QFC Tournament 819 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kojiro Nakwana (ranked 5621 p4p, 567 weight class) and KJ Slide (ranked 5496 p4p, 0 weight class). Kojiro Nakwana could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to KJ Slide's chin.

Nakwana
vs
Slide

185 cm
25
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kojiro Nakwana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KJ Slide!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Slide moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Slide scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nakwana takes a shot to the head.
Slide lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Slide prevents the takedown attempt.
Nakwana tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Slide just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nakwana takes a shot to the head.
Slide lands a nice uppercut.
Slide lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Slide digs a right hand underneath Nakwana's ribcage. Nakwana let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Slide lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slide lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Slide as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Slide.
Nakwana tries for a takedown but Slide manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kojiro Nakwana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slide lands a hook that snaps the head of Nakwana backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakwana jumps guard but Slide stands there with Nakwana around his waist. Nakwana gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slide creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Nakwana is rocked!
Slide lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Nakwana to his knees! Slide keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). KJ Slide!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
70%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sblaim Szymar (ranked 6238 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Adams (ranked 5638 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Szymar
vs
Adams

185 cm
18
169 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sblaim Szymar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Adams!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szymar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Adams will feel that in the morning.
Adams scores with a one two! Szymar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Sblaim Szymar has been cut.
Adams defending well as Szymar loads up on a big left hand.
Szymar swinging wildly here.

Adams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Szymar tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
Szymar has Adams pressed against the cage, preventing Adams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Szymar manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Adams gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Szymar shoots in looking for a takedown. Adams tries to sprawl out of it but Szymar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Adams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Szymar tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Adams has Szymar up against the cage in a clinch.
Szymar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Adams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Szymar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Adams is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sblaim Szymar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Adams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Szymar looking for a takedown.
Szymar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Szymar tries for a takedown. No joy.

Adams breaks the clinch.

Adams moves into the clinch successfully.

Szymar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Adams clinches up with Szymar and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Szymar has him pressed against the cage.
Szymar is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Adams to keep the fight standing.

Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adams misses with a low kick.
Szymar changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Adams tries to avoid it but Szymar manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Adams to the ground. Adams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Chris Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Szymar is breathing heavily.
Adams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Adams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Szymar circles away.
Adams displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Adams does no damage.
Adams lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Szymar is rocked!
Adams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oh Szymar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot to the liver by Adams. Beautiful body shot.

Adams has managed to clinch.

Adams drags the fight down to the ground.

Adams pushes Szymar off and gets back to his feet.
Adams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Adams pushes Szymar up against the cage in a clinch.

Adams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Adams plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Szymar swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Szymar face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Chris Adams!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Atila Whelmberg (ranked 5596 p4p, 564 weight class) and Tupac Anderson (ranked 5611 p4p, 566 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whelmberg
vs
Anderson

188 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Atila Whelmberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tupac Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whelmberg shoots for a takedown but Anderson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice jab there from Anderson.

Anderson closes the distance and clinches.
Anderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whelmberg tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Anderson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Whelmberg blocking some punches.
Anderson pushes Whelmberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anderson has a couple of punches blocked by Whelmberg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Whelmberg backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whelmberg.
Anderson throws a head punch that misses.
Anderson presses Whelmberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Anderson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Atila Whelmberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson misses with a punch on the inside.
Whelmberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Anderson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Whelmberg fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Anderson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anderson working aggressively here.
A short right from Anderson on the inside.
Anderson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whelmberg.
Anderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson scores with a shot to the side of Whelmberg's head.
Anderson works on Whelmberg's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Whelmberg with a big uppercut! Whelmberg tries to clinch up but Anderson pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Whelmberg to the mat! Whelmberg covers up and Anderson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tupac Anderson!
A very excited looking Tupac Anderson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
46%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between KJ Slade (ranked 5647 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomokazu Ogawa (ranked 6263 p4p, 448 weight class). Tomokazu Ogawa will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Slade
vs
Ogawa

170 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KJ Slade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomokazu Ogawa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slade shoots and misses
and Ogawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Slade throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Ogawa to counter with a crisp jab.
Slade misses with a takedown attempt
and Ogawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Slade throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ogawa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Slade throws a right hand that misses
enabling Ogawa to counter with a crisp jab.
Slade misses with a left hand
and Ogawa counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Slade shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Slade is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Slade's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ogawa looking for a sweep. Not yet Ogawa, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slade loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Slade trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Slade working some strikes from top position.
Slade controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Slade in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Slade in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Slade lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Slade pushes down on Ogawa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Slade takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Slade working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Slade seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Slade scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ogawa wants to control but Slade is keeping busy.
Slade thows a huge punch but Ogawa dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Slade seems content to control.
Slade seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ogawa for as long as he can get away with.
Slade slips a nice elbow through Ogawa's hands, connecting with Ogawa's forehead.
Slade winds up and cracks Ogawa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Slade with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ogawa is pressing down on Slade's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Slade showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ogawa looks winded!
Slade content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slade connects with a couple of short punches.
Slade is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Slade sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Slade throws a big elbow that misses.
Slade slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KJ Slade dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Slade fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ogawa to the ground. Slade is now in Ogawa's guard.
Slade postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Slade postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ogawa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Slade stands and throws Ogawa's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ogawa is working to avoid the ground and pound but Slade connects with a decent elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slade working the ground and pound.
Slade content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slade is chipping away with strikes.
Slade lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ogawa down.
The referee asks Slade politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Slade prefers to stall for the moment though.
Further stalling from Slade.
Ogawa is breathing heavily.
Slade scores with punches from side control.
Ogawa is letting Slade control him for a moment.
Ogawa can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slade scores with a couple of short elbows.
Slade is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ogawa can do to turn this around?

Slade tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ogawa trying to remain calm as Slade controls from the top position.
Slade working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slade tries to advance to mount but Ogawa instead regains half guard.

Slade is working for a submission of some sort.
Slade landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Slade is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slade moves nicely into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slade in side control lands a decent elbow.
Slade lands some shots froms side control.
Slade landing a few strikes.
Check out the look on Slade's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Ogawa is rocked!

Slade in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Ogawa is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). KJ Slade!