PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Haitian Ginger (ranked 783 p4p, 3031 weight class) and Atakan Akkaynak (ranked 105 p4p, 340 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Ginger
vs
Akkaynak

193 cm
30
185
15 - 8 - 0

180 cm
30
195
10 - 9 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haitian Ginger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Atakan Akkaynak!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ginger moves forwards but Akkaynak connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Akkaynak rushes Ginger and presses him up against the cage.
Akkaynak working aggressively here.
Ginger tries to work over Akkaynak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akkaynak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
I was talking to Ginger's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ginger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Akkaynaks head.
Ginger pushes Akkaynak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Ginger.
Akkaynak tries to throw a body punch but Ginger avoids it by throwing Akkaynak back against the cage.
Ginger lands a shot to the body.
Akkaynak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Akkaynak looking to throw knees to the head but Ginger is blocking nicely.
Ginger blocks an uppercut.
Ginger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Akkaynak backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akkaynak prevents a body shot from Ginger.
A nice left hand lands by Akkaynak.
Akkaynak softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ginger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Akkaynak backwards.
Ginger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Akkaynak misses with the head strike.
Akkaynak lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Akkaynak blocks a body shot from Ginger.
Ginger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Ginger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akkaynak tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Akkaynak tries a knee to the head but Ginger blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ginger.
Ginger lands with a light punch inside.
Akkaynak working aggressively here.
Akkaynak unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ginger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ginger.
Akkaynak lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Akkaynak creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akkaynak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Ginger.
Ginger tries to work over Akkaynak's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Akkaynak has a couple of punches blocked by Ginger.
Ginger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Akkaynak pushes Ginger back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Akkaynak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akkaynak lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ginger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akkaynak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Akkaynak misses with a body punch.
Akkaynak throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Ginger.
Ginger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ginger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Ginger.
Akkaynak misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ginger blocking some punches.
Ginger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ginger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Ginger.
Akkaynak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Akkaynak lands a nice uppercut.
Akkaynak's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ginger is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Ginger as the two fighters clinch.
Ginger misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ginger is trying to maintain a safe position but Akkaynak gets an underhook and turns Ginger into the cage.
Ginger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akkaynak or not.
Akkaynak blocks a body shot from Ginger.
Akkaynak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ginger backwards.
Ginger stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Akkaynak.
Ginger misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Akkaynak.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ginger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akkaynak landing knees to the head.
Ginger misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ginger creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Akkaynak throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ginger blocks it with crossed arms.
Akkaynak working aggressively here.
Ginger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Akkaynak misses with some punches.
Ginger misses with a punch to the body.
Akkaynak throws a punch but it's blocked by Ginger.
Ginger lands with a left to the head.
Akkaynak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Akkaynak takes a shot to the head.
Akkaynak misses with the head strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ginger will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Akkaynak up against the cage.
Akkaynak has a couple of punches blocked by Ginger.
Ginger digs a right hand underneath Akkaynak's ribcage. Akkaynak let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Ginger.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ginger lands a shot to the body.
Akkaynak looks winded!
Ginger can't find room to land a body shot as Akkaynak controls the action.
Ginger is leaning against Akkaynak and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Ginger.
Ginger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Akkaynak or not.
Ginger lands a left hand.
Ginger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ginger taking a breather.
Ginger works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ginger struggles to land a body shot inside as Akkaynak controls his hands.
Akkaynak misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ginger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Ginger.
A short right from Ginger on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ginger blocks an uppercut.
Ginger scores with a hook to the body.

Ginger breaks from the clinch.
Akkaynak takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Akkaynak gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ginger.

Akkaynak is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Haitian Ginger dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ginger drops Akkaynak with a naaaaasty hook - Akkaynak is in real trouble here! Ginger dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haitian Ginger!
A relieved looking Haitian Ginger thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.