PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reno Rocca (ranked 1781 p4p, 2571 weight class) and Kojura Nakagawa (ranked 234 p4p, 330 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rocca might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Avenues and Alleyways/Rancid. This should be fireworks!

Rocca
vs
Nakagawa

178 cm
28
193
9 - 5 - 0

183 cm
20
193
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reno Rocca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kojura Nakagawa!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nakagawa throws a right hand that misses

and Rocca counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Nakagawa is striking off his back. Rocca thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Rocca trying to control the action but Nakagawa is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakagawa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nakagawa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rocca. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rocca working Nakagawa over with strikes.
Nakagawa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nakagawa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rocca seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rocca seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nakagawa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nakagawa is trying to get back to full guard.
Nakagawa moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rocca trying to control but Nakagawa is working from the bottom.
Rocca is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nakagawa is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Rocca lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nakagawa thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rocca engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocca sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nakagawa's guard.
Rocca has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nakagawa tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Rocca slips a nice elbow through Nakagawa's hands, connecting with Nakagawa's forehead.
Rocca works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rocca pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Nakagawa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Nakagawa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Nakagawa is desperately trying to improve his position but Rocca has a good base and remains in mount.
Rocca with a couple of short strikes.
Nakagawa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rocca. What's that going to do exactly?
Rocca can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nakagawa is looking to escape.
Rocca lands a nice shot to the head.
Nakagawa tries to reverse the position but Rocca maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rocca has isolated one of Nakagawa's arms. Nakagawa looking to fight him off but Rocca twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Reno Rocca!
Reno Rocca really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Threads of HARDCORE logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.