PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seymour Cake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cake has chosen Stack Bundles - Far Rock America as his entrance music. Seymour Cake told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Nakamura
vs
Cake

170 cm
28
157 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

191 cm
24
216 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryo Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seymour Cake!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura scores with a jab to the head.
Ryo Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura misses with a two punch combination.
Cake moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakamura scores with a spinning back kick!
Nakamura misses with a series of wild punches.
Nakamura misses with a straight left.
Cake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakamura moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nakamura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cake circles away quickly and effectively.
Nakamura goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nakamura fails to land with a series of punches.
Nakamura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nakamura throws the left hand but Cake avoids the punch easily.
Nakamura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cake.
Nakamura fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cake on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura throws a jab but it's blocked by Cake.
Cake moves in looking to clinch but Nakamura pushes him off.
Cake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Nakamura fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cake, pushing him back against the cage.
Cake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura being controlled against the cage.
Cake lands an elbow inside.
Nakamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Cake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Nakamura misses with a punch to the body.
Cake blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakamura blocks an elbow strike from Cake.
Cake misses with an elbow over the top.
Cake lands an elbow inside that Nakamura shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with a punch on the inside.
Cake leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Cake throws knees to the body.
Nakamura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cake is defending well for now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamura creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
Nakamura pushes off an throws an elbow but Cake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cake tries a knee to the head but Nakamura blocks it.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Cake throws knees to the body.
Nakamura misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Nakamura.
Nice elbow from Cake.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nakamura.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to throw a body punch but Cake avoids it by throwing Nakamura back against the cage.
Cake trying to land knees to the body.
Nakamura lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cake backwards.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Cake controls his hands.
Cake leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Cake is pushing Nakamura up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nakamura misses with some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cake trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Nakamura dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cake gets tackled into the cage by Nakamura. Nakamura maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from Cake.
Ryo Nakamura has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Cake throws an elbow but it misses.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nakamura pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nakamura tries to stall but Cake uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nakamura lands with a light punch inside.
Cake tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura dodges an elbow strike from Cake.
Cake stalling the fight.
Nakamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Cake.
Nakamura pushes Cake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the temple.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Cake uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura lands with a left to the head.
Cake misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cake is trying to stall.
Cake holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cake tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Cake uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cake throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Cake missing with knees to the body.
Nakamura blocks an elbow strike.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Cake controls his hands.
The referee calls for Cake to work.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Cake.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cake looking to throw knees to the head but Nakamura is blocking nicely.
Nakamura wants to stall.
Cake blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cake throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Cake throws knees to the body.
Cake looking to throw knees to the head but Nakamura is blocking nicely.
Cake misses with an elbow strike.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Cake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nakamura lands a damaging elbow.
Cake misses with a knee strike.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
Nakamura scores with a shot to the side of Cake's head.
Cake lands a knee to the head.
Cake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cake blocks an elbow strike.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
Nakamura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nakamura lands a right hand.
Cake missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Cake slows down the pace here.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Cake.
Nakamura trying to control the position but instead, Cake has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nakamura into the cage.
Nakamura throws a punch but it's blocked by Cake.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cake's elbow.
Cake throws an elbow that misses.
Cake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ryo Nakamura will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nakamura connects with the punch.
Cake throws a right hand that Nakamura ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakamura also avoids with ease.
Nakamura throws a leg kick that misses.
Seymour Cake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nakamura paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nakamura does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nakamura throws a lazy right hand but Cake sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakamura tries to land a leg kick but Cake saw it coming and moves away.
Cake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nakamura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nakamura looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nakamura moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cake crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nakamura - the referee stops the clock and Cake gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nakamura. Cake manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Nakamura clinches.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Cake takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nakamura dodges an elbow strike from Cake.
Cake looking to stall.
Cake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Cake backwards.
Nakamura tries a knee to the head but Cake blocks it.
Cake with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nakamura pushes Cake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cake creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cake scores a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cake missing with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cake takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nakamura lands a left hand.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
Cake blocks an elbow strike.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Cake controls his hands.
Cake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nakamura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nakamura looking to throw knees to the head but Cake is blocking nicely.
Nakamura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nakamura pushes off an throws an elbow but Cake leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ryo Nakamura is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura dodges an elbow strike from Cake.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nakamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Cake.
Nakamura dodges an elbow strike from Cake.
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cake tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura lands with a light punch inside.
Nakamura lands a shot to the body.
Nakamura blocks the elbow strike.
Seymour Cake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Cake throws knees to the body.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cake throws an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.
Cake pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nakamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Cake.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cake content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cake tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Cake misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryo Nakamura showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nakamura has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryo Nakamura!
Our winner, Ryo Nakamura, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.