PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Kazarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuki Nakai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazarian comes to the cage accompanied by Limp Bizkit - My Way. Yuki Nakai has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kazarian
vs
Nakai

165 cm
32
146 lbs
21 - 5 - 1

170 cm
31
154 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Kazarian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuki Nakai!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kazarian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakai.
Nakai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nakai misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Nakai misses the target.
Kazarian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nakai throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

Nakai rushes Kazarian and presses him up against the cage.
Nakai struggles to land a body shot inside as Kazarian controls his hands.

Kazarian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nakai tries to land a front kick but Kazarian steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nakai looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nakai is looking to score with low kicks.
Kazarian takes a swing at Nakai's ribcage but misses.
Kazarian just misses with a punch to the body.
Nakai throws a front kick that sends Kazarian stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakai fails with the takedown.
Nakai wants to clinch.
Nakai fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kazarian checks it well.
Nakai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nakai throws a sloppy head kick and Kazarian moves out of range easily.
Kazarian blocks a leg kick.
Nakai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kazarian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Kazarian misses.
Nakai wants to clinch.
Nakai avoids the body shot from Kazarian.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakai tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kazarian was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakai.
Nakai misses with a wild combination.
Kazarian shoots in for a takedown but Nakai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kazarian misses with a series of wild punches.
Nakai misses with a low kick.
Kazarian lands a jab to the head.
Nakai throws a leg kick but Kazarian sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nakai throws a front kick aimed at Kazarian's knee but Kazarian avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kazarian. Nakai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kazarian tries to land a front kick but Nakai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian moves out of range as Nakai throws a body kick.
Nakai throws a body punch but Kazarian moves out of range.
Nakai misses with a wild body shot.
Kazarian fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nakai avoids it really well and circles away.
Nakai swings for the body but Kazarian moves out of range.

Kazarian shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Nakai napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kazarian throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakai manages to get back to half guard.
Kazarian working the head and body with strikes.
Nakai tries to roll over but Kazarian keeps him under control.
Kazarian working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian passes the guard and advances to mount!
Nakai tries to hold on but Kazarian pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakai is trying desperately to improve position.
Kazarian wants to control the pace but Nakai is squirming around nicely.
Kazarian with shots to the head and body - Nakai looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nakai tries to lock up and control but Kazarian gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kazarian fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nakai is bucking up trying to escape but Kazarian cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Nakai is looking to improve his position but Kazarian isn't that keen on the idea.
Nakai in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nakai tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kazarian looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nakai taking shots to the head.
Kazarian with shots to the head and body - Nakai looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nakai takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kazarian lands a big elbow.
Kazarian pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kazarian scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nakai?
Nakai takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kazarian cracks Nakai with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakai is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kazarian lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nakai bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Nakai wants to pass the guard but Kazarian is keeping the position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakai trying to control but Kazarian is working from the bottom.
Nakai is fighting to break Kazarian's control of his arms but Kazarian is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Kazarian looking to control.
Nakai looking to sit in guard and control but Kazarian gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kazarian scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kazarian connects with a couple of short punches.

Nakai working for a triangle but Kazarian defends it easily.
Kazarian working some strikes from top position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakai looking for a sweep. Not yet Nakai, not yet.
Kazarian postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kazarian sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Nakai keeping moving, preventing Kazarian from controlling successfully.
Kazarian throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nakai works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kazarian throws a big elbow that misses.
Nakai is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kazarian tries to roll over but Nakai keeps him under control.
Nakai is trying to control. Kazarian wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakai is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Kazarian wants to get back to full guard.
Nakai tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kazarian knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Nakai is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nakai seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kazarian does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nakai prevents Kazarian from improving his position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakai has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kazarian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nakai is stalling here but it's allowed Kazarian to get half guard.
Nakai trying to control the action but Kazarian is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kazarian trying to control here.
Nakai stalling away here and it's allowed Kazarian to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Kazarian dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Nakai looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kazarian is fending him off so far but Nakai persists. Nope, Kazarian circles away and we're back to standing.
Nakai takes a swing at Kazarian's ribcage but misses.
Kazarian checks a low kick from Nakai.
Kazarian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nakai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kazarian slips a jab and a cross from Nakai.
Nakai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kazarian.
Nakai tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakai falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kazarian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nakai misses with a two punch combination.
Kazarian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazarian misses with a series of wild punches.
Nakai closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kazarian circles away.
Nakai tries to score with a low kick but Kazarian moves his leg out of the way.
Nakai shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kazarian pinned against the cage. Kazarian gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tony Kazarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yuki Nakai.
Nakai swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kazarian is looking to wear down Nakai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kazarian throws a chopping leg kick but Nakai manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Horrible takedown by Kazarian or perhaps it was just good defense by Nakai which made him look bad.
Good work by Kazarian as he checks the leg kick.
Nakai throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nakai manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Kazarian on his heels. He'll look to pass Kazarian's guard now, I'm sure.
Nakai passes into half guard.
Kazarian gets full guard.
Nakai wants to control from the top but Kazarian keeps moving.
Tony Kazarian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kazarian keeping full guard, as Nakai tries to pass.
Kazarian not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kazarian pulls Nakai in close to his closed guard and prevents Nakai from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kazarian keeping full guard, as Nakai tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kazarian is working hard here to advance position.
Kazarian is trying to control the position but Nakai postures up.
Nakai is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
An inside leg kick from Nakai misses.
Nakai stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Nakai wants it to stay on the feet.
Kazarian connects with a jab.
Yuki Nakai seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nakai. That one must have hurt.
Nakai ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Nakai moves into the clinch.
Kazarian prevents a body shot from Nakai.
Nakai gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kazarian.
Nakai prevents the takedown attempt.
Kazarian is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nakai pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Nakai swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nakai has a couple of punches blocked by Kazarian.
Kazarian is trying to pull guard but Nakai turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kazarian looking for a takedown.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nakai is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nakai effectively controlling the action here.
Kazarian gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nakai.
Kazarian gets underhooks to prevent Nakai's takedown attempt.

