PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kato Munechika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieto's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bullet the Blue Sky. Munechika is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Requiem for a Dream. This should be fireworks!

Nieto
vs
Munechika

170 cm
23
162 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

173 cm
27
160 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

5th Round Clothing

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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexandre Nieto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kato Munechika!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munechika stuffs the takedown.

Nieto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nieto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Munechika's head.
Nieto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nieto distracts Munechika with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nieto throws a big elbow that misses.
Nieto postures up in Munechika's guard and throws a big left but Munechika blocks it.
Nieto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nieto is looking to work some ground and pound but Munechika has wrist control.
Munechika looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Munechika keeping full guard, as Nieto tries to pass.

Munechika has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nieto can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nieto wants to control from the top but Munechika keeps moving.
Nieto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nieto works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Nieto seems to be looking for submissions.
Nieto uses his free foot to push down on Munechika's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Munechika.
Nieto throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Munechika is looking to escape.
Nieto has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Munechika's face.
Nieto raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Poor strikes thrown by Nieto there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Nieto punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nieto landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nieto landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nieto lands a heavy elbow.
Nieto lands a heavy elbow.
Nieto landing strikes from the mount.
Nieto unloading with bombs!
Nieto sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nieto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nieto scoring with strikes but Munechika is staying in there.
Nieto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Munechika is rocked!
Nieto working Munechika over with strikes here.
Nieto throws some wild stikes that Munechika manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munechika working to try and regain half guard.
Nieto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Nieto swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Munechika is now in Nieto's guard. A big mistake from Nieto there, giving up the dominant position!
Munechika landing some decent shots from guard.

Nieto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Munechika defends well.
Munechika trying to control the position from guard on top but Nieto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Munechika tries to free his leg and advance position but Nieto is retaining full guard.
Munechika stopping the sweep attempt from Nieto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Nieto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Nieto shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Nieto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Munechika can do to turn this around?
Nieto working the ground and pound effectively.
Munechika tries to hold on but Nieto pushes him away.
Nieto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Munechika looks a forlorn figure.

It looks like Kato Munechika has been cut.
Nieto postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Munechika looks a forlorn figure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Nieto is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Munechika has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Munechika!
Munechika trying to control the position from guard on top but Nieto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Munechika is one step ahead there.
Nieto keeping moving, preventing Munechika from controlling successfully.

Munechika got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nieto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Munechika has managed to get both his arms back between Nieto's legs - danger averted.
Munechika with a flurry of punches that miss.
Munechika pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nieto is keeping the position for now.

Munechika avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Munechika postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nieto has his foot on Munechika's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Munechika works his way back into a safe position though.
Munechika preventing the sweep.
Munechika trying to control but Nieto is working from the bottom.
Munechika tries to stand but Nieto is controlling from the bottom.

Munechika stands up from Nieto's guard - Munechika perhaps looking for a knockout.
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!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Nieto.
Nieto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Munechika is fending him off so far but Nieto persists. Nope, Munechika circles away and we're back to standing.
Nieto shoots in for a takedown but Munechika shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexandre Nieto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Munechika misses with a low kick.
Nieto has a takedown stuffed.
Munechika throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto shoots in and drives through. Munechika sprawls well.

Munechika forces Nieto back against the cage and clinches.
Nieto wants to get back to striking at distance but Munechika won't allow it.
Nieto is trying to pull guard but Munechika turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Munechika lands an uppercut.

Munechika breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Munechika misses with a hook.
Nieto misses with a takedown attempt
and Munechika makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nieto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No luck for Nieto with that takedown attempt.
Munechika scores with a hook to the body. Nieto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kato Munechika is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nieto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nieto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nieto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Munechika can pounce on him.
Nieto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Munechika counters with a solid body kick.
Nieto takes one on the button.
Nieto walks into a jab.
Munechika scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Munechika scoring well with a low kick there.
Munechika lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Munechika fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nieto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Munechika swinging wildly here.
Munechika fakes the leg kick and cracks Nieto in the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nieto takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nieto takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kato Munechika showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kato Munechika's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nieto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Munechika is fending him off so far but Nieto persists. Nope, Munechika circles away and we're back to standing.
Munechika looks to land a left hand but Nieto moved out of range nicely.
Munechika throws a hook to the side of Nieto's head but Nieto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Munechika scores with a jab to the head.
Munechika throws a sloppy head kick and Nieto moves out of range easily.

Nieto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Alexandre Nieto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Nieto is working for a submission of some sort.
Munechika is looking for a sweep. Nieto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nieto is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Nieto trying to control from half guard but Munechika is working away.
Nieto passes to full mount!
Nieto unloads with some shots from mount but Munechika bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munechika avoids a series of strikes thrown by Nieto.
Nieto throws some wild stikes that Munechika manages to avoid easily.
Munechika is in all sorts of trouble here.

Nieto looking to isolate an arm here. Munechika doesn't see it coming and as Nieto extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Nieto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alexandre Nieto!
A pretty intense looking Alexandre Nieto took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.