PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinji Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanders might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Born in the USA. Bruce Sanders had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sanders
vs
Nakamura

176 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
148 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shinji Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Sanders catches Nakamura right on the button with a cross.

Sanders rushes Nakamura and presses him up against the cage.
Sanders lands a shoulder strike.
Sanders lands a hook that snaps the head of Nakamura backwards.
Nakamura tries to pull guard but Sanders holds him up against the cage and eventually Nakamura drops back down to his feet.
Sanders lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sanders.

Sanders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nakamura throws a series of punches but Sanders moves out of range.
Sanders scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Nakamura is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Sanders feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Nakamura sprawling to the canvas! Nakamura rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Sanders finish him?!
Nakamura is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanders finish him?
Nakamura doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sanders counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sanders drops Nakamura with a naaaaasty hook - Nakamura is in real trouble here! Sanders dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Sanders!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Sanders thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.