PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Guida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akiyo Nishiura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guida kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Stupid Kid - Alkaline Trio. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Guida
vs
Nishiura

180 cm
27
140 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

172 cm
29
136 lbs
16 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery

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 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Guida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akiyo Nishiura!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nishiura throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Guida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nishiura moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nishiura misses with a kick to the body
and Guida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Guida tries to work over Nishiura's front leg with a kick but Nishiura checks it.
Nishiura turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nishiura dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nishiura misses with a body shot
and Guida counters with a nice leg kick.
Guida checks a leg kick.
Guida fails in his attempt to clinch.

Nishiura moves into the clinch successfully.
Nishiura working Guida over with knees to the body.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Guida throws knees to the body.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guida blocks it with crossed arms.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section. Guida lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nishiura dodges an elbow strike from Guida.
Guida really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Guida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nishiura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura trying to land knees to the body.
Guida is trying to stall.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guida avoids it.
Guida misses with a knee strike.
Nishiura avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nishiura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guida is defending well for now.
Guida misses with an elbow over the top.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Guida blocks the elbow strike.
Nishiura throws an elbow that misses.
Nishiura avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Guida takes an elbow to the temple.
Guida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Guida.
Nishiura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Nishiura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Nishiura finds it's way through Guida's defenses.

Nishiura rushes Guida and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nishiura blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guida misses with an elbow over the top.
Nishiura throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nishiura blocks the elbow strike.
Nishiura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guida.
Nishiura misses with an elbow strike.
Guida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nishiura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike.
Nishiura avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Guida throws an elbow but it misses.
Guida tries to land a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks with his arms.
Nishiura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nishiura scores a nice knee to the body.
Nishiura avoiding damage.
Nishiura putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nishiura with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Guida throws an elbow but misses.
Guida is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nishiura looking to stall.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Guida blocks with his arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nishiura as Guida tries to tie him up.
Nishiura trying to land knees to the body.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Nishiura tries to stall but Guida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nishiura tries a knee to the head but Guida blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nishiura lands an elbow inside that Guida shrugs off.
Guida lands an elbow inside.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Nishiura throws an elbow that misses.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.
Nishiura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nishiura tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nishiura blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nishiura managing to block the knees to the body from Guida.
Nishiura misses with a knee strike.
Guida throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nishiura will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Guida up against the cage.
Nishiura tries to land knees in the clinch but Guida avoids the damage to the body.
Nishiura tries to land knees in the clinch but Guida avoids the damage to the body.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura looks gassed!
With the fighters up against the cage, Guida throws an elbow but misses.
Guida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nishiura trying to control the position but instead, Guida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nishiura into the cage.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Guida blocks with his arms.

That's four 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.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nishiura's brow.
Guida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Guida looking to throw knees to the head but Nishiura is blocking nicely.
Guida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Nishiura.
Nishiura lands an elbow that stopped Guida in his tracks for a moment.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike.
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Nishiura misses with a knee strike.
Guida pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Guida looking to stall.
Guida lands an elbow that stopped Nishiura in his tracks for a moment.
Nishiura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nishiura - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Guida tries a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks it.
Nishiura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike from Guida.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guida blocks it with crossed arms.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guida blocks it with crossed arms.
Nishiura connects with a knee to the head.
Guida lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guida lands an elbow that stopped Nishiura in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akiyo Nishiura dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nishiura misses with the body kick
and Guida counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nishiura thinking.

Nishiura clinches.
Nishiura pushes off an throws an elbow but Guida leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nishiura putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guida in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Guida throws knees to the body.
Nishiura avoiding damage.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nishiura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guida avoiding damage as Nishiura throws knees to the body.
Guida misses with an elbow over the top.
Guida trying to control the position but instead, Nishiura has worked for underhooks and has pushed Guida into the cage.
Guida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nishiura's defenses.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Guida as Nishiura tries to tie him up.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Guida throws knees to the body.
Guida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nishiura dodges an elbow strike from Guida.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Nishiura throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Guida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guida lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guida blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nishiura tries to land knees in the clinch but Guida avoids the damage to the body.
Nishiura is breathing heavily.
Nishiura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guida is defending well for now.
Guida managing to block the knees to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura misses with a knee strike.
Guida throws an elbow but it misses.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guida pushes off an throws an elbow but Nishiura leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nishiura lands a good knee to the midsection. Guida won't want to take too many of those.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guida blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nishiura connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guida's face.
Guida lands a knee to the head.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Guida throws an elbow but misses.
Guida lands a nice elbow.
Guida controlling the action here for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nishiura's brow.
Guida looking to stall.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nishiura obliges.
Guida misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nishiura's brow.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guida looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nishiura trying to control the position but instead, Guida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nishiura into the cage.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Guida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Guida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nishiura.
Guida looking to slow down the pace here.
Nishiura blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guida just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nishiura's brow.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Nishiura lands a nice knee to the body.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nishiura just misses with a elbow thrown towards Guida's brow.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nishiura taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nishiura looking to throw knees to the head but Guida is blocking nicely.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Guida blocks with his arms.
Guida looking to stall.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Guida blocks with his arms.
Nishiura dodges an elbow strike from Guida.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Guida takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nishiura avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike from Guida.
Guida is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Guida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nishiura blocks it with crossed arms.
Guida creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.
Nishiura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nishiura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Nishiura lands an elbow that stopped Guida in his tracks for a moment.
Guida content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nishiura looking to throw knees to the head but Guida is blocking nicely.
Guida misses with a knee strike.
Nishiura stalling.
Guida on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nishiura obliges.
Guida missing with knees to the body.
Nishiura with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Guida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nishiura is defending well for now.
Guida managing to block the knees to the body from Nishiura.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Guida blocks with his arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guida misses with a knee strike.
Guida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nishiura avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nishiura.

