PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Botan Nishio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otinanai Whatever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Nishio
vs
Whatever

190 cm
20
257 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Botan Nishio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Otinanai Whatever!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whatever is looking to clinch.
Nishio could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Whatever fails to land the takedown.
Whatever shoots in for a takedown but Nishio shows good takedown defense.
The fight stays on the outside here - Whatever looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Whatever shoots in but Nishio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Botan Nishio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Otinanai Whatever.
Whatever moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Botan Nishio has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Whatever misses with a series of wild punches.
Whatever wants to clinch but Nishio slips to the side

and Nishio counters with a takedown into side control.
Nishio tries to advance to mount but Whatever denies him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nishio lands a nice forearm strike.
Nishio working the head and body with strikes.
Nishio landing strikes.
Nishio looks up at the clock and then as Whatever takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nishio smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nishio lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whatever wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Check out the look on Nishio's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nishio trying to control the action but Whatever is working from the bottom.
Nishio passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Whatever!
Nishio lands a nice shot to the head.
Nishio looking to control and managing it successfully.
You get the feeling that Whatever really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Whatever looks winded!
Nishio working Whatever over with strikes here.
Nishio controlling from mount.
Whatever is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Whatever trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishio content just to control the position here.
You get the feeling that Whatever really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Nishio landing punches.
Nishio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Whatever is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Nishio controlling from the full mount.
Nishio lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Whatever is in a horrible position here. Nishio smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nishio working Whatever over with strikes here.
Nishio scoring with strikes but Whatever is staying in there.
Nishio landing strikes from the mount.

Nishio is working for a guillotine from mount but Whatever frees his head quite easily.
BOOM! Nishio connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishio in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The referee warns Whatever that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Whatever is bucking up trying to escape but Nishio cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nishio cracks Whatever with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Whatever really wants to buck Nishio off and get back to his feet.
Nishio with shots to the head and body - Whatever looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nishio dominating with strikes here.
Nishio content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nishio is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nishio lands a nice shot to the head.
Nishio with a couple of short strikes.

Whatever is rocked!
Nishio controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nishio putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nishio controlling from the full mount.
Nishio lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nishio raining down hammerfists from mount.
Nishio with the ground and pound from mount.
Whatever is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Nishio raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whatever takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nishio scoring with strikes but Whatever is staying in there.
Nishio raining down shots from the mount!
Nishio raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Botan Nishio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Botan Nishio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nishio changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Whatever looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Whatever is trying to get back to his feet.
Nishio working the ground and pound.
Nishio scores with a couple of short elbows.

Nishio working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nishio wants to control but Whatever is keeping him busy.

Nishio tries for a kimura but Whatever is defending well.
Whatever is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nishio tries to advance to mount but Whatever denies him.
Nishio lands a few punches from side control.
Nishio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whatever can do to turn this around?
Nishio controls the position from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishio lands a nice forearm strike.
Whatever seems a little lost for a moment, as Nishio dominates the positioning.
Whatever tries to escape but Nishio is in control.
Whatever is breathing heavily.
Whatever is trying to escape the position but Nishio is controlling the position.
Nishio lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nishio scoring with punches and elbows.
Whatever wants to get back to his feet but Nishio drags him back down.
Nishio scoring with punches from side control.
Nishio looks up at the clock and then as Whatever takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nishio smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Whatever pushes Nishio away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Nishio gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Nishio tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nishio has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nishio in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nishio cracks Whatever with a big elbow.
Whatever is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Whatever is letting Nishio control him for a moment.
Nishio in side control lands a decent elbow.

Nishio is working to tighten is grip on Whatever's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Whatever has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Nishio is really squeezing tight and eventually Whatever passes out! Nishio breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Botan Nishio!