PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Isamu Katsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katsuki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 10 Years Today by Bullet For My Valentine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nakamura's choice of entrance music: Amazing . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Katsuki
vs
Nakamura

179 cm
19
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
184 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Isamu Katsuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenji Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura throws a head kick that misses.
Nakamura scores with a leg kick.
Katsuki throws a combination that misses
and Nakamura cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Katsuki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nakamura lands a head kick!
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakamura lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a right hand that Katsuki ducks under and follows up with a left that Katsuki also avoids with ease.
Katsuki on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nakamura looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nakamura misses with the combination.
Nakamura lands with an uppercut that bounces Katsuki off the cage and back into rage.
Katsuki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakamura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Katsuki circles away quickly and effectively.
Katsuki tries to clinch but Nakamura is having none of it.
Nakamura lands a nice looking body kick.
Katsuki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nakamura is out of range.
Nakamura blocks a head kick by Katsuki.
Katsuki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nakamura counters with a stiff right hand.
Katsuki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nakamura counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Katsuki takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nakamura lands a high kick!
Nakamura lands with a nice combination. Katsuki backs away looking to recover.
Kenji Nakamura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nakamura thumps Katsuki with a low kick.
Katsuki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Nakamura plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Left hook, right uppercut from Nakamura.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Nakamura.
Katsuki tries to clinch but Nakamura moves away
and Nakamura counters with a one-two to the body.
Katsuki takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Katsuki is breathing heavily.
Katsuki looks to clinch
and Nakamura counters with a body kick that stops Katsuki in his tracks momentarily.
Nakamura lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Katsuki backs up against the cage.
Katsuki looks to throw a body kick
and Nakamura counters with a nice low kick that buckles Katsuki's knee momentarily.
Nakamura scores with a head kick. Katsuki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Katsuki steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nakamura. That one must have hurt.
Nakamura scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nakamura throws a series of strikes that have Katsuki backpedaling.

Katsuki is rocked!
Nakamura is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Nakamura scores with a four punch combination!
Oh Katsuki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nakamura, right into the meat.
Nakamura scores with a head kick.
Nakamura lands a brutal head kick. Katsuki looks out on his feet and Nakamura throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Kenji Nakamura!