PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hyun Seung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Seung
vs
Nakamura

177 cm
21
178 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

178 cm
21
183 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hyun Seung!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenji Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Sosuke Kotani and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nakamura, right into the meat.
Seung misses with an uppercut.
Nakamura turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nakamura throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nakamura misses with a shot to the body
and Seung connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nakamura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Seung has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nakamura has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Seung on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nakamura throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Seung blocks the low kick.
Kenji Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seung slips under a jab.
Seung throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Kenji Nakamura has been cut.
Seung seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nakamura misses with a leg kick.
Nakamura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Seung has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A leg kick checked by Seung.
Nakamura throws a hook but Seung avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamura shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nakamura will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Some wild striking there from Seung.
Seung checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seung stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nakamura.
Nakamura tries to score with a low kick but Seung moves his leg out of the way.
A good leg kick by Nakamura.
Seung takes one to the chin there.
Nakamura throws a half hearted mid kick.
Seung blocks a leg kick.
Nakamura lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nakamura cracks Seung with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Seung checks a low kick from Nakamura.
Nakamura fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nakamura attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circling - Seung throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nakamura moves away from the strike by Seung.
Nakamura throws a low kick, looking for Seung's leg but Seung calmly moves out of range.
Nakamura moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Seung cracks Nakamura with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seung moves out of range of the body kick from Nakamura.
Seung misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nakamura throws a leg kick which misses Seung's front leg but catches the back leg as Seung tries to avoid it.
Seung keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nakamura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seung.
Seung checks a leg kick nicely.
A combination from Nakamura does no damage.
Nakamura avoids a punch combination nicely.
Good leg kick by Nakamura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nakamura chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nakamura finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nakamura fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Seung.
Seung is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nakamura scores with a jab to the head.
Nakamura connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Seung slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nakamura lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nakamura.
Nakamura connects with a leg kick. Seung looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nakamura tries to work over Seung's front leg with a kick but Seung checks it.
A clash of legs there as Seung blocks the low kick.
Seung pounces like a tiger and cracks Nakamura with a vicious hook! Nakamura is down but not out! Seung follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Hyun Seung!
A relieved looking Hyun Seung thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.