PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Yuji Nagata (ranked 1527 p4p, 190 weight class) and Vrej Nazaryan (ranked 2165 p4p, 264 weight class). Nazaryan has chosen DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nagata
vs
Nazaryan

175 cm
28
165 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

167 cm
41
166 lbs
38 - 24 - 1

World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent MT
Determined

Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Yuji Nagata !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vrej Nazaryan!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazaryan gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nagata .
Nazaryan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nazaryan misses with a combination
enabling Nagata to counter with a crisp jab.
Nagata throws a right and a left that Nazaryan avoids nicely.
Nazaryan misses with a wild combination.
Nazaryan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nagata cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Nazaryan is rocked!
Nazaryan lands with a good body shot.
Nazaryan misses with a body kick.
Nagata was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nagata dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nagata steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazaryan.
Vrej Nazaryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazaryan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nagata to score with a decent uppercut.
Nazaryan is still on wobbly legs! Can Nagata finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazaryan throws a series of punches but Nagata moves out of range.
Nagata was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nazaryan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nazaryan seems to have recovered his senses.
Nazaryan tries to land a front kick but Nagata steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazaryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nazaryan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nazaryan lands with a nice combination. Nagata backs away looking to recover.
Nazaryan misses with a kick to the body.
Nazaryan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nagata blocks the body kick.
Nagata swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nazaryan looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nazaryan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nazaryan lands a nice shot to the body.
A big right from Nagata misses.
Nagata is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nagata jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nagata lands a nice looking body shot.
Nazaryan lands a right hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Nagata uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nazaryan.
Nazaryan is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nagata rather than just go for the knockout.
Nazaryan throws a combination that misses
and Nazaryan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nazaryan throws an off balance right hand

and Nagata counters with a big right hook, that lands right on the temple! Nazaryan goes down! Nagata rushes to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. This one's going to be close! 3,4,5,6,7... Nazaryan is up to one knee.... 8,9.... He's up! The referee says he's good to go, so we're back to the action!
Nazaryan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Nazaryan.
Nazaryan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nazaryan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagata .
Nagata seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nazaryan needs to keep his hands up - Nagata had a free shot at his head there.
Nazaryan walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Nazaryan is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Yuji Nagata !
Vrej Nazaryan spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better man today. I need to look at the tapes and figure out what went wrong but dont you worry I will be back.'.