PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nante Navetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hero Tasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Navetta comes to the cage accompanied by Roger Allan Wade - If You're Gonna Be Dumb. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Navetta
vs
Tasaki

177 cm
32
185 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

186 cm
29
197 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nante Navetta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hero Tasaki!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tasaki shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Navetta counters with a nice leg kick.
Navetta tries to clinch but Tasaki moves away
and Tasaki counters with a stiff right hand.
Tasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Navetta is just out of range.
Tasaki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hero Tasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tasaki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Navetta moves away from the strike by Tasaki.
Navetta wants to clinch up but Tasaki keeps it at a distance.
Tasaki misses with a wild body shot.
Tasaki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Navetta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tasaki takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Hero Tasaki has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Navetta landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Navetta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tasaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Navetta gets an underhook and turns Tasaki into the cage.
Navetta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tasaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Tasaki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Navetta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tasaki slows down the pace here.
Tasaki tries to break free but Navetta pushes him back against the cage.
Navetta lands a damaging elbow.
Tasaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Tasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Navetta pushes off an throws an elbow but Tasaki leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Navetta effectively controlling the action here.
Navetta blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tasaki looking for a takedown.
Navetta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Navetta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Navetta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tasaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tasaki lands a left hand.
Navetta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Navetta throws an elbow that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Navetta.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tasaki is looking for a takedown.
Nante Navetta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hero Tasaki.
Navetta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Navetta blocking some punches.
Navetta blocks an uppercut.
Navetta throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tasaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Navetta controls his hands.
Navetta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Hero Tasaki's cut even more.
Tasaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Navetta lands an elbow just above Tasaki 's eye.
Navetta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Navetta has Tasaki pushed against the cage.
Navetta lands a nice elbow.
Navetta stalling against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Navetta.
Navetta misses with an elbow strike.
Tasaki tries to break free but Navetta pushes him back against the cage.
Navetta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tasaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Navetta with a knee to the head.

Tasaki is rocked!
Tasaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Navetta's elbow.
Tasaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Navetta finish him?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Navetta lands a damaging elbow.

The cut above Hero Tasaki's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tasaki is trying to force a seperation but Navetta has the dominant position.
Tasaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Navetta.
Tasaki seems to have recovered his senses.
Navetta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tasaki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Navetta lands an elbow inside.
Navetta lands an elbow that stopped Tasaki in his tracks for a moment.
Navetta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Tasaki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Navetta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Navetta instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Navetta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Navetta.
Navetta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Navetta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nante Navetta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hero Tasaki's cut.
That's time! Navetta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Both fighters circling a little - Navetta finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Navetta takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tasaki misses with a straight left.
Tasaki misses with a wild combination.
Tasaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Navetta.
Navetta moves to clinch but Tasaki breaks away
and Tasaki counters with a right hand to the body.

Navetta pushes Tasaki up against the cage in a clinch.
Navetta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Navetta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Navetta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tasaki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tasaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Navetta's elbow.
Navetta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tasaki's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tasaki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Navetta.

Navetta breaks from the clinch.
Navetta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tasaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Navetta has managed to clinch.
Tasaki takes an elbow to the temple.

Hero Tasaki's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Navetta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hero Tasaki's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nante Navetta!