PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between SHINYA AOKI (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). AOKI's entrance music is Naruto - Blue Bird. A fine choice. Kung Le is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

AOKI
vs
Le

187 cm
18
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

186 cm
22
212 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, SHINYA AOKI!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kung Le!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le tries to clinch up.
AOKI shoots for a takedown but Le saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
AOKI will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
AOKI shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for SHINYA AOKI. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le tries to clinch but AOKI moves out of range.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Le gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. AOKI lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
AOKI is breathing heavily.
Le lands an elbow inside.
Le lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. AOKI lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like SHINYA AOKI has been cut.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
AOKI takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Le.
Le lands an elbow that stopped AOKI in his tracks for a moment.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le lands an elbow that stopped AOKI in his tracks for a moment.
Le connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le lands a knee to the body.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le connects with a knee to the head.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Le.
Le with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Le lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Le lands an elbow inside that AOKI shrugs off.
Le landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Le.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to AOKI's face.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
AOKI managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le tries a knee to the head but AOKI blocks it.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but AOKI is blocking nicely.
AOKI looking for a takedown.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but AOKI avoids the damage to the body.
Le landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le missing with knees to the body.
AOKI avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.
Le connects with a nasty looking knee right to AOKI's face.
AOKI managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Le landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Le.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
AOKI takes an elbow to the forehead.
AOKI avoiding damage as Le throws knees to the body.
AOKI takes an elbow to the forehead.
Le crunches a lovely knee into AOKI's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Le.
AOKI has Le pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Le manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from AOKI.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but AOKI is blocking nicely.

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.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le tries to land a knee to the head but AOKI blocks with his arms.
Le crunches a lovely knee into AOKI's ribcage.
Le landing knees to the body.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. AOKI lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Le landing knees to the head.
AOKI managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le misses with a knee strike.
Le misses with a knee strike.
AOKI goes for a takedown in the clinch but Le prevents it.
Le lands a damaging elbow.
AOKI jumps guard but Le stands there with AOKI around his waist. AOKI gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Le gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from AOKI.
Le lands an elbow that stopped AOKI in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Le dominated that round.
The cut man is working on SHINYA AOKI's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Le tries to clinch but AOKI moves out of range.
AOKI keeps the fight on the outside.
Le tries to clinch up.
Le tries to clinch there but AOKI circles away.
Le tries to clinch but AOKI moves out of range.
Le tries to clinch but AOKI is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Le looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch but AOKI swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le wants to clinch.

Le closes the distance and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Le tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
AOKI tries for a takedown but Le manages to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le looking to throw knees to the head but AOKI is blocking nicely.
AOKI tries to pull guard but Le holds him up against the cage and eventually AOKI drops back down to his feet.
AOKI wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for SHINYA AOKI. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le prevents a takedown attempt there.
Le tries a knee to the head but AOKI blocks it.
Le has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Le unloads a knee to the mid-section. AOKI lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
AOKI goes for a takedown attempt but Le pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Le tries to clinch there but AOKI circles away.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le tries to clinch but AOKI is having none of it.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up but AOKI swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kung Le is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
AOKI circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

AOKI fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Le sprawls well initially but AOKI persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
AOKI is pressing down on Le's thigh, looking to free his foot. Le is holding on for now.
Le is refusing to be controlled, as AOKI sits in half guard.
AOKI is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Le is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Le wants to stand back up but AOKI manages to pass into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

AOKI tries for a kimura but Le is defending well.
AOKI trying to control the action but Le is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Le fails with an attempt to clinch.

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.
AOKI swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Le tries to clinch there but AOKI circles away.
Le doesn't manage to clinch there - AOKI circles away.

Le gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Le.
Le lands an elbow that stopped AOKI in his tracks for a moment.
Le landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Le.
Knees to the body from Le.
AOKI fails to pull guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Le misses with a knee to the head.
Le missing with knees to the body.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from AOKI.
Nice elbow from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kung Le showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on SHINYA AOKI's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Le wants to clinch.
AOKI circles away from the clinch attempt.
Le wants to clinch up but AOKI keeps it at a distance.
AOKI circles away from the clinch attempt.
AOKI keeps the fight on the outside.

AOKI looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
AOKI trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Le really doesn't want to stay on the ground with AOKI. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
AOKI tries to free his leg and advance position but Le is retaining full guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Le can do anything to dispel that myth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

AOKI thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
AOKI trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
AOKI tries to free his leg and advance position but Le is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Le tries to clinch but AOKI moves out of range.

Le rushes AOKI and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Le lands a nice knee to the body.
Le lands a knee to the head.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
AOKI tries for a takedown. No joy.
Le with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
AOKI on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Le.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le scores with a knee to the head.
AOKI takes an elbow to the temple.
Le lands an elbow just above AOKI 's eye.
Le using the Thai plumb to throw knees but AOKI has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Le lands a knee to the body.
Le crunches a lovely knee into AOKI's ribcage.
Le lands a nice elbow.
AOKI managing to block the knees to the body from Le.
Le lands an elbow just above AOKI 's eye.
Le lands a knee to the body.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but AOKI avoids the damage to the body.
Le landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Le with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Le lands a damaging elbow.
Le missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Le lands an elbow that stopped AOKI in his tracks for a moment.
AOKI has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Le is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Le scores a nice knee to the body.
Le with a knee to the head.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through AOKI's defenses.
AOKI tries for a takedown but Le manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for SHINYA AOKI. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le lands a knee to the body.
AOKI takes a knee right on the jaw!
Le using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Le lands an elbow inside that AOKI shrugs off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le is pressed up against the cage. AOKI has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le down to the mat. Le avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Le takes the fight into the clinch.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kung Le comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Le winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30

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