PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Faustino Schwartz (ranked 24412 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Nakajima (ranked 6233 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshihiro Nakajima has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Schwartz
vs
Nakajima

157 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Faustino Schwartz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Nakajima!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Schwartz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Schwartz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Nakajima throws Schwartz to one side and escapes!
Schwartz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nakajima avoids it really well and circles away.
Nakajima goes for a double leg but Schwartz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Schwartz continues to drive forward.
Nakajima misses with a series of wild punches.
Nakajima tries for a takedown but Schwartz circles away easily

and Schwartz counters by moving into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Nakajima jumps into guard, dragging Schwartz to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwartz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Schwartz lands a couple of elbows.
Schwartz throws a big elbow that misses.
Nakajima has momentary wrist control but Schwartz slips an elbow through the middle.
Nakajima working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schwartz.
Schwartz scoring with some ground and pound.
Schwartz landing with the ground and pound.
Schwartz postures up and lands a big shot to Nakajima's brow.
Schwartz 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.
Schwartz scoring with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schwartz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Schwartz could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz scoring with some ground and pound.
Schwartz landing with the ground and pound.
Nakajima preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nakajima not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Schwartz stands up over Nakajima, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Schwartz working some strikes from top position.
Nakajima working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Schwartz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakajima is trying to keep Schwartz in close.
Schwartz cracks Nakajima with a solid left hand.
Schwartz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nakajima wants to hit a switch here but Schwartz passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Nakajima there!
Schwartz with good strikes from the mount here!
Nakajima looks winded!
BOOM! Schwartz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nakajima working to try and regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz lands with some strikes.
Nakajima is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Schwartz unloading with bombs!
Schwartz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Schwartz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Schwartz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faustino Schwartz dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nakajima misses with a body kick.
Schwartz moves in looking to clinch but Nakajima pushes him off.
Nakajima has his takedown stuffed

and Schwartz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Nakajima trying to control the position.
Schwartz connects with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schwartz scoring with some ground and pound.
Schwartz landing with the ground and pound.
Schwartz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwartz lands a couple of elbows.
Schwartz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Schwartz landing some decent shots from guard.
Schwartz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nakajima's head.
Schwartz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Schwartz works over Nakajima with some ground and pound from guard.
Schwartz scoring with some ground and pound.
Schwartz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nakajima can do to turn this around?
Nakajima is breathing heavily.
Schwartz works over Nakajima with some ground and pound from guard.
Schwartz with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz is standing up over Nakajima. Nakajima looks to escape but Schwartz dives into side control.
Schwartz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Schwartz cracks Nakajima with a big right hand but Nakajima just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Schwartz working the ground and pound from side control.
Schwartz is working Nakajima over with some ground and pound from side control.

Schwartz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nakajima has escaped the position, nice work there.
Schwartz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Nakajima some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz lands a nice forearm strike.
Schwartz landing a few strikes.
Faustino Schwartz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Schwartz lands a nice forearm strike.
Nakajima taking a bit of punishment here - Schwartz scoring with strikes.

Schwartz stands up.
Nakajima misses with a takedown

and Schwartz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Schwartz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Schwartz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Schwartz works over Nakajima with some ground and pound from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz is stalling in the full guard.
Schwartz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nakajima is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Schwartz landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Schwartz content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faustino Schwartz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice shot by Schwartz.

Schwartz has Nakajima up against the cage in a clinch.
Nakajima tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nakajima 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.

Schwartz pulls Nakajima into guard.
Schwartz wants to hit a switch here but Nakajima passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Schwartz there!
Schwartz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schwartz regains half guard.
Schwartz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nakajima takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Schwartz is trying to keep Nakajima in close.
Schwartz wants to sweep here but Nakajima controlling him for the moment.
Schwartz seems keen to control Nakajima's posture.
Nakajima won't allow Schwartz to sweep him here.
Nakajima postures up.
Schwartz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Nakajima is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Schwartz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nakajima is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Schwartz jumps into side control!
Nakajima takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Schwartz is chipping away with strikes.
Nakajima is trying to control Schwartz's posture but Schwartz avoids it.
Nakajima takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakajima is working to avoid the ground and pound but Schwartz connects with a decent elbow.
Schwartz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Schwartz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Nakajima is trying to improve his position.
Nakajima is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nakajima can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Schwartz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Nakajima tries to bench press Schwartz off him but Schwartz keeps the position.
Schwartz avoids the strikes from the bottom by Nakajima.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nakajima takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Nakajima takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

And that's the end of the fight!
Faustino Schwartz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Schwartz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Faustino Schwartz!