PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Asahi Nozara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Patterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nozara comes to the ring accompanied by Shing02 - Japonica. Patterson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "Still Unbroken" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nozara
vs
Patterson

205 cm
27
280 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
30
225 lbs
5 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Asahi Nozara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nozara lands a jab.

It looks like Russell Patterson has been cut.
Russell Patterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Patterson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Patterson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Patterson moves to clinch but Nozara breaks away

and Nozara counters with a single leg into guard. Patterson didn't expect that.

Patterson is rocked!

Nozara drops back looking for a leg! Patterson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Patterson manages to kick Nozara off! Nozara jumps back into Patterson's guard.
Patterson is still in real trouble! Can Nozara finish him?
Nozara stays in close to Patterson's body and controls the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nozara accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Patterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Nozara stands up over Patterson, holding on to his feet. Nozara throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Patterson is out cold! Nozara lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Asahi Nozara!
A victorious Asahi Nozara thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.