PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ken Nagasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kano Jigoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kano Jigoro has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Nagasaki
vs
Jigoro

168 cm
21
139 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

158 cm
24
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ken Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kano Jigoro!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nagasaki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jigoro just leaning against Nagasaki, taking a breather.
Jigoro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Jigoro tightens his grip and picks Nagasaki up, before dumping him to the ground. Nagasaki manages to land in guard.
Jigoro passes into half guard.

Nagasaki makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Nagasaki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Nagasaki clinches up against the cage.
Nagasaki has had enough of the clinch but Jigoro keeps him there for the moment.
Nagasaki trying to stall but Jigoro improves his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jigoro has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nagasaki after a bit of a struggle.

Jigoro manages to break the clinch.
Nagasaki lands with a kick to the temple. Jigoro shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Nagasaki feints and as Jigoro raises his hands in defense, Nagasaki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Jigoro pushes Nagasaki off and scrambles back to his feet.
Nagasaki shoots in for a takedown but Jigoro shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nagasaki scores with a leg kick.
Jigoro stuffs the takedown attempt from Nagasaki. Nagasaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Jigoro wants to counter with a clinch but Nagasaki pushes him away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jigoro clinches up against the cage.
Nagasaki drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jigoro pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Nagasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jigoro closes the distance and clinches.
Jigoro effectively controlling the action here.
Nagasaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Jigoro has double underhooks.

Jigoro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nagasaki bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jigoro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ken Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jigoro rushes Nagasaki and presses him up against the cage.
Nagasaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nagasaki wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jigoro has Nagasaki pushed against the cage.
Nagasaki tries to circle away but Jigoro has him pinned against the cage.
Nagasaki is trying to break the clinch but Jigoro is controlling him.

Jigoro has picked Nagasaki up - he's going for a ride! Jigoro dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Nagasaki has one foot on Jigoro's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Nagasaki fails with a takedown attempt.
Nagasaki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jigoro closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jigoro lands in his opponent's guard.

Nagasaki kicks Jigoro off and gets to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki thuds his shin into the meat of Jigoro's side.
Nagasaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nagasaki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jigoro on the side of the head.

Jigoro forces Nagasaki back against the cage and clinches.
Nagasaki wants to get back to striking at distance but Jigoro won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Nagasaki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nagasaki stalks Jigoro and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jigoro's face. Jigoro staggers backwards, shaken.

Nagasaki drives through and clinches with Jigoro against the cage.
Nagasaki has had enough of the clinch but Jigoro keeps him there for the moment.
Nagasaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Nagasaki fails to land.
Jigoro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nagasaki's efforts to push away.
Nagasaki is trying to pull guard but Jigoro turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki tries to break the clinch but Jigoro is controlling the position.

Jigoro has hold of one of Nagasaki's legs. Nagasaki is fighting the takedown attempt but Jigoro gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Jigoro stays in close to Nagasaki's body and controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jigoro wants to pass the guard but Nagasaki is keeping the position.
Nagasaki working a defensive guard here.
Ken Nagasaki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jigoro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nagasaki keeping moving, preventing Jigoro from controlling successfully.
Nagasaki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nagasaki knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jigoro on the ground.
Nagasaki being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Nagasaki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A punch lands to the side of Jigoro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nagasaki lands with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Nagasaki scores with a four punch combination!
Nagasaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Jigoro moves into the clinch successfully.

Jigoro has Nagasaki pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jigoro pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Nagasaki tumbling to the mat - Jigoro dives into Nagasaki's guard.
Jigoro showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jigoro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jigoro not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jigoro looking to pass the guard.
Jigoro is looking to work some ground and pound but Nagasaki has wrist control.
Jigoro sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nagasaki's guard.
Jigoro sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Nagasaki wants to control but Jigoro is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Nagasaki has one foot on Jigoro's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jigoro misses with a head kick.
Nagasaki throws a head kick that misses

and Jigoro counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jigoro working some strikes from top position.
Jigoro is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Jigoro passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jigoro takes a little break here. Nagasaki wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Nagasaki sneaks back into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jigoro passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kano Jigoro will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Jigoro moves into the clinch successfully.
Nagasaki is trying to push Jigoro away but Jigoro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Jigoro lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jigoro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nagasaki won't allow Jigoro to pass to mount.
Nagasaki is trying to control but Jigoro passes into side control!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki pushes Jigoro away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jigoro gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Jigoro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Jigoro is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nagasaki has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki is looking for a sweep.

Jigoro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jigoro controlling from side mount.
Jigoro wants to control but Nagasaki is keeping him busy.
Nagasaki is trying to escape the position but Jigoro is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jigoro trying to control the position but Nagasaki is working away.
Jigoro controlling from side mount.

Jigoro decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Nagasaki throws a head kick but Jigoro moves out of range.
Nagasaki connects with a leg kick. Jigoro looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nagasaki scores with a head kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nagasaki or perhaps it was just good defense by Jigoro, which made it look bad.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jigoro takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jigoro shoots in and bounces Nagasaki off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jigoro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jigoro stands and throws Nagasaki's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jigoro throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

Jigoro is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Nagasaki is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Jigoro has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Nagasaki is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Jigoro yanks on the arm and Nagasaki is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Jigoro.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kano Jigoro!