PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Nu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yu Kanta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Nu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nu
vs
Kanta

183 cm
21
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Greg Nu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yu Kanta!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kanta is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kanta looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Nu shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Kanta tries to control the position but Nu now has his back.
Nu throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Kanta!
Nu throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kanta could be in trouble here!
Nu scores with punches from the back.
Kanta tries to escape the position.
Kanta is trying to get back to his feet but Nu has full control of the position and if anything, Kanta has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Good control from Nu.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kanta defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Kanta covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Nu controls the action.
Nu wants to control but Kanta is keeping busy.
Nu is breathing heavily.
I really don't envy Kanta right now.
Nu avoiding Kanta 's attempts to control his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nu is landing with strikes from the back.
Kanta manages to reverse the position and now he's in Nu's guard. Nice work there by Kanta.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kanta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Nu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kanta wants to pass the guard but Nu is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanta stands and throws Nu's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kanta throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Kanta tries to score with some ground and pound. Nu controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Kanta tries to stand but Nu is controlling his head.

Kanta is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nu has escaped the position, nice work there.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nu leaves Kanta with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kanta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kanta moves in looking to clinch but Nu pushes him off.
Nu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kanta is looking to clinch but Nu is avoiding it.
Kanta displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Greg Nu has been cut.
Kanta dances in with a quick combination. Nu is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Kanta snaps Nu's head back. Nu stumbles backwards against the cage. Kanta steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Nu's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Nu just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yu Kanta!