PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Maki Damchaigym (ranked 25123 p4p, 3799 weight class) and Hoshifumi Nagasa (ranked 515 p4p, 357 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Damchaigym
vs
Nagasa

175 cm
23
145
1 - 2 - 0

165 cm
20
145
1 - 2 - 0

Excellent MT
Big heart

Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maki Damchaigym!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hoshifumi Nagasa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Damchaigym moves into the clinch.
Nagasa looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Damchaigym pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nagasa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Damchaigym counters with a good, hard body kick but Nagasa shrugs it off.
Damchaigym tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Damchaigym has managed to clinch.

Damchaigym breaks from the clinch.
Damchaigym looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nagasa tries to score with a low kick but Damchaigym moves his leg out of the way.

Damchaigym clinches up with Nagasa and pushes him back against the ropes.
Nagasa is trying to stall.
Nagasa is trying to force a seperation but Damchaigym has the dominant position.
Damchaigym looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damchaigym is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Damchaigym manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damchaigym throws a shot to the body.
Damchaigym lands a high kick!
Damchaigym scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Damchaigym lands a jab-cross combination.
Nagasa throws a right hand that Damchaigym ducks under and follows up with a left that Damchaigym also avoids with ease.
Damchaigym throws a quick counter head kick but Nagasa was just out of range.
Damchaigym checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Damchaigym is looking to counter the offense by Nagasa and move into the clinch.
Nagasa tries to clinch up but Damchaigym circles away and keeps his distance.
Nagasa tries a head kick but it misses.

Damchaigym clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damchaigym pressing his opponent against the ropes.

Damchaigym escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Damchaigym lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Damchaigym. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Damchaigym rushes Nagasa and presses him up against the ropes.

Damchaigym breaks from the clinch.

Damchaigym has taken the fight to the clinch.

Damchaigym manages to break the clinch.

Damchaigym clinches up against the ropes.
Nagasa is trying to break the clinch but Damchaigym has him pressed against the ropes.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.
Nagasa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damchaigym throws a nice head kick!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Damchaigym using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Damchaigym lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.
Nagasa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Damchaigym. Damchaigym obviously looking to wear him down.
Hoshifumi Nagasa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasa throws a head kick but Damchaigym moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Damchaigym.

Damchaigym clinches with his opponent.

Damchaigym pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damchaigym misses with a two punch combination.
Nagasa takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Damchaigym dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nagasa. That did some damage!

Damchaigym darts in and clinches Nagasa up against the ropes.
Damchaigym throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nagasa blocks it with crossed arms.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.

Damchaigym gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damchaigym wants to stall.

Damchaigym pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Damchaigym moves into the clinch.
Nagasa can't break the clinch.

Damchaigym escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Nagasa gets tackled into the ropes by Damchaigym. Damchaigym maintains the clinch.
Nagasa is trying to push Damchaigym away but Damchaigym has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Damchaigym lands a nice knee to the body.
Nagasa tries to circle away but Damchaigym has him pinned against the ropes.
Damchaigym lands a damaging elbow.
Damchaigym has Nagasa pressed against the ropes, preventing Nagasa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maki Damchaigym dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Damchaigym misses with a double jab.
Maki Damchaigym is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Damchaigym instigates a clinch.

Damchaigym escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Damchaigym moves into range and clinches up with Nagasa.
Nagasa can't break the clinch.
Damchaigym scores with a nice hook to the head.
Damchaigym will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nagasa up against the ropes.

Damchaigym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasa misses with a wild combination.

Damchaigym has Nagasa up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nagasa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Damchaigym closes the distance and clinches.

Damchaigym manages to break the clinch.

Damchaigym takes the fight into the clinch.

Damchaigym pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Damchaigym prevents Nagasa from breaking the clinch.
Damchaigym tries to stall but Nagasa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.
Nagasa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Damchaigym counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damchaigym misses with a few strikes there.

Damchaigym clinches.

Damchaigym breaks from the clinch.
Damchaigym misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasa throws a head kick but Damchaigym moves out of range.
Nagasa tries to clinch there but Damchaigym circles away.
Damchaigym avoids a kick to the body.
Damchaigym seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Damchaigym thumps Nagasa with a low kick.

Damchaigym has taken the fight to the clinch.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.

Nagasa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Damchaigym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Damchaigym fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nagasa, pushing him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Damchaigym escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Damchaigym clinches.
Damchaigym stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Damchaigym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Damchaigym slowing the pace effectively.

Damchaigym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nagasa takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damchaigym lands with a kick to the temple. Nagasa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Nagasa.
We've been informed that Nagasa has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Damchaigym clinches.

Damchaigym breaks from the clinch.
Nagasa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Damchaigym lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Damchaigym has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Damchaigym is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.
Hoshifumi Nagasa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nagasa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Damchaigym seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Nagasa clinches up against the ropes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Maki Damchaigym dominated that second round.
That's time! Damchaigym's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Damchaigym clinches up against the ropes.

Damchaigym manages to break the clinch.

Damchaigym moves into range and clinches up with Nagasa.
Damchaigym blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.

Nagasa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Some wild striking there from Damchaigym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Damchaigym swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Damchaigym connects with a body shot that sends Nagasa's belly button to the back.
Nagasa misses with the body kick
and Damchaigym counters with a left and a right that stings Nagasa.
Damchaigym is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nagasa can do to turn this around?
Nagasa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Damchaigym takes the fight into the clinch.
Maki Damchaigym has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nagasa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Damchaigym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nagasa throws a leg kick which misses Damchaigym's front leg but catches the back leg as Damchaigym tries to avoid it.
Damchaigym throws a combination. Nagasa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Damchaigym instigates a clinch.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Nagasa misses
and Damchaigym makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Damchaigym closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Damchaigym clinches up against the ropes.
Nagasa working hard to break the clinch.

Damchaigym breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damchaigym plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Damchaigym gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Damchaigym tries to throw a body punch but Nagasa avoids it by throwing Damchaigym back against the ropes.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Damchaigym darts in and clinches Nagasa up against the ropes.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Damchaigym blocks an elbow strike from Nagasa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damchaigym is trying to maintain a safe position but Nagasa gets an underhook and turns Damchaigym into the ropes.
Nagasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damchaigym is keeping busy.
Damchaigym scores with a shot to the side of Nagasa's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nagasa as Damchaigym tries to tie him up.
Nagasa tries to land knees in the clinch but Damchaigym avoids the damage to the body.
Damchaigym tries to throw a body punch but Nagasa avoids it by throwing Damchaigym back against the ropes.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Damchaigym closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Nagasa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.

Damchaigym moves into the clinch.
Nagasa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nagasa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damchaigym is keeping busy.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch.

Nagasa tries to keep at a distance but Damchaigym has taken the fight into the clinch.

Damchaigym breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maki Damchaigym showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Damchaigym 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maki Damchaigym!