PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yushuri Nakatano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yushuri Nakatano has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nakatano
vs
Machida

186 cm
29
181 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

185 cm
19
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yushuri Nakatano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago Machida!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida misses with an uppercut. Nakatano saw that one coming.
Yushuri Nakatano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Machida throws an off balance right hand
letting Nakatano counter with a right hand.
Machida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Machida swings for the body but Nakatano moves out of range.
Nakatano throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Machida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nakatano throws a big shot that misses.
Nakatano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakatano throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Machida counters with a nice uppercut.
Machida slips under a jab.
Machida misses with a body punch

and Nakatano counters with a shoot takedown. Machida fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Machida preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Machida preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Machida really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nakatano. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakatano slips nicely into half guard.
Machida on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nakatano passes to side control.
Nakatano 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.
Nakatano working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Nakatano in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Machida is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yushuri Nakatano!