PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muli Bar (ranked 4186 p4p, 4155 weight class) and Tetsuo Nakaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bar
vs
Nakaya

189 cm
20
170
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
174
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid 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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muli Bar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tetsuo Nakaya!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakaya shoots and misses
and Bar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nakaya's knee momentarily.

Nakaya feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Bar wriggles free and stands up.
Bar tries to clinch there but Nakaya circles away.
Bar shoots in and drives through. Nakaya sprawls well.
Nakaya shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bar defends it nicely.
Nakaya takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakaya fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bar avoids it really well and circles away.
Bar throws a quick counter head kick but Nakaya was just out of range.
Muli Bar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tetsuo Nakaya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakaya misses with a takedown attempt - Bar sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Nakaya shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nakaya showed some decent athleticism there.
Nakaya really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nakaya prevents Bar from standing back up.
Bar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nakaya is nestled in close to Bar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Nakaya.
Nakaya lands strikes from half guard.
Bar is trying is best to control the position here.

Bar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nakaya working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakaya is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nakaya working Bar over with strikes.
Nakaya lands with a punch from half guard.
Nakaya seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nakaya not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bar is trying to maintain the position but Nakaya is very close to passing his half guard.
Bar is breathing heavily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nakaya connects with a nice short shot to Bar's temple.
Bar missing with punches from the bottom.
Nakaya missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nakaya connects with a nice short shot to Bar's temple.
Nakaya not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakaya drops an elbow to the side of Bar's head.
Bar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nakaya scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nakaya seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Nakaya there.

Bar is rocked!
Nakaya scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oh Bar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nakaya working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nakaya looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bar taking some punishment here, with Nakaya in his half guard.
Bar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nakaya is working away from the top position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bar is trying to stand up here but Nakaya is controlling him well.
Nakaya working the head and body with strikes.
Nakaya takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bar has hold of Nakaya's hands but Nakaya slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nakaya scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nakaya looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakaya slips a nice elbow through Bar's hands, connecting with Bar's forehead.
Ground and pound from Nakaya.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nakaya connects with a nice short shot to Bar's temple.
Nakaya is nestled in close to Bar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nakaya scores with a big shot! Bar's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Bar! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tetsuo Nakaya!