PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ikuhisa Minowa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Izy Nakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Minowa
vs
Nakata

185 cm
22
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ikuhisa Minowa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Izy Nakata!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakata slips a jab and a cross from Minowa.
Nakata clobbers Minowa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Minowa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nakata. Nakata obviously looking to wear him down.
Nakata slips a jab and a cross from Minowa.

Minowa looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Minowa trying to control but Nakata is working from the bottom.
Minowa throwing strikes from guard but Nakata blocks nicely.
Nakata looking to hit a scissor sweep but Minowa is one step ahead there.

Nakata looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Minowa drops back, looking for a kneebar! Nakata looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Nakata looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Nakata!
Minowa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Minowa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakata tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Minowa gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Nakata moves nicely into side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nakata trying to control the position but Minowa is working away.
Minowa stops Nakata from passing to mount.
Minowa struggling a bit here.
Minowa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Minowa tries to get out of the position.
Check out the look on Nakata's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
You can see the frustration on Minowa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Minowa tries to improve position but can't.
Minowa is breathing heavily.
Nakata is looking to take a break and control but Minowa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nakata tries for a kimura but Minowa is defending well.
Minowa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nakata wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Minowa manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Minowa gets back to full guard.
Minowa wants to sweep but no luck.
Minowa keeping full guard, as Nakata tries to pass.

Nakata drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nakata jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nakata pushing down on Minowa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nakata frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minowa is trying to escape the mount.
Nakata breaks from Minowa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Minowa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nakata trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Minowa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Minowa holds on to Nakata as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Minowa is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Nakata looking for a guillotine from mount but Minowa is having none of it.
Minowa is desperately trying to improve his position but Nakata has a good base and remains in mount.
Minowa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nakata on the ground.

Nakata is going olschool here, as he tries to force Minowa to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Minowa shrugs it off.
Nakata in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Minowa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Minowa is working hard here to advance position.
Minowa tries to lock up and control but Nakata gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Minowa is working to get back to half guard.
Nakata pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nakata lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Nakata is working for a guillotine from mount but Minowa frees his head quite easily.
Minowa working to try and regain half guard.
Nakata trying to control but Minowa is having none of it.
Minowa can't escape the position.
Nakata tries to control but Minowa wriggling away.

Nakata has control of Minowa's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Minowa regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Nakata has hold of Minowa's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Minowa manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Minowa working to try and regain half guard.
Nakata is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Minowa blocking the ground and pound.
Minowa regains half guard.
Minowa trying to control here.
Minowa flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Minowa is refusing to be controlled, as Nakata sits in half guard.
Nakata is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Nakata works his way into side control.
Minowa is looking for a sweep.
Minowa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Nakata trying to control from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Minowa wants to pass the guard but Nakata is defending well.
Nakata is not content to let Minowa control the position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nakata trying to hold on to Minowa's head to control him but Minowa postures up.

Nakata actively working from the bottom here.
Nakata wants to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nakata showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Minowa.
Ikuhisa Minowa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakata stuffs the takedown attempt from Minowa. Minowa gets slowly back to his feet.
Nakata looks to land a combination. Minowa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Minowa scores with a one two! Nakata had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nakata will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Minowa misses with a double jab.
Nakata throws a right and a left that both miss.
Minowa misses with the combination.
Minowa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Minowa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ikuhisa Minowa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minowa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Minowa swings for the body but Nakata moves out of range.

Nakata drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Nakata works to advance to full mount. Minowa defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Nakata landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nakata looking to control but Minowa is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Minowa regains half guard.
Minowa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nakata wants to control from the top but Minowa keeps moving.
Nakata works a leg free and moves into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Izy Nakata dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Nakata swinging wilding here.
Minowa misses with the combination.
Nakata avoids a punch combination nicely.
Minowa throws a series of punches but Nakata moves out of range.
Nakata scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nakata scores with a decent looking hook.

Nakata shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nakata showed some decent athleticism there.
Nakata has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Minowa is desperately trying to improve his position but Nakata has a good base and remains in mount.
Nakata controlling from mount.

Nakata looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minowa tries to hold on but Nakata postures up.
Minowa is wriggling around trying to escape.
Izy Nakata has got the better of the ground game so far.

Nakata has control of Minowa's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Minowa regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Nakata looking to finish with strikes here!
Minowa tries to reverse the position but Nakata maintains control.
Minowa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Minowa is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Nakata working for a submission but Minowa is keeping him at bay.
Minowa is working to get back to half guard.
Nakata looking to finish with strikes here!

Nakata is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Minowa is surviving well by controlling Nakata's body position as best he can.
Nakata prevents Minowa from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minowa tries to lock up and control but Nakata gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Minowa is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Nakata locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Minowa is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Izy Nakata!