PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Villarreal (ranked 1916 p4p, 1453 weight class) and Kaoru Nagashima (ranked 194 p4p, 146 weight class). Villarreal's entrance music is Tupac- I�m a Soldier. A fine choice. The key to victory for Carlos Villarreal has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Villarreal
vs
Nagashima

162 cm
24
141
11 - 7 - 0

178 cm
24
150
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Villarreal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kaoru Nagashima!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villarreal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Villarreal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nagashima keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nagashima dodges the punch combination from Villarreal.
Nagashima feints the counter takedown.
Villarreal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nagashima manages to avoid it.
Nagashima fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Villarreal fails to land with a series of punches.
Nagashima ducks under a wild hook from Villarreal.
Carlos Villarreal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Villarreal misses with a looping right.
Nagashima tries to counter with a clinch but Villarreal shakes him off and moves away.
Villarreal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Villarreal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagashima.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Villarreal.
Villarreal misses with a low kick.
Nagashima wants to counter the offense by Villarreal and move into the clinch position.
Nagashima takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Villarreal swings widly with a right hand

and Nagashima counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Villarreal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagashima throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Nagashima is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Villarreal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Villarreal is trying to stand up here but Nagashima is controlling him well.
Nagashima slips a nice elbow through Villarreal's hands, connecting with Villarreal's forehead.
Nagashima thows a huge punch but Villarreal dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Nagashima.

Nagashima is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Villarreal doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Nagashima.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Nagashima working his ground and pound in the gym.
Nagashima is nestled in close to Villarreal, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nagashima prevents Villarreal from standing back up.
Nagashima lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagashima prevents Villarreal from standing back up.
Nagashima winds up and cracks Villarreal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nagashima is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nagashima has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nagashima is nestled in close to Villarreal, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nagashima looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nagashima working Villarreal over with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nagashima connects with a nice short shot to Villarreal's temple.
Villarreal is trying to stand up here but Nagashima is controlling him well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nagashima lands a nice short elbow.
Nagashima winds up and cracks Villarreal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nagashima winds up and cracks Villarreal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nice strikes from Nagashima there.

Villarreal is rocked!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nagashima connects with a nice short shot to Villarreal's temple.
Oh Villarreal is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nagashima lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Villarreal! More strikes land and this one is all over! Nagashima jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaoru Nagashima!
After the fight, Kaoru Nagashima was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.