PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Bong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadashi Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bong's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hits From The Bong. The Bong has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Bong
vs
Nakamura

205 cm
29
265 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

195 cm
21
292 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY
[CBK] Legal Highs ↑ 160Q STAMINA + ENERGY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, The Bong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tadashi Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nakamura bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Bong's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Nakamura wants to control but Bong is keeping him busy.
Nakamura lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bong down.

It looks like The Bong has been cut.
Bong prevents Nakamura from moving into mount.
Nakamura wants to control but Bong is keeping him busy.

Nakamura thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Nakamura wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bong keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bong tries to improve position but can't.
Nakamura is trying to move to mount but Bong reverses beautifully and ends up in Nakamura's guard.
Nakamura working a defensive guard here.
Nakamura keeping moving, preventing Bong from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bong thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bong slips nicely into half guard.
Nakamura works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bong passes Nakamura's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Nakamura wants to get back to full guard.
Nakamura won't allow Bong to pass to mount.

Bong is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nakamura is just riding it out for now. Bong eventually gives up the hold.
Nakamura is refusing to be controlled, as Bong sits in half guard.

Nakamura is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bong pulls his head out easily.
Bong prevents Nakamura from improving his position.
Nakamura moves into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bong is looking to advance position but Nakamura has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bong can't escape the position.
Bong tries to lock up and control but Nakamura gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
BOOM! Nakamura connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Bong keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nakamura tries to control but Bong wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nakamura wants to control the pace but Bong is squirming around nicely.

Nakamura is working for a guillotine from mount but Bong frees his head quite easily.
Nakamura landing shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bong tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bong is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tadashi Nakamura dominated that round.
The cut man is working on The Bong's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nakamura keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Bong shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bong showed some decent athleticism there.
Bong prevents Nakamura from improving his position.

Bong is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nakamura is just riding it out for now. Bong eventually gives up the hold.
Bong is trying to control. Nakamura wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Bong is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nakamura is looking to improve his position.

Bong is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura wants to improve his position but Bong is controlling well.

Bong is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nakamura slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bong trying to control but Nakamura is working from the bottom.
Bong preventing the sweep.
Bong forces his way into half guard.
Nakamura works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bong trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakamura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bong's guard.
Bong working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nakamura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to free his leg and advance position but Bong is retaining full guard.
Nakamura wants to control from the top but Bong keeps moving.
Nakamura tries to free his leg and advance position but Bong is retaining full guard.
Bong keeping moving, preventing Nakamura from controlling successfully.
Bong looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nakamura stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bong swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bong trying to keep a closed guard but Nakamura is proving a slippery customer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Decent striking displayed by Nakamura there.

Bong shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Nakamura's guard.
Bong wants to pass the guard but Nakamura is keeping the position.
Nakamura keeping moving, preventing Bong from controlling successfully.
Bong tries to free his leg and advance position but Nakamura is retaining full guard.
Bong slips nicely into half guard.
Nakamura is staying active underneath Bong, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bong is pressing down on Nakamura's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nakamura is holding on for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tadashi Nakamura has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bong slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bong tries to move to mount but Nakamura blocks the move with his legs.

Bong tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nakamura tries to buck Bong off but Bong is having none of it.
Bong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nakamura keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakamura is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Bong dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on The Bong's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Bong shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nakamura napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nakamura is trying to improve his position.

Bong tries for a kimura but Nakamura is defending well.
Nakamura is trying to get back to half guard.

Bong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Bong is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nakamura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Bong tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bong has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
You can see the frustration on Nakamura's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bong is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nakamura has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nakamura is trying to get back to half guard.
Nakamura manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nakamura is looking to improve his position.
Nakamura works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bong pushes down on Nakamura's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Nakamura looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Bong seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nakamura is defending against the submission attempts here by Bong.
Bong moves into full mount! Nakamura won't be happy about that!

Bong goes for an armbar but Nakamura turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Nakamura.
Nakamura slips nicely into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura working the ground and pound effectively.
Nakamura trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nakamura sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nakamura wants to control but Bong has made it back to half guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nakamura is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bong sees it coming and defends easily.
Bong works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nakamura pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bong is keeping the position for now.
Nakamura is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bong is on top in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tadashi Nakamura.
Well Nakamura has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tadashi Nakamura!
Tadashi Nakamura was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.