PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julius Schoonover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hiroki Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julius Schoonover has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Schoonover
vs
Nakamura

185 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julius Schoonover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiroki Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schoonover looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nakamura!

Schoonover looking for a guillotine from mount but Nakamura is having none of it.
Schoonover unloads with some shots from mount but Nakamura bucks and avoids them well.
Nakamura wants to get back to his feet.
Nakamura is in a horrible position here. Schoonover smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nakamura is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Nakamura really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Schoonover. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Schoonover looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Nakamura is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Schoonover is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Nakamura to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Nakamura shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

Schoonover is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Nakamura can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Nakamura trying desperately to get to his feet.
Nakamura holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Schoonover tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nakamura really wants to buck Schoonover off and get back to his feet.

Schoonover is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Nakamura to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Nakamura shrugs it off.
Nakamura's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Schoonover can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nakamura is looking to escape.
Nakamura wants to try and get back to his feet.

Schoonover working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Nakamura looks gassed!

Schoonover has hold of Nakamura's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nakamura manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Nakamura is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Julius Schoonover!