PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Blevins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hideki Nakamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Blevins
vs
Nakamoto

200 cm
21
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Rattler Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Elijah Blevins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hideki Nakamoto!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamoto is looking to clinch.
Blevins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nakamoto lands with a nice body punch.
Nakamoto blocks a head kick by Blevins.
Blevins misses the jab.
Nakamoto dodges the punch combination from Blevins.
Nakamoto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blevins swivels and escapes.

Nakamoto instigates a clinch.
Nakamoto prevents Blevins from breaking the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nakamoto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Nakamoto breaks the clinch.
Blevins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Blevins is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Nakamoto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nakamoto digs a right hand underneath Blevins's ribcage. Blevins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nakamoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Nakamoto as the two fighters clinch.
Nakamoto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Nakamoto - that landed with a thud.
Nakamoto lands a body shot.
Nakamoto lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Nakamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Nakamoto scores with a nice short uppercut.

Nakamoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Nakamoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blevins, pushing him back against the cage.

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

Nakamoto moves into the clinch.
Nakamoto gets through Blevins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nakamoto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nakamoto darts in and clinches Blevins up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nakamoto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nakamoto lands a nice uppercut.
Blevins tries to break free but Nakamoto pushes him back against the cage.
Blevins tries to break the clinch but Nakamoto is controlling the position.
Nakamoto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Nakamoto breaks from the clinch.
Whack! Nakamoto lands a heavy head kick that drops Blevins. The ref tackles Nakamoto to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Blevins was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Hideki Nakamoto!