PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Masato Akiyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akiyama comes into the arena with Fallen Army - GRV Music blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Akiyama
vs
John

175 cm
27
190 lbs
10 - 12 - 0

198 cm
21
193 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition
Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Masato Akiyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oliver John!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
John has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Akiyama.
John blocks the elbow strike.
Akiyama comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Akiyama creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through John's defenses.

It looks like Oliver John has been cut.
John takes an elbow to the temple.
Akiyama misses with an elbow over the top.
John has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Akiyama creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Akiyama prevents John from breaking the clinch.
John blocks an elbow strike.
Akiyama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
John is looking to break free of the clinch but Akiyama has double underhooks.
John blocks an elbow strike from Akiyama.
John tries to break the clinch but Akiyama is controlling the position.
Akiyama lands an elbow inside.
John is trying to break the clinch but Akiyama is controlling him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A frustrated look appears on John's face as he tries to break the clinch.
John wants to break the clinch but can't.
John is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Akiyama prevents John from breaking the clinch.
John avoids the elbow strike from Akiyama, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John working hard to break the clinch.
John blocks an elbow strike.
Akiyama keeps control of John as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
John has a couple of punches blocked by Akiyama.
John blocks an elbow strike.

John's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

John takes the fight into the clinch.
Akiyama keeps control of John as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
John dodges an elbow strike from Akiyama.
John working hard to break the clinch.

John pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
John connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Akiyama momentarily.
Akiyama fails with an attempt to clinch.
John goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
John misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Akiyama tries to close the distance and clinch up but John swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Akiyama moves into the clinch.
Akiyama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Oliver John's cut even more.
Akiyama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Akiyama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Akiyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Akiyama.
John tries to break free but Akiyama pushes him back against the cage.
John tries to circle away but Akiyama has him pinned against the cage.
John wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Akiyama lands an elbow inside that John shrugs off.
John looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Akiyama lands an elbow that stopped John in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Akiyama.
Akiyama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Akiyama.

The cut above Oliver John's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Akiyama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
John is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from Akiyama.
Akiyama has John pressed against the cage, preventing John from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
John avoids the elbow strike from Akiyama, against the cage.
John avoids a wild elbow strike from Akiyama.
Akiyama lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
John is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Akiyama lands a nice elbow.
John tries to break the clinch but Akiyama is controlling the position.
John avoids a wild elbow strike from Akiyama.
John is trying to force a seperation but Akiyama has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John blocks the elbow strike.
Akiyama creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Akiyama misses with an elbow over the top.
John is trying to break the clinch but Akiyama has him pressed against the cage.
Akiyama creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
John blocks an elbow strike from Akiyama.
Akiyama throws an elbow but it misses.
John blocks an elbow strike.
John wants to break the clinch but can't.
John blocks the elbow strike.
John is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
John tries to circle away but Akiyama has him pinned against the cage.
John is trying to push Akiyama away but Akiyama has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
John takes an elbow to the temple.
Akiyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Akiyama throws an elbow but misses.
John blocks the elbow strike.
John tries to circle away but Akiyama has him pinned against the cage.
John tries to break free but Akiyama pushes him back against the cage.
Akiyama gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Oliver John's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
John has had enough of the clinch but Akiyama keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John blocks an elbow strike from Akiyama.
Nice elbow from Akiyama.
John tries to break the clinch but Akiyama is controlling the position.
Akiyama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Akiyama.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Oliver John's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Masato Akiyama!