PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiyato Nakamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uglesja Radulovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Nakamara
vs
Radulovic

175 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiyato Nakamara !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Uglesja Radulovic!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Radulovic gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nakamara to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Radulovic utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Nakamara gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nakamara shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Radulovic pinned against the ropes. Radulovic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Radulovic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Nakamara counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Radulovic's guard now.
Radulovic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Radulovic looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Radulovic working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nakamara .
Radulovic keeping moving, preventing Nakamara from controlling successfully.
Nakamara slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nakamara has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hiyato Nakamara just wasn't active enough.

Nakamara closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
A control attempt from Radulovic but he's now mounted!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nakamara looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nakamara sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Nakamara controlling his opponent.
Radulovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nakamara is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Radulovic is surviving well by controlling Nakamara 's body position as best he can.
Nakamara scoring with strikes but Radulovic is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamara can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Radulovic is looking to escape.
Poor strikes thrown by Nakamara there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamara can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Radulovic is looking to escape.
Nakamara misses with a head shot.
Nakamara punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nakamara working the ground and pound effectively.
Nakamara tries to control but Radulovic wriggling away.
Radulovic taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamara dominating with strikes here.
Nakamara tries to control but Radulovic wriggling away.
Radulovic is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nakamara raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamara looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nakamara thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Radulovic is in a horrible position here. Nakamara smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiyato Nakamara dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nakamara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nakamara shoots for a double leg takedown but Radulovic sprawls well. He's pushed Nakamara 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Nakamara shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Radulovic manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Nakamara sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Radulovic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Nakamara passes into half guard.
Radulovic is breathing heavily.
Radulovic keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamara missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nakamara not doing much here.
Nakamara not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nakamara performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hiyato Nakamara has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Nakamara throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Radulovic tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Nakamara is in Radulovic's guard.
Nakamara is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Radulovic can do to turn this around?
Nakamara is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Nakamara throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Radulovic works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nakamara is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nakamara trying to control the position from guard on top but Radulovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Radulovic being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamara trying to control the position from guard on top but Radulovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Hiyato Nakamara just wasn't active enough.
Nakamara tries a head kick but it misses.
Radulovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Radulovic looks for the body kick but Nakamara saw that one coming.
A jab from Nakamara finds it's way through Radulovic's defenses.
Nakamara misses with a low kick as Radulovic jumps back.
Nakamara fails to land the takedown.

Nakamara drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Radulovic dodges the ground and pound from Nakamara .
Nakamara staying calm.
The strikes coming from Nakamara are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nakamara lands a decent elbow from side control.
Nakamara lands a nice forearm strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hiyato Nakamara dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Nakamara shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Radulovic defends it nicely.
Radulovic fails with the takedown

and Nakamara counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nakamara seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Radulovic wants to control but Nakamara passes into side.
Radulovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Radulovic is not content to let Nakamara control the position.
Nakamara tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Nakamara decides to stand back up. Nakamara steps back and let's Radulovic get back to his feet.

Nakamara shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Radulovic napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Nakamara is looking to take a break and control but Radulovic is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Nakamara 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hiyato Nakamara overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Nakamara stands up and beckons Radulovic to his feet.

Nakamara drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Radulovic tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Nakamara presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Radulovic taking shots to the head.
Nakamara sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nakamara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamara lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nakamara landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nakamara controlling the position easily from mount.
Nakamara lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nakamara looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamara with the ground and pound from mount.
Nakamara punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nakamara takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakamara unloads with some shots from mount but Radulovic bucks and avoids them well.
Uglesja Radulovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hiyato Nakamara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BOOM! Nakamara connects with a massive shot to the dome!

And that's the end of the fight!
Hiyato Nakamara showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nakamara has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:25
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiyato Nakamara !