PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Thomas (ranked 399 p4p, 18 weight class) and Takeo Nagasaki (ranked 656 p4p, 35 weight class). Nagasaki has chosen You're The Voice as his entrance music. Takeo Nagasaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thomas
vs
Nagasaki

160 cm
26
140 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

163 cm
27
135 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

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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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Takeo Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Nagasaki is out of range.
Nagasaki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nagasaki throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Nagasaki should have avoided that one.
A combination from Thomas does no damage.
Thomas scores with a nice right hand.
Nagasaki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Thomas if he has to take too many more of those.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagasaki cracks the inside of Thomas's front leg.
Thomas misses with an uppercut. Nagasaki saw that one coming.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Nagasaki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thomas under the eye.
Nagasaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nagasaki lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice inside leg kick there by Nagasaki. That's going to slow Thomas down.
Nagasaki slips a straight right by Thomas.
Thomas misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nagasaki! But no joy.
Nagasaki tests Thomas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thomas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nagasaki.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Nagasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas drops his hands momentarily and Nagasaki takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thomas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Takeo Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas checks a leg kick.
Nagasaki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Thomas throws an off balance right hand
and Nagasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nagasaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Nagasaki tries a quick counter leg kick but Thomas is wise to it.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagasaki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick
and Nagasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with a hook. Thomas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thomas lands with a hook. Nagasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nagasaki lands with a shot to the body.
Nagasaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Thomas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Thomas throws a jab when Nagasaki was well out of range.
Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Nagasaki's shoulder, as Nagasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nagasaki staying out of range there.
Decent striking displayed by Thomas there.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nagasaki throws a sloppy body shot
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nagasaki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands a body shot.
Nice jab there from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thomas's calf.
Nagasaki connects with a solid leg kick.
Nagasaki throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thomas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nagasaki.
Thomas appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick but Thomas moved away.
Thomas cracks Nagasaki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagasaki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thomas throws a right and a left that Nagasaki avoids nicely.
Nagasaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nagasaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nagasaki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nagasaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
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!
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thomas moves out of range as Nagasaki throws a body kick.
Nagasaki lands a jab-cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki dips to his left and cracks Thomas with an uppercut!
Nagasaki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Thomas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thomas throws an overhand right that lands on Nagasaki's shoulder, as Nagasaki tries to avoid the shot.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nagasaki. Thomas shrugs it off though.
Thomas throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Thomas misses.

Nagasaki drives through and clinches with Thomas against the cage.
A short left from Thomas.
Nagasaki misses with some punches.
Nagasaki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nagasaki's elbow.
Nagasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nagasaki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thomass head.
Nagasaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeo Nagasaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nagasaki tries to clinch but Thomas moves out of range.
Nagasaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Nagasaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice side step and Nagasaki releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot.
Thomas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with a slapping head kick.
Nagasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Nagasaki moved out of range.
Nagasaki unleashes a big counter combination but Thomas bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nagasaki scores with a nice body kick.
Nagasaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nagasaki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thomas is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thomas.
Nagasaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takeo Nagasaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas walks into a left hand.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Nagasaki is just out of range.
Nagasaki tries a head kick but it misses.
Thomas is looking to counter punch.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas walks into a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nagasaki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thomas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thomas takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nagasaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nagasaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas lands with a cross.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas connects with a nice looking jab.
A head kick misses from Nagasaki.
A slow jab from Nagasaki misses its intended target.
Nagasaki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Thomas's head.
Nagasaki throws a low kick but Thomas moves out of range easily.
Nagasaki wants to land a leg kick but Thomas is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagasaki.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nagasaki scores with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nagasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thomas.
Nagasaki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thomas.
Nagasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Thomas is just out of range.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Nagasaki clinches up with Thomas and pushes him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Nagasaki to work.
Thomas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nagasaki's elbow.
Nice body punch from Thomas.
Nagasaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nagasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thomas's hands.
Thomas swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Thomas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nagasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Nagasaki fakes the leg kick and cracks Thomas in the body.
Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nagasaki flicks out a counter leg kick but Thomas steps away.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.
Nagasaki throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thomas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagasaki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Thomas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A solid body kick from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a head kick but Thomas moves out of range.
Nagasaki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Thomas. That did some damage!
Nagasaki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagasaki misses with a leg kick.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thomas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nagasaki's hands.
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagasaki.
Thomas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki just misses with a punch to the body.

Nagasaki pushes Thomas up against the cage in a clinch.
Nagasaki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nagasaki taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nagasaki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nagasaki has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
Thomas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nagasaki lands a left hand.
Thomas has a couple of punches blocked by Nagasaki.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagasaki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.

Nagasaki jumps guard and drags Thomas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Nagasaki working a defensive guard but Thomas passes into half guard.
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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Thomas slips a straight right by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Nagasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thomas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nagasaki misses with a low kick.
Thomas checks a leg kick.
Thomas throws a big shot that misses.
Nagasaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thomas's calf.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Thomas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nagasaki ducks right into an uppercut from Thomas.
Thomas works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Nagasaki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thomas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Thomas misses with a hook. Nagasaki ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands with an overhand left.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagasaki.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Thomas misses the target.
Nagasaki scores with a leg kick.
Thomas lunges at Nagasaki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nagasaki's hand.
A low kick from Nagasaki misses
and Thomas counters with a nice uppercut.
Nagasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nagasaki slips under a jab from Thomas.
Nagasaki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thomas fails to land with a series of punches.
Nagasaki was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nagasaki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Thomas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Nagasaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nagasaki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Thomas's calf.
Nagasaki cracks the inside of Thomas's front leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Nagasaki misses.
It looked like Thomas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nagasaki misses with a series of wild punches.
It looked like Thomas wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thomas throws a right hand that misses
and Nagasaki counters with an outside leg kick.
Thomas misses with a hook. Nagasaki ducked under it nicely.
Nagasaki blocks a jab.
Thomas throws a hook but Nagasaki avoids it easily.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Nagasaki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nagasaki slips under a jab from Thomas.
Nagasaki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nagasaki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagasaki.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nagasaki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nagasaki throws out a leg kick but Thomas moves out of range and Nagasaki only half commits.
Tom Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Thomas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nagasaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nagasaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a leg kick
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nagasaki cracks Thomas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nagasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nagasaki throws a good cross that connects.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nagasaki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Thomas throws a shot from downtown. Nagasaki moves away and avoids it.
Nagasaki staying out of range there.
Good standup being displayed there by Nagasaki as he connects with a hook.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick which misses Thomas's front leg but catches the back leg as Thomas tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thomas is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nagasaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Thomas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki throws a head kick that Thomas semi-blocks.
Nagasaki moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Nagasaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Nagasaki.
Thomas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nagasaki counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Thomas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nagasaki digs a good hook to Thomas's body.
Nagasaki lands with a shot to the body.
Nagasaki thows a body kick. Thomas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by Nagasaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Nagasaki is looking to slow Thomas down with leg kicks.
Thomas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagasaki.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nagasaki. That's going to slow Thomas down.

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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeo Nagasaki!
Our winner, Takeo Nagasaki, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.