PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Stein (ranked 53 p4p, 515 weight class) and Rigel Ko Nachi (ranked 8 p4p, 70 weight class). Stein's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Red - Falling Sky. Ko Nachi has chosen Echoing Thunder as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Stein
vs
Ko Nachi

195 cm
36
190
34 - 20 - 1

183 cm
25
185
8 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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World class MT
Granite chin

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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 34 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Stein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rigel Ko Nachi!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ko Nachi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stein pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ko Nachi connects with a single shot there.
Rigel Ko Nachi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stein throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ko Nachi scores with a sloppy right hand. Stein should have avoided that one.
Ko Nachi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stein takes a step back to recover.
Ko Nachi scores with a shot to the body.
Stein swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stein tries to clinch but Ko Nachi is having none of it.
Stein takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Stein with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stein takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been informed that Ko Nachi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Stein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ko Nachi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Stein stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ko Nachi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stein appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ko Nachi misses with a head kick.
Stein was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ko Nachi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stein.
A slow jab from Stein misses its intended target.
Stein has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Oblivion Gate in the buildup to the fight.
Stein throws a head kick that Ko Nachi semi-blocks.
Stein pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fighters circling - Ko Nachi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ko Nachi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Ko Nachi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ko Nachi misses with a combination
and Ko Nachi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stein takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ko Nachi scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ko Nachi thows a leg kick but Stein checks it
and Stein counters with a stiff right hand.
Stein steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ko Nachi.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ko Nachi. Stein shrugs it off though.
A low kick lands for Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ko Nachi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stein.
Stein is looking to counter punch.
Ko Nachi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ko Nachi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stein moves out of range of the body kick.
Ko Nachi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stein tries to move into range but Ko Nachi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ko Nachi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stein had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Ko Nachi throws a hook to the side of Stein's head but Stein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ko Nachi throws a jab but it's blocked by Stein.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ko Nachi lands a jab.
Stein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stein on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi misses with an uppercut
and Stein counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Ko Nachi.
Stein misses with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Ko Nachi misses
and Stein makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A jab from Ko Nachi does it's job there.
Ko Nachi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stein connects with a looping right hand.
Stein on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stein throws a shot from downtown. Ko Nachi moves away and avoids it.
Stein takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Stein stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi circles away from the clinch attempt.

Stein gets tackled into the cage by Ko Nachi. Ko Nachi maintains the clinch.
Stein blocks an uppercut.
Stein lands a nice uppercut.
Ko Nachi misses with a punch on the inside.
Ko Nachi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stein or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stein.
Ko Nachi lands a hook that snaps the head of Stein backwards.
Stein cracks Ko Nachi with a nice body shot.
Ko Nachi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stein is leaning against Ko Nachi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stein creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ko Nachi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stein.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rigel Ko Nachi 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.

