PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshi Nakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Daniels
vs
Nakata

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
191 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Daniels !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshi Nakata!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakata lands a jab-cross combination.
Daniels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakata.
Daniels pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nakata back to the cage. Daniels follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A shot to the liver by Daniels . Beautiful body shot.
A punch combination from Nakata misses.
It looked like Daniels was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Nakata.
Nakata walks into a straight right hand from Daniels .
Nakata has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Daniels finds it's way round the side to connect with Nakata's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daniels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daniels misses with a body shot.
Nakata misses with a few strikes there.
Nakata on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nakata fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nakata looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Daniels tests Nakata's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nakata uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Daniels .
Nakata walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nakata looks to land a combination but Daniels avoids it well.
Nakata looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Daniels has Nakata up against the cage in a clinch.
Daniels lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
Nakata misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Daniels .
Nakata is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nakata is trying to break the clinch but Daniels has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Daniels scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daniels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice right hand lands inside from Daniels .
Still in the clinch, Daniels scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daniels lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nakata is trying to push Daniels away but Daniels has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nakata is trying to stall.
Daniels pushes Nakata back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Daniels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
Daniels digs a right hand into Nakata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nakata's gas tank.
Daniels lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakata working hard to break the clinch.
Daniels lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakata is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Daniels is defending well for now.
Daniels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
Daniels throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Daniels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Daniels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
Daniels lands a left hand.
Daniels lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Daniels .
A nice left hand lands by Daniels .
A short right from Daniels .
Still in the clinch, Daniels scores with a nice short uppercut.
Daniels scores with a shot to the side of Nakata's head.
Daniels lands a nice shot to the body.
Daniels digs a right hand into Nakata's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nakata's gas tank.
Daniels lands a shot to the body.
Daniels lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short left from Daniels .

Nakata is rocked!
Daniels throws a punch but it's blocked by Nakata.
Daniels lands a body punch.
Daniels lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nakata is still on wobbly legs! Can Daniels finish him?
Daniels working aggressively here.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
Nakata blocks an uppercut.
Daniels lands a body punch.
Daniels misses with a short punch on the inside.
Daniels throws a head punch that misses.
Nakata seems to have recovered his senses.
Daniels is working Nakata over against the cage.
Daniels stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Daniels .
Daniels lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Daniels .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels lands a big right hand that drops Nakata! The killer instinct kicks in and Daniels finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Daniels !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Daniels !
An out of breath Jack Daniels thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.