PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinjii Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Brown
vs
Nakamura

195 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinjii Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nakamura. That did some damage!
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown fails to land with a series of punches.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brown. Nakamura shrugs it off though.
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Nakamura looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brown is fending him off so far but Nakamura persists. Nope, Brown circles away and we're back to standing.
Nakamura closes the distance and clinches up with Brown, looking for a takedown. Nakamura pushes Brown against the cage but Brown circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Nakamura moves out of range easily.
Brown scores with a jab. Nakamura acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A shot to the liver by Brown. Beautiful body shot.
Nakamura looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinjii Nakamura.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Brown scores with a leg kick.
Brown misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Brown, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brown.
Nakamura shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well.

Nakamura scores with a takedown into Brown's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nakamura's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Brown keeping moving, preventing Nakamura from controlling successfully.
Brown knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nakamura on the ground.
Nakamura landing with the ground and pound.
Nakamura slips nicely into half guard.
Nakamura not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nakamura wants to control but Brown is keeping him busy.
Nakamura lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nakamura with the ground and pound but Brown uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Nakamura postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Nakamura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nakamura has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura throws an elbow that misses. Brown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nakamura's guard. Nice move by Brown!
Brown wants to stand and escape but instead Nakamura has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Nakamura advances to half guard.
Nakamura working Brown over with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes.
Nakamura trying to pass the guard but Brown defending well.
Nakamura throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakamura lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Brown quite badly. Brown pulls Nakamura in close trying to recover. Nakamura postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Brown on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Brown doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinjii Nakamura!