Stein takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ko Nachi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stein throws a big counter combination but Ko Nachi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Stein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ko Nachi was well out of range. Poor timing from Stein.
Ko Nachi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Ko Nachi.
A slow jab from Stein misses its intended target.
Good shot there by Stein.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ko Nachi misses the jab.
Stein misses with a straight right.
Ko Nachi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Stein misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ko Nachi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ko Nachi takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ko Nachi misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi lands with a straight right. Stein didn't see that one coming.
Ko Nachi missing with a left hand there. Stein was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Stein tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rigel Ko Nachi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stein takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Stein tries a head kick but it misses.
Ko Nachi is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ko Nachi lands a nice hook to Stein's body. Stein takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Stein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ko Nachi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Stein.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi scores with a sloppy right hand. Stein should have avoided that one.
Ko Nachi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stein throws a jab but it's blocked by Ko Nachi.
Stein jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ko Nachi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stein doesn't seem bothered though.
Ko Nachi misses with a low kick as Stein jumps back.
Stein is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ko Nachi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Stein. That did some damage!
Ko Nachi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ko Nachi slips a straight right by Stein.
Ko Nachi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ko Nachi digs a good body shot into Stein's ribs.
Stein throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ko Nachi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ko Nachi swats away the attempt to clinch by Stein.
Ko Nachi thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein ducks under a wild hook from Ko Nachi.
A head kick by Ko Nachi misses
and Stein counters with a head kick.
Ko Nachi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stein has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ko Nachi looks to throw the jab but Stein is out of range.
Ko Nachi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ko Nachi throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ko Nachi throws a jab but it's blocked by Stein.
Ko Nachi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stein.
Stein scores with a body shot.
Ko Nachi with a nice calf kick.
Stein throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ko Nachi's head.
Stein lands a nice hook to Ko Nachi's body. Ko Nachi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Stein is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Stein misses its intended target.
Stein just misses with a punch to the body.
Stein misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ko Nachi counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice cross by Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ko Nachi punishes Stein's body with a nice straight punch.
Stein tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ko Nachi throws a low kick but Stein moves out of range easily.
Stein half committed to a counter leg kick.
Ko Nachi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Stein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Stein backs off Ko Nachi throws a huge counter combo but Stein manages to avoid it all.
Stein jabs Ko Nachi right on the nose. Ko Nachi blinks but takes it well.
Ko Nachi just misses with a punch to the body.
Ko Nachi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rigel Ko Nachi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Stein's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Stein has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stein there as he acknowledges the shot.
Stein tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Stein slips under a jab.
That kick from Stein tenderised Ko Nachi's leg. Ko Nachi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Stein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ko Nachi. Ko Nachi obviously looking to wear him down.
Stein misses with a low kick.
Ko Nachi misses the shot to the body.
Ko Nachi tests Stein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ko Nachi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ko Nachi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stein.
A jab lands there for Ko Nachi.
A nice leg kick from Stein, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ko Nachi with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein throws a poor cross that misses
and Ko Nachi counters with a good low kick that Stein was not able to check.
Stein throws a poor cross that misses
and Ko Nachi counters with a nice leg kick.
Ko Nachi looks to land a body kick but Stein moved away.
Ko Nachi fakes the leg kick and cracks Stein in the body.
Ko Nachi throws out a loose jab but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Stein wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ko Nachi scores with a hook to the body. Stein takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ko Nachi thuds a left hand into Stein's body.
Nice jab there from Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stein's sensitive parts.
Stein throws an overhand right that lands on Ko Nachi's shoulder, as Ko Nachi tries to avoid the shot.
Ko Nachi misses with a low kick.
Stein takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Frank Stein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stein throws a right hand that Ko Nachi ducks under and follows up with a left that Ko Nachi also avoids with ease.
Ko Nachi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ko Nachi misses with an uppercut
and Stein connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Stein misses the target.
Stein tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ko Nachi is able to avoid easily.
Nice cross by Stein.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ko Nachi.
Stein will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ko Nachi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ko Nachi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stein.
Sloppy strikes from Ko Nachi. Those never looked like landing.
Stein wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stein is looking to clinch.
Ko Nachi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ko Nachi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stein throws a sloppy head kick and Ko Nachi moves out of range easily.
Ko Nachi thuds his shin into the meat of Stein's side.
A low kick lands for Ko Nachi.
Ko Nachi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Stein's head.
Ko Nachi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ko Nachi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ko Nachi! But no joy.
Ko Nachi cracks Stein with an open hand slap.
A low kick lands for Ko Nachi.
Stein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ko Nachi manages to avoid it.
Stein lands a right hook to the body.
Ko Nachi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Stein.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ko Nachi looks to throw a body kick
and Stein counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ko Nachi looks to throw the jab but Stein is out of range.
Ko Nachi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ko Nachi throws out a loose jab but Stein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ko Nachi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ko Nachi falls off balance throwing a combination

and Stein counters with a head kick that drops Ko Nachi to the mat! Ko Nachi scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Ko Nachi misses with a hook. Stein ducked under it nicely.
Ko Nachi tries to land a front kick but Stein steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Stein throws a body punch but Ko Nachi moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Ko Nachi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rigel Ko Nachi is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ko Nachi.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rigel Ko Nachi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ko Nachi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rigel Ko Nachi!
An out of breath Rigel Ko Nachi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.