to Maeda's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Krakakos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from Krakakos does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krakakos thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomura Krakakos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akira Maeda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Maeda is looking to land body kicks.
Krakakos moves out of range of the body kick.
Maeda throws a front kick that sends Krakakos stumbling back into the ropes.
Maeda scores with a leg kick.
Krakakos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maeda lands the left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Maeda.
Maeda looks for the body kick but Krakakos saw that one coming.
Maeda fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Krakakos is out of range.
Krakakos moves in looking to clinch but Maeda pushes him off.
Krakakos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Maeda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maeda there as he acknowledges the shot.
Krakakos just misses with a punch to the body.
Maeda throws a hook but Krakakos blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Maeda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Krakakos scores with a leg kick.
Krakakos throws a front kick aimed at Maeda's knee but Maeda avoids it well.
Maeda throws a head kick that misses.
Krakakos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maeda moves away.
Krakakos connects with a body shot.
Tomura Krakakos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maeda cracks Krakakos with a good jab.
Maeda feints and then cracks Krakakos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krakakos down.
Maeda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Krakakos scores with a nice right hand.
Maeda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda feints and then cracks Krakakos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krakakos down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krakakos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Krakakos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Maeda.
Krakakos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Krakakos scores with a jab.
Maeda fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Krakakos checks it well.
Maeda throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Krakakos.
Maeda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Maeda slips a jab and a cross from Krakakos.
Tomura Krakakos is winning the standup battle so far.
Maeda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Maeda ducks under a wild hook from Krakakos.
Maeda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Krakakos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Krakakos lands a jab.
Krakakos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maeda moves out of range of the leg kick from Krakakos.
Krakakos connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Krakakos. Maeda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maeda misses with a body kick.
Krakakos scores with a nice head shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Krakakos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos thuds a left hand into Maeda's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Krakakos misses with a hook.
Maeda goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Krakakos is looking to clinch but Maeda is avoiding it.
That kick from Maeda tenderised Krakakos's leg. Krakakos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Krakakos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Krakakos checks a leg kick.
Maeda cracks the inside of Krakakos's front leg.
Maeda needs to keep his hands up - Krakakos had a free shot at his head there.
Maeda tries to score with a low kick but Krakakos moves his leg out of the way.
Maeda moves away from the strike by Krakakos.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos works over Maeda's head and body with a nice combination.
Krakakos defending well as Maeda loads up on a big left hand.
Maeda misses with an attempted mid kick.
Maeda throws a lazy right hand but Krakakos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krakakos works the jab nicely.
Krakakos throws a big shot that misses.
Krakakos misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Krakakos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Krakakos takes the fight into the clinch.
Maeda takes a shot to the head.
Krakakos has a couple of punches blocked by Maeda.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krakakos.
Krakakos can't find room to land a body shot as Maeda controls the action.
Krakakos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Maeda is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krakakos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Krakakos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Krakakos connects with a right hand. Maeda shakes it off.
A jab from Krakakos misses.
Krakakos looks to score with a jab to the body but Maeda is just out of range.
Maeda cracks Krakakos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Maeda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Maeda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Maeda checks a leg kick nicely.
Maeda feints and then cracks Krakakos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krakakos down.
Maeda avoids the body shot from Krakakos.
Krakakos just misses with a punch to the body.
Krakakos tries to score with a low kick but Maeda moves his leg out of the way.
Maeda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Krakakos.
Maeda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krakakos throws out the jab.
Maeda takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Maeda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krakakos scores with a hook.
Krakakos lands a nice hook to Maeda's body. Maeda takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maeda doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos misses with the combination.
Maeda shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Krakakos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krakakos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maeda on the side of the head.
Krakakos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maeda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Maeda fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Krakakos checks it well.
Maeda thows a body kick. Krakakos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Krakakos moves out of range as Maeda throws a body kick.
Maeda throws a body kick that misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Krakakos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Krakakos there.
Krakakos misses with a body shot.
Maeda finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maeda avoids the body shot from Krakakos.
Maeda with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Krakakos to score with a decent uppercut.
Maeda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krakakos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maeda was well out of range. Poor timing from Krakakos.

Krakakos drives through and clinches with Maeda against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krakakos is trying to force a seperation but Maeda has the dominant position.
Krakakos scores with a shot to the side of Maeda's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomura Krakakos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akira Maeda's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Krakakos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maeda.
Krakakos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Good work by Krakakos as he checks the leg kick.
Krakakos throws a body punch but Maeda moves out of range.
Krakakos tries to bum rush Maeda with a series of wild strikes but Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Maeda on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Maeda looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Maeda throws an overhand right that lands on Krakakos's shoulder, as Krakakos tries to avoid the shot.
Maeda misses with a looping right.
Maeda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krakakos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Krakakos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maeda keeps Krakakos at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krakakos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krakakos throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Maeda colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Krakakos as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Maeda is left battered and dazed whilst Krakakos and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomura Krakakos!
Tomura Krakakos retains his light heavyweight title!
Tomura Krakakos thanked the fans post fight for their support.