PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Falcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akira Maeda has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Adam Falcon's chin.

Falcon
vs
Maeda

190 cm
20
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

192 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Falcon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akira Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maeda takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Maeda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Falcon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Maeda on the side of the head.
Maeda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Falcon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Maeda on the side of the head.
Falcon throws a right hand that Maeda ducks under and follows up with a left that Maeda also avoids with ease.
Maeda lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A chopping leg kick lands by Maeda.
Maeda throws a leg kick that misses.
Maeda scoring well with a low kick there.
Maeda throws a nice outside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Maeda.
Maeda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maeda throws out a leg kick but Falcon moves out of range and Maeda only half commits.
Maeda throws a head kick that misses.
A left lands for Maeda.
Maeda throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Falcon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Falcon misses with a jab to the body
and Maeda counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Falcon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maeda.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falcon. Maeda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Maeda lands with a kick to the ribs.
Falcon scores with a nice strike.
Maeda feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Falcon's calf.
Falcon is breathing heavily.
Maeda bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maeda throws a head kick that misses.
Maeda has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Maeda there as he acknowledges the shot.
Maeda lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

It looks like Adam Falcon has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Falcon.
Maeda feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Falcon's calf.
Maeda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Falcon on the side of the head.
Falcon steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maeda. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Falcon.

Maeda lands a big head kick that sends Falcon tumbling to the mat! Maeda takes a step backwards and waves Falcon back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Falcon is rocked!
Maeda throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Oh Falcon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maeda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Maeda throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Falcon crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Akira Maeda!
Akira Maeda seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.