PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Paris (ranked 301 p4p, 452 weight class) and Shinnosuke Nakagawa (ranked 42 p4p, 67 weight class). Nakagawa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Koto - CloZee kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marco Paris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shinnosuke Nakagawa's chin.

Paris
vs
Nakagawa

183 cm
26
185
15 - 2 - 0

190 cm
26
198
11 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Paris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paris comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No luck for Nakagawa with that takedown attempt.

Nakagawa changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Paris looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Nakagawa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Paris has escaped the position, nice work there.
Paris tries to bench press Nakagawa off him but Nakagawa keeps the position.
Nakagawa lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Paris down.
Nakagawa scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Paris gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Paris moves into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakagawa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Paris is looking to sweep but instead, Nakagawa has passed into half guard.
Paris is looking for a sweep. Nakagawa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nakagawa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Paris keeps working.
Paris has a hand on Nakagawa's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Nakagawa takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Paris throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Paris is working to get back to half guard.
Nakagawa landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakagawa fails to move to back control.
Nakagawa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Paris in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Paris can't escape the position.
Paris sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Paris makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Paris.
Nakagawa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nakagawa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paris looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Nakagawa puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nakagawa landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paris wants to get back to full guard.
Nakagawa passes to side control.
Paris is trying to get back to half guard.
Nakagawa working the ground and pound.
Nakagawa lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Paris's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Nakagawa tries for a kimura but Paris is defending well.

Nakagawa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paris is not content to let Nakagawa control the position.
Paris throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Paris tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Paris is working hard here to advance position.
Paris manages to work his way to half guard, despite Nakagawa's best efforts.
Paris wants to improve his position but Nakagawa is controlling well.
Paris trying to control here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Shinnosuke Nakagawa dominated that round.
That's time! Paris's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nakagawa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Paris counters with a left to the body.
Nakagawa digs a good hook to Paris's body.
Paris thuds a left hand into Nakagawa's body.
Paris slips under a jab from Nakagawa.
Good shot there by Nakagawa.
Nakagawa lands with a nice combination. Paris backs away looking to recover.
Paris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nakagawa to score with a decent uppercut.
We've been told by Paris's head coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Paris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nakagawa's hands.
Paris misses with a wild combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakagawa dives in for a single leg takedown but Paris sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A counter left hand to the body from Paris misses its target.

Nakagawa rushes Paris and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nakagawa tries to work over Paris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paris lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Paris tries to work over Nakagawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nakagawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paris's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Paris turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Sloppy strikes there by Paris.
Nakagawa struggling a bit here.
Paris working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakagawa is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Paris trying to control the position but Nakagawa is working away.
Paris lands an elbow.
Paris working the head with strikes.
Nakagawa wants to control but Paris postures up.
Check out the look on Paris's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Paris scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
You can see the frustration on Nakagawa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Paris landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Nakagawa is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Paris off and has taken his back!
Paris is really stuck here.

Nakagawa looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Paris taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
Shinnosuke Nakagawa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.