PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giannis Bakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tebato Nakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Bakos
vs
Nakara

189 cm
19
213 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giannis Bakos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tebato Nakara!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bakos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bakos misses with a takedown attempt - Nakara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bakos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nakara swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giannis Bakos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bakos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nakara sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nakara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nakara fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bakos is out of range.
Bakos shoots in looking for a takedown but Nakara manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bakos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nakara throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Giannis Bakos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Nakara has managed to clinch.
Nakara throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bakos blocks it with crossed arms.
Nakara tries to land knees in the clinch but Bakos avoids the damage to the body.
Bakos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bakos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nakara dodges an elbow strike from Bakos.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bakos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakara tries a knee to the head but Bakos blocks it.
Nakara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bakos.
Bakos pushes off an throws an elbow but Nakara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nakara trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakara trying to stall but Bakos improves his position.

Bakos pulls guard.
Bakos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bakos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Bakos manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bakos looking to finish Nakara with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nakara!
Nakara tries to hold on but Bakos postures up.
Bakos breaks from Nakara's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bakos with good strikes from the mount here!

Nakara is rocked!
Nakara looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Nakara is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bakos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nakara is still in real trouble! Can Bakos finish him?
Bakos punishing his opponent with strikes.
Bakos postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Nakara bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bakos and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giannis Bakos!