PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nagatsuki Hideki (ranked 3328 p4p, 3292 weight class) and Caius Marius (ranked 410 p4p, 406 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hideki
vs
Marius

183 cm
19
174
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nagatsuki Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Caius Marius!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Hideki misses.
Nagatsuki Hideki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hideki digs a good body shot into Marius's ribs.
Marius staying out of range there.
As Hideki backs off Marius throws a huge counter combo but Hideki manages to avoid it all.
Hideki throws a poor cross that misses

and Marius moves into the clinch.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marius can't find room to land a body shot as Hideki controls the action.
Marius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Hideki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marius working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hideki misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Hideki.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hideki throws a head punch that misses.
Hideki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki lands with a left to the head.
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki misses with a body punch.
Marius presses Hideki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marius lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Marius.
Marius lands a hook that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Marius digs a right hand into Hideki's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hideki's gas tank.
Marius lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marius's coach down at GWad's Playpen was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Marius's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hideki digs a right hand into Marius's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marius's gas tank.
Marius prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Marius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hideki blocks an uppercut.
Marius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marius lands a hook that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marius scores with a shoulder strike.
Hideki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marius lands a nice uppercut.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marius blocking some punches.
Marius lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marius blocking some punches.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hideki throws a head punch that misses.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marius tries to work over Hideki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hideki tries to work over Marius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hideki tries a body shot but Marius blocks it.
Marius scores with a shot to the side of Hideki's head.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Marius.
Hideki takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Marius.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.
Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marius's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Hideki.
Marius controlling the action here for a moment.
Marius blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Marius.
Hideki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hideki tries a body shot but Marius blocks it.
Hideki throws an elbow but it misses.
Marius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Marius.
Marius working aggressively here.
Hideki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki.
Marius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Marius blocks an uppercut.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki blocks an uppercut.
Marius lands a nice shot to the body.
Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marius scores with a shoulder strike.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marius is working Hideki over against the cage.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marius's elbow.
Marius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hideki misses with some punches.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marius blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Caius Marius will probably get the nod.
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.

Decent striking displayed by Marius there.

Marius clinches.
Hideki misses with the head strike.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hideki tries a body shot but Marius blocks it.
Marius blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hideki misses with an elbow over the top.
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marius presses Hideki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Marius.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marius's elbow.
Hideki letting Marius take a breather here.
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marius throws a punch but it's blocked by Hideki.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki tries a body shot but Marius blocks it.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Hideki.
Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marius's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marius's elbow.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hideki misses with some punches.
Hideki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marius throws a punch but it's blocked by Hideki.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hideki.
Marius blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Marius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki misses with some punches.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Marius.
Marius tries to work over Hideki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marius lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marius lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki cracks Marius with a nice body shot.
Marius misses with the head strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Marius lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marius's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hideki has a couple of punches blocked by Marius.
Marius misses with a punch to the body.
Marius throws a punch but it's blocked by Hideki.
Marius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.
Hideki blocking some punches.
Hideki misses with an elbow strike.
Hideki takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marius.
Marius lands with a left to the head.
Marius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Hideki.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marius.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki.
Marius lands with a right to the head.
Marius lands with a right to the head.
Hideki misses with an elbow over the top.
Hideki misses with some punches.
Marius lands a hook that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Marius scores with a shoulder strike.
Marius prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Nice body punch from Marius - that landed with a thud.
Hideki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Marius.
Marius misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hideki.
A right hook to the body lands for Marius.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hideki has a couple of punches blocked by Marius.
Caius Marius seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Marius tries to work over Hideki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marius blocks a body shot from Hideki.
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Marius controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Caius Marius will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hideki throws a jab when Marius was well out of range.
Hideki takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good standup being displayed there by Marius as he connects with a hook.
Hideki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marius connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hideki scrambles back to his feet.
Hideki moves out of range of the strikes.
Marius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hideki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hideki throws a hook but Marius avoids it easily.
Marius misses with an uppercut. Hideki saw that one coming.
Hideki throws a lazy uppercut
and Marius cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hideki misses the shot to the body.
Marius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hideki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Marius connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marius swings for the body but Hideki moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Marius gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Hideki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mariuss head.
Still in the clinch, Marius scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marius swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hideki works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki misses with a body punch.
Marius stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hideki.
Marius stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marius misses with a body punch.
Marius lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marius scores with a hook to the body.
Hideki throws a head punch that misses.
Nagatsuki Hideki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Marius.
Marius scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hideki tries to work over Marius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hideki misses with the head strike.
Hideki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marius.
Marius blocks an uppercut.
Marius blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marius working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Marius.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Marius.
Marius lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Marius as the two fighters clinch.
Marius digs a right hand underneath Hideki's ribcage. Hideki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marius lands with a light punch inside.
Hideki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marius displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hideki up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Caius Marius is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marius works on Hideki's body with a couple of short punches.
Marius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marius misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marius lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.
Hideki tries a body shot but Marius blocks it.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hideki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marius blocking some punches.
Marius lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hideki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marius just leaning against Hideki, taking a breather.
Marius tries a body shot but Hideki blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Marius.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Marius.
Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki tries a body shot but Marius blocks it.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hideki fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marius blocking some punches.
Hideki working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marius.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caius Marius comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marius has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Caius Marius!