PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raimo Peltonen (ranked 3345 p4p, 395 weight class) and Kojura Nakagawa (ranked 3507 p4p, 412 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kojura Nakagawa enters the cage!

Peltonen
vs
Nakagawa

194 cm
21
199 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
193 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Kore Fight 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Raimo Peltonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kojura Nakagawa!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakagawa fails with a takedown attempt.
Nakagawa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Peltonen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nakagawa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Peltonen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Peltonen misses with a wild body shot.
Peltonen misses with a head kick.
Nice shot by Peltonen.
Nakagawa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakagawa shoots in but no luck this time.
Nakagawa with a nice cross.
Peltonen avoids the body shot from Nakagawa.
Nakagawa avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Nakagawa does no damage.
Peltonen throws a nice looking combination but Nakagawa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peltonen lands a nice looking body kick.
Peltonen throws a hook but Nakagawa avoids it easily.
An inside leg kick from Nakagawa misses.

Nakagawa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Peltonen!
Peltonen sneaks back into half guard.
Nakagawa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nakagawa working Peltonen over with strikes.
Nakagawa stops Peltonen from getting back to his feet.
Nakagawa is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nakagawa scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nakagawa moves nicely into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peltonen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Nakagawa landing a few strikes.
Peltonen is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Peltonen is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakagawa cracks Peltonen with an elbow. That is naaassty.

Peltonen is rocked!
Nakagawa working the ground and pound.
Oh Peltonen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nakagawa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nakagawa in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Peltonen looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Nakagawa turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kojura Nakagawa!