PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demo Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuo Nakano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes into the arena with THE PRODIGY - voodoo people blaring out of the sound system. Nakano has chosen Disturbed - Decadance as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Man
vs
Nakano

182 cm
26
197 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
210 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Next Level Nutrition
Resistance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demo Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tatsuo Nakano!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nakano staying out of range there.
Nakano avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Man swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Nakano counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Man!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nakano with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Nakano trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nakano avoids the attempt from Man to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakano wants to take his opponent's back but instead Man manages to regain half guard.
Man is looking to escape.
Nakano wants to pass the guard but Man is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is looking for a sweep. Nakano is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Nakano wants to work for an arm triangle but Man is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Nakano is looking for a kimura here.

Nakano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Man sees it coming and defends easily.
Nakano trying to control the action but Man is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Nakano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Man sees it coming and defends easily.

Nakano in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Man tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Nakano!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tatsuo Nakano!
Tatsuo Nakano is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Tatsuo Nakano thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.