PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Van Hauten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shunsuke Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shunsuke Nakamura looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Hauten
vs
Nakamura

175 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Van Hauten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsuke Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura misses with a looping left.
Shunsuke Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nakamura throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Nakamura does no damage.

Hauten shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hauten passes into half guard.
Nakamura on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hauten lands a nice short elbow.
Hauten passes to full mount!
Hauten controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hauten working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Nakamura looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Hauten! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Van Hauten!