PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Graeme Carty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaisuke Nakasone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carty comes to the cage accompanied by Sandman. Nakasone has chosen Limp Bizkit- Break stuff as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Carty
vs
Nakasone

178 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Graeme Carty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kaisuke Nakasone!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakasone misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carty connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nakasone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carty.
Nakasone throws a head kick that Carty semi-blocks.
No luck for Carty with that takedown attempt.
Nakasone throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carty avoids the head kick by Nakasone.
Carty throws a lazy right hand but Nakasone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nakasone throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Carty closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nakasone circles away.
Nakasone lands with a kick to the temple. Carty shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carty misses with a series of wild punches.
Nakasone lands with a kick to the temple. Carty shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nakasone displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Carty.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Graeme Carty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nakasone lands with a slapping head kick.

Carty 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.

Nakasone looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nakasone working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nakasone throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nakasone working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carty.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nakasone preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Nakasone is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Carty distracts Nakasone with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Carty sitting in guard here, content to control.
Carty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carty is working Nakasone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carty has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carty cracks Nakasone with a solid left hand.
Carty trying to control the position from guard on top but Nakasone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carty throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carty with a flurry of punches that miss.

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

Carty avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Nakasone looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Carty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Carty knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nakasone on the ground.
Carty lands a couple of elbows.
Carty looking to pass the guard.
Carty stands up over Nakasone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carty stands up over Nakasone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carty is in close to Nakasone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carty not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Carty trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Carty got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nakasone has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Carty has managed to get both his arms back between Nakasone's legs - danger averted.

Nakasone escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Carty gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Carty wants to control from the top but Nakasone keeps moving.
Carty makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Carty works over Nakasone with some ground and pound from guard.
Carty trying to control but Nakasone is working from the bottom.

Nakasone has his foot on Carty's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Carty works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carty working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Carty stands up over Nakasone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carty connects with a couple of short punches.
Carty keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nakasone's head.
Carty tries to free his leg and advance position but Nakasone is retaining full guard.
Carty is working Nakasone over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Carty trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carty wants to pass the guard but Nakasone is keeping the position.
Carty scoring with punches to the head and body.
Carty scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carty chips away with some ground and pound.
Carty tries to free his leg and advance position but Nakasone is retaining full guard.
Carty lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Carty with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Graeme Carty 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.

Nakasone scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nakasone throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Carty.
Carty fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nakasone avoids it really well and circles away.
Carty takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Carty tries to score a power double leg takedown but Nakasone sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Carty somewhat.

Carty looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Nakasone is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Carty defends well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Nakasone has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Carty can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Carty content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nakasone is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nakasone is breathing heavily.
Carty postures up and lands a big shot to Nakasone's brow.
Nakasone wants to control the position but Carty says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Carty working Nakasone over with strikes.
Carty lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carty lands a nice short elbow.
Carty takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Carty trying to mount his opponent but Nakasone defends it.
Carty looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nakasone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carty scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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!
Nice strikes from Carty there.
Carty lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakasone taking some punishment here, with Carty in his half guard.
Nakasone moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Nakasone is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nakasone looking to control.
Carty scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Carty content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Carty lands a couple of elbows.
Carty postures up and lands a big shot to Nakasone's brow.
Carty chips away with some ground and pound.
Carty landing some decent shots from guard.

Nakasone looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carty lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carty stands up over Nakasone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carty scoring with some ground and pound.

Nakasone escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Carty gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Carty is in close to Nakasone's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carty connects with a couple of short punches.
Carty scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Carty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Graeme Carty overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carty stands up over Nakasone, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Carty has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Nakasone to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Carty is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Nakasone pulls down on the head and he's put Carty to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kaisuke Nakasone!
A very excited looking Kaisuke Nakasone rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.