PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Grace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nobuhiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Grace
vs
Nakamura

174 cm
34
221 lbs
23 - 21 - 0

188 cm
26
209 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Grace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nobuhiro Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura staying out of range there.
Grace dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nakamura. That did some damage!
Nice cross by Nakamura.
Nice body kick there by Nakamura.
Grace stalks Nakamura and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Nakamura's face. Nakamura staggers backwards, shaken.

Nakamura gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Nakamura.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
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!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nakamura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Nakamura - that landed with a thud.
Grace is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nakamura takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice body punch from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.
A frustrated look appears on Grace's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nakamura lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.
Nakamura has Grace pressed against the cage, preventing Grace from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Grace is rocked!
Nakamura lands a body punch.
Nakamura lands an elbow just above Grace 's eye.
Oh Grace is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nakamura scores with a hook to the body.
Grace seems to have got his legs back now.
Nakamura digs a right hand underneath Grace's ribcage. Grace let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nakamura pushes Grace back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grace avoids it.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grace takes a shot to the head.
Grace prevents a body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Grace is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Nakamura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nakamura lands a nice uppercut.
Nakamura creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Grace's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Grace drops to his knees and Nakamura pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobuhiro Nakamura!
A victorious Nobuhiro Nakamura thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.