PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jonny McFly (ranked 2033 p4p, 2990 weight class) and Gurizuri Nakamura (ranked 284 p4p, 400 weight class). Jonny McFly has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

McFly
vs
Nakamura

190 cm
25
195
5 - 4 - 0

168 cm
25
186
8 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny McFly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gurizuri Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McFly catches Nakamura with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McFly misses with a looping right.
Jonny McFly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura misses with a wild combination.
Nakamura has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nakamura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nakamura walks into a straight right hand from McFly.
Nakamura steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McFly.
McFly tries to clinch up.
McFly throws the left hand but Nakamura avoids the punch easily.
McFly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nakamura manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McFly throws a lazy uppercut

and Nakamura counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura misses with a head shot. McFly uses the momentum to regain guard.
McFly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nakamura trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McFly will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nakamura sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura working some strikes from top position.
McFly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nakamura trying to control the position from guard on top but McFly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakamura sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed McFly's guard.
McFly is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nakamura scores with a couple of nice shots.
McFly is trying to maintain the position but Nakamura is very close to passing his half guard.
Nakamura missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McFly tries to get to full guard but Nakamura has control of the leg.
Nakamura has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nakamura controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura winds up and cracks McFly with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
McFly has his hands clasped together around Nakamura's back. He's all about the action.
Nakamura seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McFly does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nakamura performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
McFly tries to roll over but Nakamura keeps him under control.
Nakamura not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nakamura trying to control the pace.
Nakamura prevents McFly from improving his position.
Nakamura missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McFly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McFly is looking for a sweep. Nakamura is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nakamura is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
McFly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nakamura on the ground.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ground and pound from Nakamura.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McFly looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nakamura controlling the action here.
McFly is staying active underneath Nakamura, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nakamura controlling the action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nakamura scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
McFly avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nakamura.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gurizuri Nakamura 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.

McFly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nakamura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nakamura staying out of range there.
Nakamura drops down looking to force a counter takedown but McFly defends it well.

McFly tries to keep at a distance but Nakamura has taken the fight into the clinch.
McFly lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Nakamura has hold of one of McFly's legs. McFly is fighting the takedown attempt but Nakamura gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
McFly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McFly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nakamura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McFly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nakamura controlling from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura trying to control but McFly is working from the bottom.
Gurizuri Nakamura has got the better of the ground game so far.
McFly managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFly working a defensive guard here.
Nakamura cracks McFly with a solid left hand.
Nakamura landing some decent shots from guard.
Nakamura throws a big right hand that misses.
McFly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nakamura is stalling in the full guard.
Nakamura trying to control the position from guard on top but McFly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura with a nice head shot there.
Nakamura is stalling in the full guard.
Nakamura working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nakamura sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nakamura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McFly works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nakamura cracks McFly with a solid left hand.
Nakamura being controlled here momentarily.
Nakamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nakamura slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nakamura lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Nakamura throws an elbow that misses. McFly uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nakamura's guard. Nice move by McFly!

Nakamura is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Nakamura sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is keen to just control but McFly is a slippery customer.
McFly wants to improve his position but Nakamura is controlling well.
Nakamura with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nakamura not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McFly tries to get to full guard but Nakamura has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nakamura is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nakamura sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gurizuri Nakamura showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nakamura lands a nice shot to the body.
McFly throws a lazy right hand but Nakamura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McFly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by McFly there.

McFly darts in and clinches Nakamura up against the cage.
McFly prevents a takedown attempt there.
McFly tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nakamura lands a body shot.
Nakamura misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakamura stalling.
McFly misses with a punch to the body.
Nakamura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McFly is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McFly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFly blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura goes for a takedown in the clinch but McFly prevents it.
Nakamura is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jonny McFly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gurizuri Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a left hand that snaps the head of McFly backwards.

Nakamura has hold of one of McFly's legs. McFly is fighting the takedown attempt but Nakamura gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Nakamura is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Nakamura missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nakamura wants to control from the top but McFly keeps moving.
Nakamura is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nakamura is in close to McFly's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nakamura pushing down on McFly's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jonny McFly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nakamura has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nakamura throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nakamura looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nakamura throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McFly has hold of Nakamura's hands but Nakamura slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFly trying to hold on to Nakamura's head to control him but Nakamura postures up.
Nakamura keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes.
Nakamura thows a huge punch but McFly dodges it nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Nakamura is keen to just control but McFly is a slippery customer.
Nakamura is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura is trying to control the action in half guard but McFly is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
McFly avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a strike but McFly avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nakamura throws a big elbow that misses.
Nakamura sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McFly looking to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nakamura connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McFly's hands.
Nakamura fails with a takedown attempt.
McFly throws a shot from downtown. Nakamura moves away and avoids it.
Jonny McFly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McFly takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gurizuri Nakamura is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McFly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nakamura walks into a stiff left hand from McFly.
McFly throws a series of punches but Nakamura moves out of range.
Nakamura connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McFly momentarily.
McFly misses with a body shot

and Nakamura counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for McFly!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gurizuri Nakamura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nakamura 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gurizuri Nakamura!