PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Katsumi Nasu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brah At Hammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nasu comes into the arena with Shura no Hana blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nasu
vs
At Hammed

202 cm
27
280 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

190 cm
26
265 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Katsumi Nasu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brah At Hammed!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
At Hammed throws a head kick that misses.
Nasu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping At Hammed at a distance.

At Hammed decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nasu is refusing to be controlled, as At Hammed sits in half guard.

At Hammed seems to be looking for submissions.
At Hammed works his foot free and advances to mount.

At Hammed is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
At Hammed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

At Hammed shoots in and gets a takedown into Nasu's guard.
At Hammed trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nasu's guard.
At Hammed wants to control from the top but Nasu keeps moving.

At Hammed is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nasu is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nasu has escaped and now he's on top!

At Hammed looking for a guillotine here but Nasu defends easily.
Nasu wants to stand but At Hammed has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nasu wants to stand but At Hammed has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
At Hammed wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nasu looking to pass the guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brah At Hammed was stalling too much, according to the referee.
A big right from Nasu misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nasu throws a big shot that misses.
At Hammed tries to clinch up but Nasu circles away and keeps his distance.
At Hammed rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nasu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
At Hammed ducks right into an uppercut from Nasu.
At Hammed throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nasu's head.
At Hammed slips under a jab.
At Hammed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
At Hammed doesn't manage to clinch there - Nasu circles away.
At Hammed throws a lazy head kick
and Nasu counters with a two punch combo.
At Hammed tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
At Hammed avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nasu lands with a hook. At Hammed tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nasu displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Brah At Hammed has been cut.
At Hammed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
At Hammed will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nasu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
At Hammed tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nasu was well out of range. Poor timing from At Hammed.
Nasu connects with a good right hand that stumbles At Hammed. At Hammed circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Nasu. No joy for At Hammed on that attempt.
Nasu moves out of range of the body kick from At Hammed.
Nasu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nasu throws a hook but At Hammed avoids it easily.
Nasu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nasu leaves At Hammed with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Katsumi Nasu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brah At Hammed.
At Hammed looks winded!
Nasu shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. At Hammed eats them both and turns towards Nasu to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nasu. At Hammed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nasu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nasu steps in with a hook that catches At Hammed right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Nasu follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! At Hammed looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Katsumi Nasu!
After the big win, Katsumi Nasu made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Xtreme Merchandise and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.