Nishiura breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nishiura tries to land a body kick
and Guida counters with a body kick.
Nishiura misses with a leg kick
and Guida counters with a leg kick.
Guida is looking to slow Nishiura down with leg kicks.
Nishiura throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Guida counters with a good, hard body kick but Nishiura shrugs it off.
Guida lands a front kick.

Nishiura clinches up against the cage.
Guida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guida avoiding damage as Nishiura throws knees to the body.
Nishiura slows down the pace here.
Nishiura avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Nishiura landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Akiyo Nishiura will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Guida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nishiura paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nishiura throws a combination that misses
and Guida counters with a good, hard body kick but Nishiura shrugs it off.

Nishiura forces Guida back against the cage and clinches.
Guida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nishiura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nishiura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guida blocks it with crossed arms.
Nishiura avoiding damage as Guida throws knees to the body.
Nishiura blocks the elbow strike.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Nishiura managing to block the knees to the body from Guida.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guida takes an elbow to the forehead.
Guida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nishiura throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guida avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nishiura throws an elbow that misses.
Guida avoiding damage as Nishiura throws knees to the body.
Guida looking to throw knees to the head but Nishiura is blocking nicely.
Nishiura avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nishiura trying to land knees to the body.
Guida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Guida blocks an elbow strike from Nishiura.
Nishiura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guida.
Nishiura is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Guida is keeping busy.
Nishiura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nishiura using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Guida has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nishiura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guida.
Nishiura stalling in the clinch but Guida improves position.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike from Guida.
Guida leaning against his opponent.
Nishiura misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nishiura as Guida tries to tie him up.
Guida throws an elbow but it misses.
Nishiura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike from Guida.
Guida is looking to control Nishiura's arms but Nishiura gets an underhook and turns him. Now Guida has his back to the cage.
Nishiura with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nishiura being controlled against the cage.
Guida misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Nishiura.

That's two 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.
Nishiura blocks an elbow strike from Guida.
Nishiura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nishiura is stalling here.
Guida lands a nice elbow.
Nishiura landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Guida misses with a knee to the head.
Guida takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nishiura lands an elbow just above Guida 's eye.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Nishiura creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nishiura trying to control the position but instead, Guida has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nishiura into the cage.
Guida stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nishiura lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Akiyo Nishiura seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Nishiura scores a nice knee to the body.
Nishiura trying to land knees to the body.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guida takes an elbow to the temple.
Guida throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nishiura tries to stall but Guida uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nishiura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Guida is defending well for now.
Guida pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Guida lands an elbow that stopped Nishiura in his tracks for a moment.
Guida avoiding damage.
Nishiura is trying to maintain a safe position but Guida gets an underhook and turns Nishiura into the cage.
Guida lands a damaging elbow.
Nishiura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Guida creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nishiura's defenses.
Guida comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Guida avoiding damage as Nishiura throws knees to the body.
Guida looking to throw knees to the head but Nishiura is blocking nicely.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Guida lands a knee to the body.
Guida lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Guida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nishiura avoids it.
Nishiura tries a knee to the head but Guida blocks it.
Nishiura dodges an elbow strike from Guida.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Guida is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nishiura is defending well for now.
Nishiura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guida.
Guida comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nishiura connects with a nasty looking knee right to Guida's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nishiura with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Guida pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Guida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guida tries to stall but Nishiura uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nishiura throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guida blocks it with crossed arms.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Guida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Nishiura tries to land a knee to the head but Guida blocks with his arms.
Nishiura avoids a wild elbow strike from Guida.
Guida tries a knee to the head but Nishiura blocks it.
Nishiura with a knee to the head.
Guida is trying to maintain a safe position but Nishiura gets an underhook and turns Guida into the cage.
Nishiura avoids the elbow strike from Guida, against the cage.
Nishiura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nishiura misses with a knee to the head.
Nishiura misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Guida lands an elbow that stopped Nishiura in his tracks for a moment.
Guida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nishiura misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guida.
Nishiura lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ray Guida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nishiura looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Guida throws an elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Akiyo Nishiura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Nishiura has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akiyo Nishiura!