PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Hardy (ranked 908 p4p, 46 weight class) and Takeo Nagasaki (ranked 966 p4p, 50 weight class). Hardy's entrance music is Till I Collapse - Eminem. A fine choice. Nagasaki has chosen You're The Voice as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Hardy
vs
Nagasaki

168 cm
28
147 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

163 cm
26
135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Takeo Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardy was well out of range. Poor timing from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki catches Hardy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nagasaki jabs at Hardy's body.
Nagasaki connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hardy.
Hardy takes one to the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nagasaki checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Nagasaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hardy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nagasaki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Nagasaki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nagasaki lands a head kick. Hardy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Nagasaki.
Hardy takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Hardy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hardy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nagasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hardy throws out the jab.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hardy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nagasaki cracks Hardy with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Nagasaki throws a head kick that misses.
Nagasaki lands with an overhand left.
Hardy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A shot to the liver by Nagasaki. Beautiful body shot.
We've been informed that Nagasaki has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nagasaki. That's going to slow Hardy down.
A telegraphed right hand from Nagasaki misses the target.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagasaki throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardy.
Nagasaki stuns Hardy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nagasaki connects with a leg kick. Hardy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hardy tries to move into range but Nagasaki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Nagasaki catches Hardy right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy misses with a body shot
and Nagasaki counters with a nice uppercut.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the body kick.
Hardy throws a low kick, looking for Nagasaki's leg but Nagasaki calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nagasaki! But no joy.
Hardy works Nagasaki's body with a nice hook.
Hardy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nagasaki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hardy throws a hook but Nagasaki avoids it easily.
Hardy is looking to wear down Nagasaki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hardy moves away.
Hardy tries to counter by clinching up but Nagasaki breaks away and moves out of range.
Nagasaki defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Nagasaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Hardy misses with a straight right.
A big left from Hardy misses.
Nagasaki connects with a body shot.
Hardy connects with a solid leg kick.
Nagasaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nagasaki lands a jab to the head.
Hardy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hardy takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the body.
Nagasaki lands with a hook. Hardy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nagasaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Hardy moves into the clinch.
Hardy tries to work over Nagasaki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardy can't find room to land a body shot as Nagasaki controls the action.
Hardy tries a body shot but Nagasaki blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Hardy.
Nagasaki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Nagasaki misses with a punch to the body.
Nagasaki tries to work over Hardy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nagasaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nagasaki misses with the head strike.
Nagasaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hardy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nagasaki.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nagasaki's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Nagasaki fails to land.
Nagasaki lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki tries a body shot but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy lands a right hand.
Hardy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hardy blocks an uppercut.
Hardy misses with a body punch.
Nagasaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Nagasaki fails to land.
Nagasaki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nagasaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.

