PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nakajima Miura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnolf Karstark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Miura
vs
Karstark

190 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nakajima Miura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arnolf Karstark!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miura shoots and misses
and Karstark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karstark throws a series of punches but Miura moves out of range.
Miura shoots and misses
and Karstark counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Karstark misses with a double jab.
Miura really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Miura misses with a takedown
and Karstark counters with a three punch combo that has Miura backing up. Miura nods at Karstark to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nakajima Miura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Miura.

Miura working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Karstark misses with a strike from the bottom.
Karstark is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Miura asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Miura goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Karstark has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Miura but great work by Karstark.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miura manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Miura moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Karstark throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Miura keeping full guard, as Karstark tries to pass.
Miura keeping moving, preventing Karstark from controlling successfully.
Karstark lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karstark's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Karstark working some strikes from top position.
Karstark landing some decent shots from guard.
Karstark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miura swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Karstark postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karstark scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karstark with a flurry of punches that miss.
Karstark landing some decent shots from guard.
Karstark throws a big elbow that misses.
Karstark is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Karstark is stalling in the full guard.
Karstark throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Miura works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Karstark's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Miura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karstark is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Karstark works over Miura with some ground and pound from guard.
Karstark sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Miura looking to control.

Karstark stands up from guard. Let's bang!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karstark clobbers Miura with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Karstark swinging wildly here.
Miura gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Karstark counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnolf Karstark dominated that round.
That's time! Miura's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Miura misses with a takedown
and Karstark counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Miura misses with a takedown
and Karstark makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Karstark there.
Miura misses with a takedown attempt
and Karstark counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nakajima Miura. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Miura shoots and misses
and Karstark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miura dodges the punch combination from Karstark.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miura gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Karstark counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Miura badly! He tries to strike back but Karstark puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Miura out cold! Oh man, Miura will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Arnolf Karstark!