PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichi Kakihara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nunes comes to the cage accompanied by Can't be touched. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kakihara's choice of entrance music: The Boredoms- Juu. Ichi Kakihara has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Diego Nunes's chin.

Nunes
vs
Kakihara

170 cm
27
155 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

170 cm
18
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Global Empire MMA Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diego Nunes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ichi Kakihara!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kakihara plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Diego Nunes has been cut.
Kakihara shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nunes as he jumps to the side.

Kakihara moves into the clinch.

Kakihara is trying to trip Nunes. He has hold of a leg but Nunes is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Kakihara persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kakihara trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nunes's guard.

Kakihara gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kakihara closes the distance and clinches.
Nunes tries to circle away but Kakihara has him pinned against the cage.
Nunes is trying to force a seperation but Kakihara has the dominant position.

Kakihara manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kakihara is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Kakihara is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kakihara is looking for a kimura but Nunes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kakihara to get the leverage.

Kakihara is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Nunes still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Nunes has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Nunes working away.

Nunes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nunes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Nunes is breathing heavily.
Kakihara tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nunes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nunes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kakihara sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kakihara is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakihara is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Kakihara is looking for a sweep. Nunes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nunes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kakihara is looking for a sweep. Nunes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nunes stalling away here and it's allowed Kakihara to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Nunes drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kakihara dives on top into guard.
Kakihara with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kakihara must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kakihara seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nunes lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kakihara!

Nunes working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Kakihara tries to lock up and control but Nunes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kakihara is looking to improve his position but Nunes isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ichi Kakihara dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Nunes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kakihara misses with a body shot.

Kakihara decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Kakihara is looking for a kimura but Nunes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kakihara to get the leverage.

Kakihara is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nunes has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kakihara trying to control from half guard but Nunes is working away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kakihara looking for a submission but Nunes manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kakihara gets to his feet - Nunes follows without any prompting.

Nunes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kakihara napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ichi Kakihara has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nunes tries to advance to mount but Kakihara denies him.
Kakihara regains half guard.
Kakihara trying to hold on to Nunes's head to control him but Nunes postures up.
Kakihara works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes tries to free his leg and advance position but Kakihara is retaining full guard.
Kakihara bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nunes's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kakihara lands a couple of elbows.

Kakihara stands up from Nunes's guard - Kakihara perhaps looking for a knockout.

Kakihara shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kakihara showed some decent athleticism there.

Kakihara is working for a kimura but Nunes is defending it quite comfortably.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kakihara seems to be working for a kimura but Nunes defends the submission attempt.
Kakihara really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nunes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Kakihara is looking to pass to full mount but he's left his head exposed in the process. Nunes has locked up a guillotine and regained full guard. He's really cranking on it - this could be the end! Is it? Is it? No... YES! YES! He's tapped! I didn't think he was going to get it there for a minute but he did! Well done Nunes! He waited for his chance and took it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Diego Nunes!