PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shouta Nakamura (ranked 4372 p4p, 5175 weight class) and Devin Brown (ranked 385 p4p, 409 weight class). Shouta Nakamura is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Nakamura
vs
Brown

170 cm
28
146
5 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
145
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shouta Nakamura!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Devin Brown!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Brown, as that shot connected.
Nakamura ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Nakamura is looking to counter the offense by Brown and move into the clinch.

Nakamura rushes Brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nakamura gets through Brown's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Brown breaks the clinch.

Nakamura takes the fight into the clinch.
Nakamura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nakamura.
Brown is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nakamura presses Brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brown tries to work over Nakamura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

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

Nakamura moves into the clinch.
Nakamura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown takes a shot to the head.
Nakamura lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands with a right to the head.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown is looking to score with low kicks.

Nakamura takes the fight into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Browns head.

Brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brown throws an off balance right hand

and Nakamura counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short right from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

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

Nakamura clinches up with Brown and pushes him back against the cage.
Nakamura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brown or not.

Brown breaks from the clinch.

Nakamura closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Brown manages to break the clinch.

Nakamura has Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Nakamura has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Nakamura holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nakamura has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brown is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nakamura lands with a right to the head.
A short left from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a shot to the body.
Nakamura scores with a hook to the body.
Nakamura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brown backwards.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Nakamura.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.

Brown is rocked!
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakamura finish him?
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamura fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with some punches.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamura fails to land.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.

Brown breaks the clinch.

Nakamura pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown seems to have recovered his senses.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nakamura's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brown connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nakamura scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nakamura closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Nakamura.
Nakamura cracks Brown with a nice body shot.
Nakamura pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nakamura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Brown's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Brown drops to his knees and Nakamura pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shouta Nakamura!
Shouta Nakamura is the new featherweight champion!