PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasmus Soderstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soderstrom has chosen Metallica Don't Tread on Me as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Nakamura
vs
Soderstrom

170 cm
27
157 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

180 cm
31
159 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition (Disciples of Pain)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rasmus Soderstrom!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Nakamura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nakamura loads up on a big right hand but Soderstrom slips the punch.
Nakamura cracks the inside of Soderstrom's front leg.
Soderstrom throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Soderstrom takes a kick to the side of the head.
Danga de danga de dang - Nakamura scores with a four punch combination!
A bone on bone clash there as Nakamura blocks the leg kick.
Nakamura throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soderstrom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soderstrom blocks a leg kick.
Soderstrom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soderstrom looks to throw the jab but Nakamura is out of range.
Nakamura misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura checks a leg kick.
Nakamura throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Soderstrom counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soderstrom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Soderstrom gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nakamura blocks a body shot from Soderstrom.
Nakamura dodges an elbow strike from Soderstrom.
Nakamura throws a knee to the head but misses.
Soderstrom misses with a punch on the inside.
Nakamura swings wildly with an uppercut but Soderstrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Nakamura lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nakamura working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Soderstrom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Soderstrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Nakamura fails to land.
Soderstrom scores a nice knee to the body.
Soderstrom taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Soderstrom backwards.
Nakamura throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Soderstroms head.
Soderstrom with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nakamura.
Nakamura is looking to control Soderstrom's arms but Soderstrom gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nakamura has his back to the cage.
Soderstrom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Soderstrom unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nakamura lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soderstrom.
Nakamura stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nakamura missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Nakamura.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soderstrom throws an elbow but misses.
Nakamura throws a head punch that misses.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Soderstrom.
Nakamura lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Soderstrom lands an elbow that stopped Nakamura in his tracks for a moment.
Nice body punch from Nakamura - that landed with a thud.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters up against the cage, Soderstrom throws an elbow but misses.
Nakamura misses with a hook to the ribs.
Soderstrom stalling in the clinch.
Nakamura stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Soderstrom putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Nakamura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Soderstrom or not.
Nakamura avoids a wild elbow strike from Soderstrom.
Nakamura lands a hook that snaps the head of Soderstrom backwards.
Soderstrom blocks a body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Soderstrom tries to work over Nakamura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nakamura dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soderstrom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Soderstrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nakamura is defending well for now.
Nakamura lands with a right to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soderstrom avoids the elbow strike from Nakamura, against the cage.
Nakamura doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Soderstrom with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nakamura throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Nakamura dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nakamura cracks Soderstrom with a good jab.
Soderstrom throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Soderstrom misses with a straight right.
Soderstrom loads up on a big right hand but Nakamura slips the punch.
Nakamura throws a combination. Soderstrom tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Soderstrom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nakamura is looking to land body kicks.
Nakamura uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Soderstrom has time to react.
Nakamura looks to land a left hand but Soderstrom moved out of range nicely.
Soderstrom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nakamura avoids the head kick by Soderstrom.
Soderstrom shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Soderstrom misses with a leg kick.
Nakamura misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soderstrom misses with a low kick.
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch but Soderstrom swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soderstrom looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nakamura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Nakamura misses.

Nakamura fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Soderstrom, pushing him back against the cage.
Soderstrom misses with some punches.
Soderstrom lands an elbow that stopped Nakamura in his tracks for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Soderstrom taking a breather.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Soderstrom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Soderstrom lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Soderstrom blocks a body shot from Nakamura.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Soderstrom obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Soderstrom.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Soderstrom lands a damaging elbow.
Nakamura tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soderstrom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakamura.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nakamura struggles to land a body shot inside as Soderstrom controls his hands.
Nakamura pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the temple.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Nakamura cracks Soderstrom with a nice body shot.
Nakamura is leaning against Soderstrom and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Soderstrom is breathing heavily.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
Soderstrom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soderstrom tries a body shot but Nakamura blocks it.
Nakamura lands a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura blocks a body shot from Soderstrom.
Nakamura fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Nakamura on the inside.
Nakamura taking a breather.
Nakamura misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Nakamura managing to block the knees to the body from Soderstrom.
Nakamura scores with a shot to the side of Soderstrom's head.
Nakamura lands a right hand that snaps the head of Soderstrom backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soderstrom looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nakamura on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Soderstrom tries to land knees in the clinch but Nakamura avoids the damage to the body.
Nakamura lands a body shot in the clinch.
Soderstrom blocking some punches.
Soderstrom misses with an elbow strike.
Nakamura blocks a body shot from Soderstrom.
Soderstrom tries to land a knee to the head but Nakamura blocks with his arms.
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Soderstrom misses with the head strike.
Soderstrom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short body shot lands from Nakamura as the two fighters clinch.
Nakamura lands a body punch.
Nakamura taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nakamura lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryo Nakamura dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nakamura lands a brutal head kick. Soderstrom looks out on his feet and Nakamura throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Ryo Nakamura!