Kazarian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kazarian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kazarian scores with a shot to the body.
Nakai misses with a low kick.
Kazarian misses with a low kick.
Kazarian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakai.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nakai in his tracks.
Nakai tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kazarian sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nakai somewhat.
Nakai throws a low kick but Kazarian moves out of range easily.
Nakai shoots in but no luck this time.
Nakai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kazarian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nakai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kazarian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kazarian looks for a takedown but Nakai sprawls well.
Kazarian has a takedown stuffed.
Kazarian takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian shoots in for a takedown but Nakai shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nakai misses with a wild body shot.
Nakai throws a body punch but Kazarian moves out of range.
Nakai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Nakai clinches.
Kazarian tries to circle away but Nakai has him pinned against the cage.
Kazarian jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Nakai walks away with a smile on his face. Kazarian gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kazarian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kazarian looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kazarian moves out of range as Nakai strikes.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nakai throws a nice looking combination but Kazarian bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nakai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nakai tries to clinch up.
Kazarian displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nakai.
Yuki Nakai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kazarian looks for a takedown but Nakai sprawls well.
Nakai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nakai throws a solid leg kick but Kazarian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nakai.
Kazarian lands with a hook. Nakai tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nakai swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Kazarian looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Nakai!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Nakai manages to get back to half guard.
Kazarian working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kazarian lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kazarian is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kazarian prevents Nakai from improving his position.
Nakai makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nakai.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakai avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nakai wants to sweep here but Kazarian controlling him for the moment.
Kazarian throwing strikes from guard but Nakai blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuki Nakai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nakai throws a push kick but Kazarian slaps the foot to one side.

Nakai drives through with a takedown into Kazarian's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kazarian manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nakai manages to get himself to full guard.
Kazarian throws a big right hand that misses.
Nakai looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kazarian is one step ahead there.

Nakai is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kazarian is aware though and is defending well.
Kazarian lands a couple of elbows.
Nakai is trying to keep Kazarian in close.
Kazarian with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazarian landing with the ground and pound.

Nakai is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nakai takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nakai controls Kazarian momentarily but Kazarian frees himself.
Kazarian postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kazarian throws an elbow that misses. Nakai uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kazarian's guard. Nice move by Nakai!
Nakai trying to control but Kazarian is working from the bottom.
Nakai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kazarian swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nakai trying to control the position from guard on top but Kazarian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian wants to sweep here but Nakai controlling him for the moment.
Kazarian is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kazarian prevents Nakai from improving his position.
Nakai is looking to control Kazarian's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nakai avoid being mounted?
Nakai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian winds up and cracks Nakai with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kazarian thows a huge punch but Nakai dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Kazarian.
Kazarian thows a huge punch but Nakai dodges it nicely.
Kazarian lands strikes from half guard.
Kazarian landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nakai is looking for a sweep. Kazarian is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nakai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nakai slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kazarian with a nice head shot there.

Nakai escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kazarian gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian distracts Nakai with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Nakai working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kazarian's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kazarian stands up over Nakai, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kazarian working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nakai's head.
Nakai working a defensive guard here.
Kazarian wants to pass the guard but Nakai is keeping the position.
Nakai keeping moving, preventing Kazarian from controlling successfully.
Kazarian throwing strikes from guard but Nakai blocks nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Nakai looking for a guillotine here but Kazarian defends easily.
Kazarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Nakai is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kazarian lands a couple of digs.
Nakai tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kazarian is looking to work some ground and pound but Nakai has wrist control.
Kazarian stands up over Nakai, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nakai trying to keep a closed guard but Kazarian is proving a slippery customer.
Kazarian landing with the ground and pound.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nakai's head.

Kazarian got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nakai has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kazarian has managed to get both his arms back between Nakai's legs - danger averted.
Kazarian is stalling in the full guard.
Kazarian has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Nakai looking for a triangle here. Kazarian is fighting it but it looks tight! Nakai pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Kazarian is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Yuki Nakai!
Yuki Nakai is the new featherweight champion!
As Yuki Nakai got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Everyone knows that my contract expired last month and that I could have gone to Hollywood. I mean they needed a new James Bond and I was their man! (Stands Proudly) But Im not threw with you Santoro, Im gona be sitting cage side next, goodluck.'.