PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Jimenez (ranked 25 p4p, 61 weight class) and Yuro Nagasaki (ranked 4 p4p, 10 weight class). Nagasaki has chosen Dead Souls - Joy Division as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jimenez
vs
Nagasaki

167 cm
35
146
27 - 10 - 0

170 cm
42
146
45 - 25 - 3

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Voodoo Nutrition

Akuma Wear
Carnage

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 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diogo Jimenez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 25 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuro Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki looks to land a right hand but Jimenez moved out of range.
Nagasaki clobbers Jimenez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jimenez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nagasaki has time to react.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jimenez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands a really nice looking cross but Jimenez seems unphased.
Jimenez looks to land a right hand but Nagasaki moved out of range.
Jimenez throws a lazy head kick
and Nagasaki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jimenez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jimenez scores with a nice right hand.
Jimenez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
A bone on bone clash there as Jimenez blocks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Jimenez coming out on top.
Jimenez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagasaki has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Nagasaki throws a hook but Jimenez blocks it.
Nagasaki avoids the head kick by Jimenez.
Nagasaki misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Jimenez misses the target.
Diogo Jimenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez throws a hook but Nagasaki blocks it.
Jimenez connects with a right hand. Nagasaki shakes it off.
Nagasaki slips a straight right by Jimenez.
Nagasaki looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jimenez throws a hook but Nagasaki blocks it.
Nagasaki was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A big right from Jimenez misses.
Jimenez cracks Nagasaki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jimenez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nagasaki tries a quick counter leg kick but Jimenez is wise to it.
Jimenez cracks a nice hook into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nagasaki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jimenez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nagasaki misses with a takedown attempt
and Jimenez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jimenez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Jimenez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nagasaki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jimenez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Jimenez misses with a hook to the body
and Nagasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nagasaki throws a looping overhand right but Jimenez ducks down to avoid it.
Nagasaki throws a looping overhand right but Jimenez ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jimenez.
Jimenez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jimenez looks to land a right hand but Nagasaki moved out of range.
Nagasaki shoots in and drives through. Jimenez sprawls well.
An attempted straight right counter from Jimenez misses the target.
The fighters circling - Nagasaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jimenez throws a body shot but no joy.
Jimenez needs to keep his hands up - Nagasaki had a free shot at his head there.
The fighters circling - Jimenez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Nagasaki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jimenez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice shot by Nagasaki.
Jimenez lands a jab to Nagasaki's midsection.
Jimenez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jimenez manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Jimenez.
Nagasaki misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jimenez.
Jimenez ducks under a wild hook from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki avoids the body shot from Jimenez.
Jimenez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jimenez connects with a jab.
Nagasaki misses with a straight right.
Jimenez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jimenez lands a body shot.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nagasaki throws a hook but Jimenez blocks it.
Jimenez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Nagasaki. Those never looked like landing.
Nagasaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagasaki moves out of range as Jimenez strikes.
Jimenez misses with a hook. Nagasaki ducked under it nicely.
Jimenez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nagasaki let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jimenez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nagasaki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jimenez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nagasaki. Jimenez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nagasaki lands with an uppercut that bounces Jimenez off the cage and back into range.
Jimenez staying out of range there.
Nagasaki is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nagasaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A slow jab from Nagasaki misses its intended target.

Jimenez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jimenez lands in his opponent's guard.

Nagasaki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jimenez drops back looking for a leg! Nagasaki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nagasaki manages to kick Jimenez off! Jimenez jumps back into Nagasaki's guard.
Jimenez slips nicely into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diogo Jimenez 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.

Jimenez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagasaki.
Jimenez scores with a shot to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a looping left.
Jimenez throws a hook but Nagasaki avoids it easily.
Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nagasaki.
Jimenez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nagasaki misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Jimenez misses its intended target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jimenez.
Jimenez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jimenez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jimenez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagasaki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Nagasaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nagasaki.
Jimenez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jimenez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jimenez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki misses with a straight right.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nagasaki swings widly with a right hand
and Jimenez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nagasaki's knee momentarily.
Nagasaki looks to land a left hand but Jimenez moved out of range nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Nagasaki. Those never looked like landing.
Jimenez moves out of range of the strikes.

Jimenez feints and as Nagasaki raises his hands in defense, Jimenez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nagasaki looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jimenez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nagasaki wants to get back to full guard but Jimenez has passed into side control.

Jimenez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Jimenez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nagasaki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jimenez wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Nagasaki is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jimenez's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Jimenez! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Nagasaki has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Diogo Jimenez!
Diogo Jimenez retains his featherweight title!
Diogo Jimenez bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.