PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Naoyuki Nakano (ranked 1172 p4p, 1643 weight class) and Dredman Zeus (ranked 147 p4p, 205 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Nakano
vs
Zeus

172 cm
30
155
15 - 10 - 0

179 cm
38
168
18 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Naoyuki Nakano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dredman Zeus!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zeus cracks Nakano with an open hand slap.
Nakano slips a straight right by Zeus.
Zeus doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Zeus has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Nakano is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nakano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nakano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zeus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zeus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakano.
Nice uppercut lands for Nakano. That snapped Zeus's head back.
Zeus takes a swing at Nakano's ribcage but misses.
Nakano slips a straight right by Zeus.
Zeus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nakano momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zeus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nakano.
Nakano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zeus.
Nakano is looking to land body kicks.
Zeus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zeus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakano lands a right hook to the body.
Nakano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zeus's hands.
Zeus misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zeus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zeus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Decent striking displayed by Nakano there.
Nakano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zeus throws out a loose jab but Nakano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zeus throws a jab when Nakano was well out of range.
A shot to the liver by Nakano. Beautiful body shot.
Zeus looks to land a left hand but Nakano moved out of range nicely.
Zeus slips a straight right by Nakano.
Zeus now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nakano.
Nakano takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nakano throws a looping overhand right but Zeus ducks down to avoid it.
Nakano slips under a jab.
Zeus misses with a body punch
and Nakano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zeus connects with a jab.
It looks like Nakano has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Nakano swings for the body but Zeus moves out of range.
Zeus looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zeus moves away from the strike by Nakano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakano moves out of range as Zeus strikes.
Nakano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nakano blocks a jab.
Zeus misses with a straight right.
Zeus cracks Nakano with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Zeus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nakano counters with a nice uppercut.
Zeus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zeus takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zeus misses with a wild body shot.
Nakano misses with a straight left.
Zeus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Zeus throws a good cross that connects.
Zeus scores with a body shot.
Nakano lands with an uppercut that bounces Zeus off the ropes and back into range.
Zeus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nakano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakano feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nakano is looking to land body kicks.
Nakano misses with a hook.
Nakano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nakano throws a wild body kick that Zeus sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zeus throws out a loose jab but Nakano uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Nakano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zeus takes one to the chin there.
Zeus throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakano.
Zeus misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nakano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nakano scores with a jab.
Zeus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakano fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zeus on the side of the head.
Zeus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakano.
Zeus feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nakanos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nakano misses with a kick to the body.
Nakano ducks under a wild hook from Zeus.
Nakano misses the shot to the body.
Zeus misses with a looping right.
Nice cross by Nakano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Nakano misses.
Zeus takes a swing at Nakano's ribcage but misses.
Nakano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakano scores with a sloppy right hand. Zeus should have avoided that one.
Nakano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Zeus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nakano thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice side step and Zeus releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nakano missing with a left hand there. Zeus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice straight punches there by Nakano. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nakano.
Zeus misses with a jab to the body
and Nakano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zeus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nakano.
A big left from Nakano misses.
Zeus loads up on a big right hand but Nakano slips the punch.
Nakano lands a nice looking kick to the body. Zeus takes a step back to recover.
Nakano looks to land a right hand but Zeus moved out of range.
Nakano delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakano fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zeus.
Zeus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nakano to score with a decent uppercut.
Zeus walks into a stiff left hand from Nakano.
Nakano misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Naoyuki Nakano dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Zeus takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nakano throws a leg kick but Zeus moved away.
Nakano connects with a solid leg kick.
Nakano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nakano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zeus.
Nakano explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Zeus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zeus jabs at Nakano's body.
Nakano moves out of range of the strikes.
Nakano throws a poor cross that misses
and Zeus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nakano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Nakano does it's job there.
Nakano scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zeus in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zeus throws the left hand but Nakano avoids the punch easily.
Zeus digs a good hook to Nakano's body.
Nakano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zeus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zeus. Nakano does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Nakano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zeus throws out a loose jab but Nakano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakano is looking to counter punch.
Nakano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zeus can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nakano misses with an uppercut. Zeus saw that one coming.
Nakano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nakano takes a swing at Zeus's ribcage but misses.
Zeus misses with a hook. Nakano ducked under it nicely.
Nakano half committed to a counter leg kick.
A jab lands there for Nakano.
Zeus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Zeus throws a lazy uppercut
and Nakano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zeus throws a hook but Nakano avoids it easily.
Nakano with the inside leg kick.
Zeus looks to score with a jab to the body but Nakano is just out of range.
Nakano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zeus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nakano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Nakano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Nakano.
Zeus swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zeus misses with a body punch
and Nakano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Zeus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nakano lands a leg kick that knocks Zeus off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zeus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zeus is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nakano with a body shot.
Naoyuki Nakano is winning the standup battle so far.
Nakano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nakano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zeus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakano.
Nakano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Zeus counters with a nice body shot.
Zeus throws a body shot but no joy.
Zeus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A slow jab from Nakano misses its intended target.
Zeus moves out of range as Nakano strikes.
Zeus doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zeus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big left from Zeus misses.
Zeus lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A big right from Nakano misses.
Nakano lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zeus connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nakano's hands.
Zeus moves out of range as Nakano throws a body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakano slips under a jab.
Nakano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nakano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nakano scores with a leg kick.
Nakano ducks under a wild hook from Zeus.
Zeus throws a looping overhand right but Nakano ducks down to avoid it.
Zeus throws the left hand but Nakano avoids the punch easily.
Nakano connects with a jab.
Nakano has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Zeus staying out of range there.
Zeus looks to throw the jab but Nakano is out of range.
Zeus misses the shot to the body.
Zeus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nakano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zeus moves away.
Nakano tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Zeus misses with a body shot.
Nakano fires out a quick counter leg kick but Zeus just manages to avoid it.
Zeus lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nakano at a distance.
Nakano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zeus.
Zeus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Zeus crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nakano - the referee stops the clock and Zeus gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nakano. Zeus manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Zeus is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left lands for Nakano.
Nakano's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zeus under the eye.
Zeus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zeus takes one to the side of the head.
Zeus throws an overhand right that lands on Nakano's shoulder, as Nakano tries to avoid the shot.
Zeus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakano.
Nakano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zeus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nakano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zeus walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nakano.
Nakano tries to land a front kick but Zeus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice jab there from Nakano.

Zeus is rocked!

Nakano lands a big uppercut and Zeus crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Zeus looks OK. Nakano waves Zeus back to his feet!
Zeus is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakano finish him?
Zeus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nakano.
Look low, kick high! Nakano uses the oldest trick in the book to send Zeus tumbling to the canvas, in a truly brutal knockout! Nakano is absolutely delighted - when Zeus wakes up, I doubt he'll be quite so happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Naoyuki Nakano!
After the big win, Naoyuki Nakano made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Urban Fighter and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.