PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatsuo Nakano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Roastbeef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nakano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Disturbed - Decadance. Roastbeef is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jump Into The Fire. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Nakano
vs
Roastbeef

175 cm
22
210 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
213 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

PRIME DESIGNS

Gilop®
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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tatsuo Nakano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Roastbeef!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Konstantin Menshow and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roastbeef throws a solid leg kick but Nakano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Roastbeef.
Nakano fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Roastbeef throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nakano stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roastbeef staying out of range there.
Roastbeef on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No luck for Nakano with that takedown attempt.
Nakano throws a hook but Roastbeef blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakano. Roastbeef does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roastbeef misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakano.
Nakano looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Roastbeef is fending him off so far but Nakano persists. Nope, Roastbeef circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tatsuo Nakano. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nakano shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roastbeef defends it nicely.
Nakano steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Roastbeef. That one must have hurt.
Nakano shoots in for a double leg but Roastbeef sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice body punch from Nakano.
Roastbeef thows a body shot but no joy.
Roastbeef on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roastbeef looks to land a body kick but Nakano moved away.

Roastbeef changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Nakano looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano tries to bench press Roastbeef off him but Roastbeef keeps the position.
Nakano is working hard here to advance position.
Roastbeef controls the position.
Roastbeef scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nakano to see if he's OK.
Nakano is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Roastbeef is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roastbeef with the ground and pound from mount.
Roastbeef with a couple of short strikes.
Nakano can't escape the position.
Roastbeef landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakano can't escape the position.
Nakano is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nakano takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Roastbeef lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Roastbeef with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roastbeef has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nakano's face.
Roastbeef landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nakano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Roastbeef landing punches.
Roastbeef landing shots from mount.

Nakano is rocked!
Roastbeef loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Nakano scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Roastbeef land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Roastbeef stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Roastbeef!
Johnny Roastbeef is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Johnny Roastbeef waved his t-shirt featuring Resistance's logo in front of the cameras.