PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Josh Warrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shin Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Warrington
vs
Nakamura

175 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
133 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Josh Warrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shin Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Warrington clinches.
Warrington wants to break free but Nakamura has control.
Nakamura tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Warrington smiles and moves away.
Warrington shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nakamura eats them both and turns towards Warrington to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Warrington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Warrington feints a jab promting Nakamura to slip. Warrington then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nakamura slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Warrington lands with a cross.
Warrington tries to bum rush Nakamura with a series of wild strikes but Nakamura uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nakamura is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Warrington has Nakamura up against the cage in a clinch.

Nakamura has hold of one of Warrington's legs. Warrington is fighting the takedown attempt but Nakamura gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakamura is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nakamura stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Warrington swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Warrington is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nakamura is fighting to break Warrington's control of his arms but Warrington is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Nakamura controls from within his opponent's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Warrington misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nakamura or perhaps it was just good defense by Warrington, which made it look bad.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown but Warrington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Josh Warrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shin Nakamura.
Warrington lands with a nice combination. Nakamura backs away looking to recover.
Nakamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrington scores with a kick to the midsection.
Warrington throws a one two combo.
Nakamura gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Warrington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Warrington leaves Nakamura with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Warrington half committed to a counter leg kick.
Warrington moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nakamura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Warrington.
Nakamura fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Warrington avoids it really well and circles away.
As Nakamura looks to move away, Warrington throws a big counter combo but Nakamura just gets out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura dodges the punch combination from Warrington.
Josh Warrington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakamura takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Warrington misses with a few strikes there.
Nakamura wants to counter the offense by Warrington and move into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Warrington pushes Nakamura up against the cage in a clinch.

Nakamura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Warrington scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Warrington throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Josh Warrington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura shoots in but Warrington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Warrington dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nakamura takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Warrington gets a clinch.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Warrington avoids it.
Warrington is looking for a takedown.

Nakamura drags the fight down to the ground.
Warrington throwing strikes but missing.
Warrington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nakamura can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura keeping moving, preventing Warrington from controlling successfully.

Warrington stands up and waves to Nakamura to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Warrington throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nakamura dives in and grabs Warrington's left leg, looking for a takedown. Warrington pushes down on Nakamura's head and hops out.
Warrington lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nakamura fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Warrington avoids it really well and circles away.
Warrington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Warrington wants to clinch up but Nakamura keeps it at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura goes for a double leg but Warrington avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Warrington continues to drive forward.
Josh Warrington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shin Nakamura.
A punch combination from Nakamura misses.
Warrington lands a front kick.
Warrington lands a two punch combo.
Warrington throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Warrington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nakamura misses with a takedown
and Warrington counters with a left and a right that stings Nakamura.
Josh Warrington is winning the standup battle so far.
Nakamura lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Warrington circles away quickly and effectively.
Warrington is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Warrington stalks Nakamura and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nakamura's face. Nakamura staggers backwards, shaken.
Warrington lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nakamura circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Warrington throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Warrington looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Warrington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nakamura counters with a straight right hand.
Warrington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nakamura fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Warrington moves into the clinch successfully.

Nakamura jumps into guard, dragging Warrington to the mat.
Warrington wants to stand but Nakamura is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Warrington trying to control but Nakamura is working from the bottom.
Warrington wants to stand and escape but instead Nakamura has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Nakamura passes into half guard.
Warrington is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nakamura scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nakamura controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Warrington dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nakamura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Josh Warrington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Warrington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakamura.
As Warrington backs off Nakamura throws a huge counter combo but Warrington manages to avoid it all.
Nakamura fails with the takedown.
Warrington swinging wildly here.

Nakamura looking to score a takedown here. Warrington is defending well but Nakamura drives through and ends up in Warrington's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura throws a big right hand that misses.
Nakamura advances to half guard.
Nakamura throws a strike but Warrington avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Warrington wants to sweep here but Nakamura controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Warrington wants to control the position but Nakamura says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warrington trying to control but Nakamura postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes.
Nakamura works his way into full mount!
Nakamura takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Warrington defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Nakamura.
Nakamura controlling his opponent.
Warrington really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura unloading with bombs!
Warrington is trying to stand up.

Nakamura has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Warrington is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shin Nakamura!