PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Henry Pollock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daken Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Pollock
vs
Nakamura

174 cm
28
153 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

172 cm
23
149 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Henry Pollock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daken Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pollock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nakamura takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Pollock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nakamura wants to get back to striking at distance but Pollock won't allow it.
Pollock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nakamura is trying to push Pollock away but Pollock has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Pollock is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Nakamura to keep the fight standing.
Pollock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pollock is trying to pull guard but Nakamura has him pressed against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pollock avoids it.
Pollock is trying to pull guard but Nakamura has him pressed against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Pollock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pollock avoiding damage as Nakamura throws knees to the body.
Nakamura is trying to stall.
Nakamura missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pollock drags the fight down to the ground.
Nakamura won't allow Pollock to sweep him here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pollock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Pollock has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Nakamura is pushing him up against the ropes, looking to control the position.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pollock avoids it.

Nakamura is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pollock is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Nakamura to the mat. Nakamura regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Pollock sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Pollock stopping the sweep attempt from Nakamura.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pollock showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pollock prevents Nakamura from getting back to his feet.
Pollock sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nakamura working a defensive guard here.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A lazy left from Pollock finds it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to clinch but Pollock moves away
and Pollock counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Pollock moves into the clinch successfully.
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pollock avoids it.
Pollock wants a takedown.
Pollock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nakamura's efforts to push away.
Nakamura fails to pull guard.
Pollock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nakamura wants to take the fight to the mat but Pollock manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nakamura drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pollock gets the underhooks and prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Pollock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pollock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pollock tries for a takedown but Nakamura manages to get underhooks.
Pollock jumps guard but Nakamura turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Pollock stops a takedown attempt from Nakamura.
Pollock jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nakamura walks away with a smile on his face. Pollock gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pollock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nakamura checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nakamura is looking for the big counter here.

Pollock takes the fight into the clinch.
Nakamura is trying to drag Pollock to the mat but Pollock just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Pollock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nakamura on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pollock. Pollock obviously looking to wear him down.
Pollock misses with a left hand
and Nakamura counters with a body kick that stops Pollock in his tracks momentarily.
Pollock has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pollock throws a series of punches but Nakamura avoids them all with ease.
Nakamura raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Pollock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Pollock keeps control of Nakamura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pollock jumps guard but Nakamura turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Nakamura wants to take the fight to the mat but Pollock manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Pollock - that landed with a thud.
Nakamura is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pollock gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Pollock scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pollock seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nakamura is looking to sweep but instead, Pollock has passed into half guard.
Pollock missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pollock frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pollock looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nakamura avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pollock.
Nakamura is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nakamura is trying desperately to improve position.
Pollock throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollock putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pollock throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Nakamura really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pollock takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nakamura is trying to escape the mount.
Nakamura tries to hold on but Pollock pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pollock cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nakamura felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Pollock landing strikes, looking to finish!

Pollock looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Pollock sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pollock has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Pollock dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Pollock fakes the leg kick and cracks Nakamura in the body.
Nakamura on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Henry Pollock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pollock has Nakamura up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nakamura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura missing with knees to the body.
Pollock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pollock looking for a takedown.
Pollock keeps control of Nakamura as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nakamura stalling the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as Pollock controls the action.
Nakamura trying to land knees to the body.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pollock avoiding damage as Nakamura throws knees to the body.
Nakamura taking a breather.
Pollock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura wants to get back to striking at distance but Pollock won't allow it.

Pollock pulls guard effortlessly.
Pollock has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nakamura throwing strikes but missing.
Nakamura stands up out of Pollock's guard for a moment - Pollock manages to land a nice upkick.
Pollock is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Pollock on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pollock tries to get out of the position.
Pollock continues to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pollock is proving hard to escape from.
Pollock is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Pollock throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Nakamura to regain full guard.
Pollock controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pollock stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nakamura swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Henry Pollock overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollock controlling from the top position.
Pollock loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pollock sitting in guard here, content to control.
Pollock preventing the sweep.
Pollock missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Daken Nakamura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pollock controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nakamura is looking to sweep but instead, Pollock has passed into half guard.
Pollock takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pollock passes into side control, despite Nakamura's attempt to control the position.
Pollock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nakamura can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pollock throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Pollock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pollock has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Pollock!