PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrese Horn (ranked 3959 p4p, 2430 weight class) and Nakamura Nabuzake (ranked 420 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakamura Nabuzake will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Horn
vs
Nabuzake

188 cm
25
170
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
180
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrese Horn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nakamura Nabuzake!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horn takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nabuzake throws a body shot but no joy.
Horn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nabuzake is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Nabuzake clinches up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nabuzake.
Horn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nabuzake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nabuzake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Horn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nabuzake.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nabuzake.
Nabuzake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Tyrese Horn has been cut.
Nabuzake's coach down at Cozad MMA Helsinki was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Nabuzake's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Horn is breathing heavily.
Nabuzake crunches a lovely knee into Horn's ribcage.
Nabuzake is stalling here.
Nabuzake connects with a nasty looking knee right to Horn's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nabuzake will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Horn up against the cage.
Nabuzake's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Nabuzake as the two fighters clinch.
Nabuzake lands a nice knee to the body.
Horn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Horn takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nabuzake takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nabuzake connects with a knee to the head.
Nabuzake connects with a knee to the head.
Nabuzake putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Horn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Horn tries to break the clinch but Nabuzake is controlling the position.
Nabuzake lands a knee to the body.
Horn takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nabuzake stalls.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabuzake manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nabuzake continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Nabuzake lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Horn is rocked!
Nabuzake jerks Horn's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Horn drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Nabuzake goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Nabuzake because Horn was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Nakamura Nabuzake!