PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Principo Adam (ranked 170 p4p, 555 weight class) and Shinnosuke Nakagawa (ranked 25 p4p, 76 weight class). Adam comes to the cage accompanied by Dona Eis Requiem. Nakagawa has chosen Koto - CloZee as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Shinnosuke Nakagawa was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Adam
vs
Nakagawa

185 cm
29
188
16 - 6 - 0

190 cm
28
190
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

New Standard
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Voodoo Nutrition

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 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Principo Adam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adam jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nakagawa feints the counter takedown.
Adam misses with a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Nakagawa has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nakagawa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adam.
Nakagawa drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Adam defends it well.
Nakagawa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Adam keeps the fight on the outside.
Nakagawa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Adam.
Nakagawa slips a jab from Adam.
Nakagawa drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Adam defends it well.
Adam throws a shot from downtown. Nakagawa moves away and avoids it.
Nakagawa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Adam as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adam throws an overhand right that lands on Nakagawa's shoulder, as Nakagawa tries to avoid the shot.
Nakagawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adam.
Nakagawa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakagawa misses with a looping left.
Adam throws a lazy right hand but Nakagawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adam misses with a straight right.
Nakagawa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Nakagawa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nakagawa shoots in and drives through. Adam sprawls well.
Principo Adam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinnosuke Nakagawa.
Nakagawa wants to clinch.
Adam misses with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Adam creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nakagawa tries to throw a body punch but Adam avoids it by throwing Nakagawa back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakagawa lands a shoulder strike.
Adam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nakagawa's elbow.
Nakagawa tries to throw a body punch but Adam avoids it by throwing Nakagawa back against the cage.
Nakagawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakagawa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adam lands a nice uppercut.

Adam breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nakagawa scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakagawa misses with a left hand
enabling Adam to counter with a crisp jab.
Adam throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nakagawa on the side of the head.
Adam looks to throw the jab but Nakagawa is out of range.
Nakagawa with the counter takedown but Adam avoids it easily.
Principo Adam is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakagawa looks to score with a jab to the body but Adam is just out of range.
Nakagawa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Adam takes a swing at Nakagawa's ribcage but misses.
Nakagawa drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Adam defends it well.
Adam walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakagawa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Adam scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Adam scores with the left hand. Nakagawa knows he should have avoided that one.
Adam throws a poor cross that misses

and Nakagawa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakagawa.
A short uppercut from Adam.
Adam lands with a short shot to the head.
Nakagawa is working Adam over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Adam.
Nakagawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Adam controls his hands.
Nakagawa is working for takedown but Adam is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nakagawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adam lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Adam pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adam throws a jab when Nakagawa was well out of range.
Nakagawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Adam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Adam went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Adam misses the target.
Nakagawa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Adam pinned against the cage. Adam gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A quick step to the side and Adam tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adam fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nakagawa on the side of the head.
Adam clobbers Nakagawa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Nakagawa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nakagawa prevents Adam from improving his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Principo Adam dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A telegraphed right hand from Nakagawa misses the target.
Adam misses with a body shot.
Nakagawa scores with the left hand. Adam knows he should have avoided that one.

Nakagawa rushes Adam and presses him up against the cage.
Nakagawa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adam backwards.
Adam prevents a takedown attempt there.
Adam wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Nakagawa has picked Adam up - he's going for a ride! Nakagawa dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Nakagawa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adam does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adam is looking to improve his position.
Adam slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Adam lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nakagawa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Adam is one step ahead there.
Adam content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Adam looking to pass the guard.
Adam preventing the sweep.

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.
Nakagawa working a defensive guard here.
Nakagawa wants to sweep but no luck.
Nakagawa is adopting a defensive guard.
Adam trying to control but Nakagawa is working from the bottom.

Adam is sitting in close to Nakagawa's body. Nakagawa has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Adam is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Adam is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Nakagawa.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Shinnosuke Nakagawa!
A victorious Shinnosuke Nakagawa thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.