PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiagong Akyat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazushi Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Akyat comes to the ring accompanied by Crank That. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Akyat
vs
Sakuraba

181 cm
24
185 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tiagong Akyat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazushi Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sakuraba feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Sakuraba trying to stand up but can't free himself from Akyat's guard.
Sakuraba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sakuraba working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sakuraba trying to control the position from guard on top but Akyat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Akyat's guard.
Sakuraba trying to control the action but Akyat is working from the bottom.

Sakuraba is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Akyat moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Akyat looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sakuraba is one step ahead there.

Akyat has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sakuraba can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sakuraba in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Akyat keeping moving, preventing Sakuraba from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Sakuraba is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Akyat is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Akyat has escaped and now he's on top!
Sakuraba looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akyat advances to half guard.

Akyat is trying for a kimura here. Sakuraba looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Akyat wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tiagong Akyat!