PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nobuhiro Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nakamura
vs
Jones

188 cm
27
209 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

187 cm
31
203 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nobuhiro Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cain Jones!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Nakamura misses the target.
Nakamura misses with a body kick.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Nakamura.
Nobuhiro Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura scoring well with a low kick there.
Nakamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nakamura, pushing him back against the cage.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nakamura leaning against his opponent.
Nakamura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones tries to stall but Nakamura uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nakamura lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nakamura is working Jones over against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Nakamura shrugs off.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nakamura.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Nakamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nakamura trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.

It looks like Nobuhiro Nakamura has been cut.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones trying to stall but Nakamura improves his position.
Jones trying to stall but Nakamura improves his position.
Jones seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Nakamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Nakamura gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura being controlled against the cage.
Nakamura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura working Jones over with knees to the body.
Jones looks winded!
Nakamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones taking a breather.
Nakamura lands a shot to the body.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Nakamura scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.

Jones is rocked!
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakamura finish him?
Jones stalling in the clinch but Nakamura improves position.
Nakamura creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Jones's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Jones 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 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobuhiro Nakamura!
After winning the bout, Nobuhiro Nakamura thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.