PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Senshi Nagasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Nagasaki
vs
Costa

170 cm
25
140 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

166 cm
19
141 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Senshi Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Costa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Nagasaki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Costa gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Costa wants to control from the top but Nagasaki keeps moving.
Nagasaki looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Costa puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Nagasaki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Costa working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Nagasaki's thigh. Nagasaki counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Nagasaki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costa in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Nagasaki had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Costa defends it easily.
Costa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Costa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa stands up over Nagasaki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Costa drops back looking for a leg! Nagasaki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nagasaki manages to kick Costa off! Costa jumps back into Nagasaki's guard.

Nagasaki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Costa is aware though and is defending well.
Costa throws a big right hand that misses.
Costa advances to half guard.
Costa is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

Costa is working for a guillotine from mount but Nagasaki frees his head quite easily.
Costa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nagasaki hang on?
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Costa moves to back control.
Costa is not going to allow Nagasaki to sit and survive in this position.
Costa really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Nagasaki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nagasaki is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Nagasaki is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Nagasaki's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Nagasaki trying to control the action but Costa just sinks the hooks in.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Costa is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Nagasaki has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Costa wants to control but Nagasaki is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Costa manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Nagasaki fending off the submission attempt from Costa.
Nagasaki trying to control but not successfully.

Costa is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Nagasaki can't escape the position.
Costa scores with punches and elbows.
Nagasaki rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Nagasaki wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Costa.

Costa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nagasaki defends it well.

Nagasaki pushes Costa off and gets back to his feet.
Nagasaki is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a nice outside leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Costa.
Costa misses with an uppercut. Nagasaki saw that one coming.

Costa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nagasaki sneaks back into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Costa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Costa wants to work for an arm triangle but Nagasaki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Costa dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Costa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick from Nagasaki lands but Costa takes it in his stride.
Nagasaki throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nagasaki lands a head kick!
Nagasaki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nagasaki throws the kick towards the body but Costa avoids it.
Costa throws out a loose jab but Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa has a takedown stuffed.
Nagasaki looks to land a right hand but Costa moved out of range.
Nagasaki throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Costa drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Nagasaki has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Costa off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Nagasaki misses with a low kick.

Costa clinches.
Nagasaki can't find room to land a body shot as Costa controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Nagasaki.

Costa gets control of Nagasaki's arms and successfully pulls guard. Costa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Costa working a defensive guard but Nagasaki manages to pass into side control anyway.
Nagasaki working away.
Costa is not content to let Nagasaki control the position.
Costa tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nagasaki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nagasaki trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costa sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Costa manages to get to full guard.

Nagasaki drops back, looking for a kneebar! Costa looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Costa looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Costa!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Costa working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

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

Costa swings around for an armbar but Nagasaki sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Costa's guard.
Nagasaki wants to control from the top but Costa keeps moving.
Nagasaki postures up.
Nagasaki preventing the sweep.
Costa is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Costa.

Costa wants to work for an arm triangle but Nagasaki is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Costa trying to control from half guard but Nagasaki is working away.
Nagasaki manages to get to full guard.
Costa trying to control but Nagasaki is working from the bottom.

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

Nagasaki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Costa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Costa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Costa drops back looking for a leg! Nagasaki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nagasaki manages to kick Costa off! Costa jumps back into Nagasaki's guard.
Nagasaki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Costa.

Nagasaki working for a triangle but Costa defends it easily.
Costa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Costa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Costa trying to control but Nagasaki is working from the bottom.
Costa throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Felipe Costa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Costa scores a takedown into full mount!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Felipe Costa!