Hardy is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Hardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right handed body shot lands from Hardy.
Hardy prevents a body shot from Nagasaki.
Hardy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nagasaki's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeo Nagasaki dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A lazy left from Hardy finds it's target.
Hardy seems to have got his legs back now.
Nagasaki misses with a low kick.
Good shot there by Hardy.
Hardy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nagasaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hardy has time to react.
Nagasaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hardy has time to react.
Nagasaki misses the shot to the body.
As Nagasaki tries to get set, Hardy tries to push him back and clinch up but Nagasaki manages to avoid the attempt.
A left lands for Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Takeo Nagasaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hardy lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hardy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nagasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Nagasaki.
Hardy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hardy fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki misses with a straight left.
Nagasaki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big right from Nagasaki misses.
Hardy blocks a jab.
Hardy is looking to counter punch.
Nagasaki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nagasaki.
Hardy misses the jab.
Hardy throws out a loose jab but Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nagasaki lands with a straight right. Hardy didn't see that one coming.
Hardy stuns Nagasaki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Hardy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nagasaki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hardy in his tracks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nagasaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nagasaki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hardy is out of range.
As Nagasaki tries to get set, Hardy tries to push him back and clinch up but Nagasaki manages to avoid the attempt.
Hardy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hardy throws the left hand but Nagasaki avoids the punch easily.
Hardy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hardy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice jab there from Nagasaki.
Hardy lands with a nice body punch.
Hardy scores with a shot to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a straight right.
Nagasaki digs a good body shot into Hardy's ribs.
Hardy blocks a low kick nicely.
Hardy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nagasaki. Nagasaki obviously looking to wear him down.
A big right from Hardy misses.
Hardy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hardy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy throws a counter high kick but Nagasaki was just alert enough to avoid it.
Hardy throws a low kick but Nagasaki avoids it.
A jab from Nagasaki does it's job there.
Nagasaki moves away from the strike by Hardy.
Hardy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy scores with a nice strike.
Nagasaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hardy's calf.
Hardy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nagasaki with a nice cross.
Hardy misses the jab.
Hardy swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nagasaki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hardy momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nagasaki.
Hardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagasaki cracks a nice hook into Hardy's ribs.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Hardy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A clash of legs there as Hardy blocks the low kick.
Nagasaki changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Takeo Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hardy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki scores with a jab to the head.
Nagasaki checks a low kick from Hardy.
Hardy connects with a leg kick. Nagasaki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nagasaki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hardy swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Nagasaki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nagasaki manages to avoid it.
Hardy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hardy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick that knocks Hardy off balance momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagasaki misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nagasaki.
Hardy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hardy throws a lazy uppercut
and Hardy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeo Nagasaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Nagasaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nagasaki motions for Hardy to come forward. Nagasaki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hardy.
Hardy scores with a sloppy right hand. Nagasaki should have avoided that one.
Nagasaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hardy. That did some damage!
Nagasaki slips under a jab.
Nagasaki jabs Hardy right on the nose. Hardy blinks but takes it well.
Nagasaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardy slips a jab from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki slips under a jab from Hardy.
Nagasaki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hardy throws a body punch but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki scores with a nice strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki throws a front kick aimed at Hardy's knee but Hardy avoids it well.
Nagasaki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hardy swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Hardy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki throws a jab when Hardy was well out of range.
Nagasaki moves out of range as Hardy throws a body kick.
Nagasaki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the side of Hardy's head but Hardy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy defending well as Nagasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nagasaki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hardy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hardy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the leg kick from Hardy.
Hardy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nagasaki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hardy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nagasaki connects with an inside leg kick.
Nagasaki chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a straight left.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nagasaki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hardy has time to react.
Nagasaki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagasaki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy misses with a head kick.
Nagasaki lands a really nice looking cross but Hardy seems unphased.
A left lands for Nagasaki.
Hardy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Nagasaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nagasaki is looking to slow Hardy down with leg kicks.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick that misses.
Nagasaki just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHardy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hardy's head.
Hardy throws a leg kick but Nagasaki moved away.
Hardy looks to throw the jab but Nagasaki is out of range.
Hardy misses with a body shot.
Nagasaki thuds his right hand into Hardy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nagasaki avoids the body shot from Hardy.
Nagasaki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nagasaki connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Nagasaki releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A cross from Nagasaki lands.
Nagasaki lands a right hook to the body.
Nagasaki scores with a decent looking hook.
Nagasaki scores with a hook to the body. Hardy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hardy.
Hardy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardy tests Nagasaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nagasaki lands with an uppercut that bounces Hardy off the cage and back into range.
Nagasaki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nagasaki missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hardy swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Hardy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagasaki lands with an overhand left.
Hardy moves out of range of the body kick from Nagasaki.
Hardy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nagasaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nagasaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hardy.
Hardy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nagasaki misses with a leg kick.
Nagasaki jabs Hardy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nagasaki defending well as Hardy loads up on a big left hand.
Nagasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nagasaki. That's going to slow Hardy down.
Hardy swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki flicks out a counter leg kick but Hardy steps away.
Nagasaki misses with a wild body shot.
Jacob Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nagasaki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hardy under the eye.
Nagasaki blocks a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Takeo Nagasaki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nagasaki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeo Nagasaki!
Takeo Nagasaki seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.