PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robbi Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nakamura
vs
Vera

188 cm
21
170 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

185 cm
24
175 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Australian Xtreme - 159 Energy!

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robbi Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Vera!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura fails to land the takedown.

Vera gets a takedown into half guard.
Vera is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Vera lands with a punch from half guard.
Nakamura trying to control here.
Nakamura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Vera moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Nakamura.
Nakamura sneaks back into half guard.
Nakamura avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vera.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nakamura looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Vera pushes past his half guard into mount!
Nakamura throwing hammer fists to the chest of Vera. What's that going to do exactly?
Vera scoring with strikes but Nakamura is staying in there.
Vera lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Vera with the ground and pound from mount.

It looks like Robbi Nakamura has been cut.
Vera can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nakamura is looking to escape.
Vera scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Robbi Nakamura's cut is getting worse.
Vera has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Nakamura's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vera lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nakamura hang on?
Vera looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Vera scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Vera lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Nakamura is rocked!

Robbi Nakamura's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Vera connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oh Nakamura is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jeez, Robbi Nakamura's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Robbi Nakamura's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marco Vera!