PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kingsley Nasir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haryy Houdini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nasir
vs
Houdini

185 cm
25
182 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

179 cm
30
179 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kingsley Nasir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Haryy Houdini!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasir lands with a right hand.

It looks like Haryy Houdini has been cut.
Nasir punishes Houdini's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab lands there for Nasir.
Houdini fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nasir scores with a nice strike.
Nasir moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Houdini fails with the takedown.
Houdini slips a straight right by Nasir.
Houdini takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nasir swinging wildly here.
Nice body punch from Nasir.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasir leaves Houdini with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kingsley Nasir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haryy Houdini.
Nasir throws a big shot that misses.
Nasir avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Houdini tries to clinch up but Nasir circles away and keeps his distance.
Houdini takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nasir works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Haryy Houdini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Houdini avoids the body shot from Nasir.

Nasir closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nasir is putting a hurting on Houdini here, landing some big shots from side control.
Nasir looking to control but instead Houdini has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasir working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Houdini is trying to get back to full guard.
Houdini avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nasir.
Nasir takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nasir wants to take a breather but Houdini is having none of it.
Houdini is trying to stand back up but Nasir is controlling him
Houdini is refusing to be controlled, as Nasir sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nasir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Houdini taking some punishment here, with Nasir in his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasir wants to take a breather but Houdini is having none of it.
Houdini on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Houdini on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nasir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Houdini has hold of Nasir's hands but Nasir slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nasir lands with a punch from half guard.
Houdini is refusing to be controlled, as Nasir sits in half guard.
Nasir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Houdini tries to roll over but Nasir keeps him under control.
Nasir trying to control from half guard but Houdini is working away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nasir throwing shots but Houdini is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasir is controlling the pace.
Nasir takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Houdini is not content to let Nasir control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nasir throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nasir lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nasir lands with a punch from half guard.
Houdini is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nasir working Houdini over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kingsley Nasir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Haryy Houdini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Houdini fails with an attempt to clinch.
Houdini takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nasir. Houdini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Houdini tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nasir swivels and escapes.
Houdini dives in for a single leg takedown but Nasir sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Houdini fails to pull guard.
Kingsley Nasir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Haryy Houdini.
Houdini tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nasir's elbow.

Nasir gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Kingsley Nasir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nasir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Houdini trying to control from the bottom.
Nasir has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nasir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nasir drops an elbow to the side of Houdini's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nasir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nasir lands with a punch from half guard.
Houdini trying to control but Nasir postures up.
Nasir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Houdini can do to turn this around?
Nasir lands strikes from half guard.
Nasir thows a huge punch but Houdini dodges it nicely.
Nasir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nasir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Houdini trying to control here.
Houdini is looking for a sweep. Nasir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nasir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houdini is trying to control but can't.
Houdini is looking to improve his position.
Houdini avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nasir.
Houdini taking some punishment here, with Nasir in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nasir slips a nice elbow through Houdini's hands, connecting with Houdini's forehead.
Nasir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nasir is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nasir scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nasir missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nasir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasir prevents Houdini from improving his position.
Nasir seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nasir landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nasir throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nasir working Houdini over with strikes.
Nasir scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nasir throwing shots but Houdini is blocking nicely.
Nasir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nasir drops an elbow to the side of Houdini's head.
Nasir throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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!
Houdini regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Nasir.
Nasir is looking to work some ground and pound but Houdini has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasir trying to control the position from guard on top but Houdini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Houdini looking to control but Nasir passes into half guard.
Houdini slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nasir is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Nasir got a little sloppy there for a moment and Houdini has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Nasir has managed to get both his arms back between Houdini's legs - danger averted.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Houdini trying to control the position here.
Nasir postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kingsley Nasir dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Haryy Houdini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Nasir fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Houdini manages to avoid it.
Houdini tries for a takedown but Nasir circles away easily

and Nasir counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Nasir working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Houdini's head.
Nasir landing some decent shots from guard.
Nasir working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Houdini's head.
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!
Nasir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Houdini works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Houdini has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nasir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Houdini has his foot on Nasir's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nasir works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Houdini trying to control the position.
Nasir is in close to Houdini's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nasir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Houdini preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nasir postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nasir throwing strikes from guard but Houdini blocks nicely.
Nasir works over Houdini with some ground and pound from guard.
Nasir throwing strikes but missing.
Nasir trying to control the position from guard on top but Houdini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nasir sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Houdini utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nasir lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nasir cracks Houdini with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nasir's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nasir keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Houdini's head.
Nasir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Houdini works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houdini avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nasir lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Houdini is looking to stand up but Nasir isn't so interested in that idea.
Nasir scoring with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nasir accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nasir lands a couple of elbows.
Nasir is looking to work some ground and pound but Houdini has wrist control.
Nasir stands up over Houdini, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Houdini is rocked!
Houdini seems keen to control Nasir's posture.
Houdini keeping moving, preventing Nasir from controlling successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nasir is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Houdini is still in real trouble! Can Nasir finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasir is in close to Houdini's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nasir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nasir scoring with some ground and pound.
Nasir stands up over Houdini, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nasir throws a big elbow that misses.
Nasir is working Houdini over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nasir with a nice head shot there.

Houdini working for a triangle but Nasir defends it easily.
Houdini takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nasir makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kingsley Nasir showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nasir, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:25
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kingsley Nasir!
An out of breath Kingsley Nasir thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.