PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nagatsuki Hideki (ranked 4796 p4p, 4874 weight class) and Jean Duranto (ranked 481 p4p, 493 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hideki
vs
Duranto

183 cm
18
174
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
174
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nagatsuki Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jean Duranto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Duranto counters with a stiff right hand.
Duranto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hideki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hideki throws a jab when Duranto was well out of range.
A big right from Hideki misses.
Duranto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hideki.
Duranto bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hideki's head backwards.
Hideki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hideki definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

Hideki tries to keep at a distance but Duranto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Duranto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hideki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duranto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hideki pushes off an throws an elbow but Duranto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Duranto pushes Hideki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hideki throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duranto blocks an elbow strike from Hideki.
Hideki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hideki.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duranto.
Duranto blocks a body shot from Hideki.
Duranto misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hideki misses with the head strike.
Hideki lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hideki pushes Duranto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hideki can't find room to land a body shot as Duranto controls the action.
Hideki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hideki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duranto looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duranto.
Duranto should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hideki misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Duranto fails to land.
A short body shot lands from Hideki as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hideki.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hideki.
Duranto throws a head punch that misses.
Hideki digs a right hand into Duranto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duranto's gas tank.
Hideki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hideki lands a shoulder strike.

Duranto is rocked!
Hideki creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Duranto with a big uppercut! Duranto tries to clinch up but Hideki pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Duranto to the mat! Duranto covers up and Hideki unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nagatsuki Hideki!
After winning the bout, Nagatsuki Hideki thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.