PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shunsuke Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Nakamura
vs
Do

182 cm
23
174 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shunsuke Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Do!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Do has Nakamura up against the cage in a clinch.
Nakamura scores with a shot to the side of Do's head.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nakamura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Do lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Shunsuke Nakamura has been cut.
Nakamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do taking a breather.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Do creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nakamura's defenses.
Nakamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Nakamura looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Nakamura is trying to stall.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Knees in the clinch landing for Do.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
Do working Nakamura over with knees to the body.
Do lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Do working Nakamura over with knees to the body.
Do using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nakamura is breathing heavily.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Do lands a nice elbow.
Nakamura is leaning against Do and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Do blocks a body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Do.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nakamura - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Do landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nakamura.
Do throws an elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nakamura misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Do blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Do missing with knees to the body.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura blocks an elbow strike from Do.
Knees in the clinch landing for Do.
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Do lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
Nakamura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamura avoiding damage.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nakamura - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura being controlled against the cage.
Do blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nakamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nakamura stalling in the clinch.
Do misses with a knee strike.
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!
Nakamura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands with a left to the head.
Do using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nakamura has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Do.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do letting Nakamura take a breather here.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamura looking to stall.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Nakamura tries to throw a body punch but Do avoids it by throwing Nakamura back against the cage.
Nakamura stalling in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Nakamura is blocking nicely.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Nakamura landing knees to the head.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Nakamura.
Nakamura tries a body shot but Do blocks it.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Nakamura has Do pushed against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura avoids the elbow strike from Do, against the cage.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but Nakamura blocks with his arms.
Nakamura is trying to stall.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamura fails to land.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with an elbow strike.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura misses with a knee to the head.
Nakamura has Do pushed against the cage.
Do throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nakamura lands with a right to the head.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
A short left from Nakamura.
Do lands a good knee to the midsection. Nakamura won't want to take too many of those.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nakamura manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Nakamura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce Do will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shunsuke Nakamura's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nakamura gets tackled into the cage by Do. Do maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Do.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nakamura.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Do prevents a body shot from Nakamura.
Do tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Nakamura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Do blocks it with crossed arms.
Bruce Do seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as Do controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Do.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Nakamura pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nakamura misses with some punches.
Nakamura lands with a left to the head.
Do throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Do is stalling here.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura lands with a left to the head.
Nakamura misses with a body punch.
Nakamura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nakamura has Do pushed against the cage.
Nakamura tries a knee to the head but Do blocks it.
Do lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do with a knee to the head.
Do is breathing heavily.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nakamura as Do tries to tie him up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Do working Nakamura over with knees to the body.
Nakamura is trying to stall.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Do.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nakamura scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura trying to control the position but instead, Do has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nakamura into the cage.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Do missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nakamura lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura blocks an elbow strike from Do.
Nakamura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nakamura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Do is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Do to work.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamura stalls.
Nakamura lands a nice uppercut.
Nakamura trying to control the position but instead, Do has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nakamura into the cage.
Do lands a damaging elbow.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Nakamura is blocking nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Do obliges.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Do.
Nakamura is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura is trying to maintain a safe position but Do gets an underhook and turns Nakamura into the cage.
Do missing with knees to the body.
Nakamura misses with some punches.
Nakamura is trying to stall.
The referee calls for Nakamura to work.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Do controls his hands.
Do looking to throw knees to the head but Nakamura is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Do landing knees to the body.
Nakamura scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nakamura stalling in the clinch but Do improves position.
Do blocks an uppercut.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Nakamura lands with a right to the head.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nakamura.
A left hand lands to the body for Nakamura.
A right handed body shot lands from Nakamura.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura taking a breather.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Do.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura trying to control the position but instead, Do has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nakamura into the cage.
Do throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nakamura blocks it with crossed arms.
Nakamura gets through Do's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura takes a knee right on the jaw!
Do missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nakamura misses with some punches.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura pushes Do back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nakamura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Do misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura digs a right hand into Do's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Do's gas tank.
Nakamura misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nakamura works on Do's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamura fails to land.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Nakamura avoiding damage as Do throws knees to the body.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a right hand.
Do trying to land knees to the body.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nakamura avoids it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Do as Nakamura tries to tie him up.
Nice body punch from Nakamura - that landed with a thud.
Do missing with knees to the body.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nakamura missing with knees to the body.
Nakamura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Do is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shunsuke Nakamura.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Shunsuke Nakamura!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Shunsuke Nakamura!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Bruce Do!

Shunsuke Nakamura wins by split decision!