PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maek Houzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Nakayama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakayama comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Vapors - Turning Japanese kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!

Houzo
vs
Nakayama

177 cm
26
192 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

189 cm
26
192 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maek Houzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Nakayama!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakayama manages to avoid it.
Houzo tries to clinch up.
Nakayama throws a solid leg kick but Houzo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nakayama.
Nakayama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nakayama moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Houzo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Nakayama's waist but Nakayama gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Houzo off to one side.
Houzo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nakayama lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Houzo circles away quickly and effectively.
A cross from Nakayama lands.
Nakayama lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Nakayama.
Houzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Houzo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Houzo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tsuyoshi Nakayama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakayama misses with a wild body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Nakayama.
Houzo throws a big shot that misses.
Houzo takes a swing at Nakayama's ribcage but misses.
Nakayama throws a nice looking combination but Houzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama misses with a straight right.
Nakayama lands a nice shot that snaps Houzo's head back.
Houzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakayama throws out the jab.
Nakayama thuds a left hand into Houzo's body.
Nakayama is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Houzo throws out a loose jab but Nakayama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakayama getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nakayama lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakayama throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Houzo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nakayama digs a good hook to Houzo's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama scores with a one two! Houzo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nakayama lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nakayama lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nakayama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Houzo throws out the jab.
Nakayama has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nakayama swings for the body but Houzo moves out of range.
Nakayama slips a jab from Houzo.
Houzo tries to clinch up.
Nakayama lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Houzo circles away quickly and effectively.
Nakayama lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nakayama lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama swings for the body but Houzo moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nakayama.
Nakayama swinging wildly here.
Nakayama throws a nice looking combination but Houzo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Houzo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Houzo slips under a jab from Nakayama.
Houzo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nakayama fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tsuyoshi Nakayama dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nakayama swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Houzo checks the leg kick.
Houzo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nakayama.
Nakayama walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tsuyoshi Nakayama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nakayama thuds a left hand into Houzo's body.
Nakayama throws a body punch but Houzo moves out of range.
Nakayama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nakayama misses with a hook. Houzo ducked under it nicely.
Houzo moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Nakayama misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakayama throws a front kick aimed at Houzo's knee but Houzo avoids it well.
Nakayama is looking to score with low kicks.
Nakayama slips under a jab.
Nakayama misses with an uppercut.
Houzo avoids the body shot from Nakayama.
Nakayama throws a series of punches but Houzo avoids them all with ease.
Nakayama misses the body punch
letting Houzo counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Nakayama.
Nakayama misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Houzo scores a takedown into full mount!
Houzo throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nakayama can't escape the position.
Nakayama is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Houzo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Nakayama can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Houzo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houzo with a couple of short strikes.
Houzo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Houzo working the ground and pound effectively.

Nakayama is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Houzo! Nakayama is hurt baaadly! Houzo is firing away with more strikes - Nakayama is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Maek Houzo!