PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fidel Castro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuo Nakano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakano comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Disturbed - Decadance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tatsuo Nakano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Castro
vs
Nakano

187 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Bloodbath Fighting Clothes

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fidel Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tatsuo Nakano!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castro closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nakano moves in looking to clinch but Castro pushes him off.
Castro throws an overhand right that lands on Nakano's shoulder, as Nakano tries to avoid the shot.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.
Castro lands a glancing blow to the side of Nakano's head.
Nakano tries to clinch up but Castro circles away and keeps his distance.
Castro throws a nice looking combination but Nakano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Castro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakano.
Castro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakano.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano throws a jab but it's blocked by Castro.
Castro fails to land with a series of punches.
Nakano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No joy there for Castro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nakano takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nakano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Castro motions for Nakano to come forward. Castro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Castro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nakano moves away from the strike by Castro.
Nakano staying out of range there.
Castro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice jab there from Castro.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Castro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Castro is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Nakano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castro moves away.
Nakano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castro.
Nakano walks into a stiff left hand from Castro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro misses with a few strikes there.
A shot to the body from Castro misses
and Nakano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Castro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fidel Castro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakano manages to avoid it.
Nakano moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Castro throws a nice looking combination but Nakano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nakano slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Nakano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Castro.
Nakano is looking to clinch.
Castro lands with a nice combination. Nakano backs away looking to recover.
Nakano dodges the punch combination from Castro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro looks to land a combination but Nakano avoids it well.
Castro's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Castro duly obliges.
Castro lands a jab.
A nice combination there by Castro.
Castro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nakano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Castro just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakano slips under a jab from Castro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fidel Castro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nakano ducks under a wild hook from Castro.
Castro throws a leg kick
and Nakano counters with a stiff right hand.
Castro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Castro lands a lovely overhand right.
A big left from Castro misses.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nakano bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Castro's head backwards.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Nakano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nakano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Castro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nakano fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakano. Castro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fidel Castro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Castro misses with a wild combination.
Nakano throws a jab but it's blocked by Castro.
A left and a right from Castro both land. Nice combination.
Nakano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Castro moves away.
Castro tries to bum rush Nakano with a series of wild strikes but Nakano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Castro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Castro is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Castro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nakano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nakano slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Castro throws a hook but Nakano blocks it.
Nakano takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Castro fails to land with a series of punches.
Nakano digs a good hook to Castro's body.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Castro misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nakano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.
Fidel Castro is winning the standup battle so far.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Castro.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nakano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nakano wants to clinch up but Castro keeps it at a distance.
Castro throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nakano misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nakano counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Fidel Castro has been cut.
Castro throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nakano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Castro misses with a two punch combination.
Good shot there by Nakano.
Castro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nakano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Castro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nakano.
Castro throws a combination that misses
and Nakano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatsuo Nakano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fidel Castro's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Castro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakano.
Nakano misses with a wild body shot.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nakano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Castro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nakano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nakano counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Castro wants to slow Nakano down by chopping away at his legs.
Castro scores with a hook to the body. Nakano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Castro tries to bum rush Nakano with a series of wild strikes but Nakano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Castro counters with a nice body shot.
Nakano moves away from the strike by Castro.
Nakano misses the shot to the body.
Castro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nakano circles away quickly and effectively.
Castro throws a leg kick but Nakano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nakano misses with an uppercut.
Castro avoids the body shot from Nakano.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nakano slips a jab and a cross from Castro.
Castro misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Castro misses with a combination
and Nakano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nakano walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nakano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castro.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nakano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nakano misses the shot to the body.
Castro swinging wildly here.
Castro throws a right hand that Nakano ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakano also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Castro misses.
Castro cracks Nakano with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Castro misses with a double jab.
Castro moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A combination from Castro does no damage.
Nakano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Castro rather than just go for the knockout.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
and Nakano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Castro throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Nakano counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nakano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Castro misses with a double jab
and Castro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Castro misses with a wild body shot.
Nakano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castro throws out the jab.
Castro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nakano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nakano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Nakano misses.
Castro on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nakano looks to throw the jab but Castro is out of range.
Castro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakano moves away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tatsuo Nakano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nakano has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tatsuo Nakano!