PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Potthast (ranked 3443 p4p, 4944 weight class) and Leonardo Narushima (ranked 426 p4p, 529 weight class). Narushima comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chemistry - Heartbeat (Deepforces Remix) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Potthast
vs
Narushima

185 cm
22
235
5 - 6 - 0

196 cm
23
245
1 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charlie Potthast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Narushima !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potthast on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Narushima connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Potthast throws a hook but Narushima blocks it.
Potthast throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Potthast has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ludus Magnus in the buildup to the fight.
Charlie Potthast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Narushima listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Potthast misses with an uppercut. Narushima saw that one coming.

Potthast throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Narushima was covering up waiting for the punch and Potthast finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Potthast trying to control but Narushima is working from the bottom.
Narushima pulls Potthast in to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Potthast's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Narushima manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Potthast manages to get himself to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Potthast is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Potthast utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Narushima is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Narushima tries to stand but Potthast is controlling from the bottom.
Narushima must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Narushima not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Narushima preventing the sweep.
Potthast has a closed guard, preventing Narushima from standing up.
Narushima is looking to pass into half guard but Potthast pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Potthast is in guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Narushima has Potthast pulled in close to control his posture.
Let's hope that Narushima has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Potthast loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Narushima is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima wants to free his trapped foot but Potthast is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Narushima wants to stand up but Potthast has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Narushima not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Narushima content to control rather than advance.
Potthast avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Narushima .
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Narushima seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Narushima tries to stand and escape but Potthast is controlling the position.
Narushima is taking a breather. Potthast says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Narushima looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Potthast is staying active underneath Narushima , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Potthast might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Narushima throws a strike but Potthast avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Narushima is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Potthast on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Potthast tries to get out of the position.
Potthast looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Narushima thuds his right hand into Potthast's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Good exchange - Narushima coming out on top.
Potthast fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Narushima feints a counter leg kick.
Narushima staying out of range there.
Narushima throws a quick inside leg kick.
Potthast misses with a looping right.
Potthast is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Potthast throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Potthast misses with a hook
and Narushima counters with a leg kick.
Potthast throws a lazy uppercut
and Narushima counters with a huge left! Potthast is in big trouble! He's backing up but Narushima isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Potthast from any more damage. A dominating finish by Narushima !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leonardo Narushima !