PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ippo Makunouchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nahna Notorious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Makunouchi
vs
Notorious

170 cm
22
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ippo Makunouchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nahna Notorious!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Notorious lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Notorious looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Makunouchi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Notorious but Notorious pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Notorious tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makunouchi was well out of range. Poor timing from Notorious.
Makunouchi misses with a low kick.
Makunouchi wants to clinch up but Notorious keeps it at a distance.
Makunouchi tries to clinch up but Notorious circles away and keeps his distance.
Notorious scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Makunouchi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makunouchi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Notorious sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Makunouchi somewhat.
Notorious lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makunouchi circles away quickly and effectively.
Makunouchi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Makunouchi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Notorious counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Makunouchi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Notorious sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Makunouchi defending well though.
Notorious drops an elbow to the side of Makunouchi's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Notorious takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Makunouchi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Notorious.
Notorious controlling the pace.
Notorious throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Makunouchi is breathing heavily.
Notorious is controlling the pace.
Notorious not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Notorious controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Notorious throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Notorious looks to land a strike but Makunouchi avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Notorious postures up and lands a big shot to Makunouchi's brow.
Notorious trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Notorious tries to free his leg and advance position but Makunouchi is retaining full guard.
Notorious controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Notorious throwing strikes from guard but Makunouchi blocks nicely.
Notorious's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Nahna Notorious.

Notorious scores with a takedown into Makunouchi's guard.
Notorious passes Makunouchi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Notorious throwing shots but Makunouchi is blocking nicely.
Notorious with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Notorious missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Notorious in particular looking to stall.
Notorious working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nahna Notorious dominated that round.
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.

Notorious works over Makunouchi's head and body with a nice combination.

Notorious drives through and clinches with Makunouchi against the cage.
A short left from Notorious.
Notorious stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Notorious lands a body shot in the clinch.
Notorious lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Notorious.
Makunouchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Notorious gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Makunouchi has hold of Notorious's hands but Notorious slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Notorious is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Notorious not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Notorious performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Makunouchi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makunouchi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Notorious.
Notorious lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Makunouchi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Notorious drops an elbow to the side of Makunouchi's head.
Notorious is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Notorious drops an elbow to the side of Makunouchi's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Notorious working Makunouchi over with strikes.
Makunouchi has hold of Notorious's hands but Notorious slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Notorious seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Notorious thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Notorious performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Notorious working over Makunouchi with some ground and pound. Makunouchi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Notorious working over Makunouchi with some ground and pound. Makunouchi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Notorious throwing shots but Makunouchi is blocking nicely.
Notorious tries to pass the half guard into mount. Makunouchi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Notorious thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Makunouchi's head.
Well, if Notorious is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Notorious winds up and cracks Makunouchi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Makunouchi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Notorious.
Notorious passes to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Notorious breaks from Makunouchi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Notorious has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Makunouchi's face.
The referee warns Makunouchi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Notorious lands a big shot there that rocks Makunouchi but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Makunouchi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Makunouchi taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Notorious controlling the pace for now.
Notorious prevents Makunouchi from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nahna Notorious showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Notorious lands the left hand.
Notorious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Notorious scores with the left hand. Makunouchi knows he should have avoided that one.
Makunouchi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Notorious counters with a right hand to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Notorious.
Notorious moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Notorious.
Makunouchi throws a leg kick
and Notorious counters with a series of strikes. Makunouchi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Makunouchi tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Notorious counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Notorious.
Notorious lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Makunouchi is trying to break the clinch but Notorious has him pressed against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Notorious.
Makunouchi takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Notorious stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Notorious lands a body punch.
Notorious lands a knee to the body.
Notorious lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Notorious tightens his grip and picks Makunouchi up, before dumping him to the ground. Makunouchi manages to land in guard.
Notorious throws a big right hand that misses.
Makunouchi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Notorious is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Notorious lands a couple of digs.
Notorious loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Notorious in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Notorious stays in close to Makunouchi's body and controls the position.
Notorious working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Notorious controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Notorious has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Notorious chips away with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi has momentary wrist control but Notorious slips an elbow through the middle.
Notorious is working Makunouchi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Notorious with a nice head shot there.
Notorious lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Notorious makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Notorious stands up over Makunouchi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Notorious throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Notorious lands a couple of elbows.
Notorious with a nice head shot there.
Notorious postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makunouchi working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Notorious.
Notorious has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Notorious passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by Notorious.
Notorious slows the pace down.
Makunouchi taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ippo Makunouchi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Notorious working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Notorious scores with a couple of short elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nahna Notorious comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Notorious 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 25:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nahna Notorious!