PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gurizuri Nakamura (ranked 535 p4p, 355 weight class) and Quebra Cranio (ranked 69 p4p, 48 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nakamura
vs
Cranio

168 cm
36
186
25 - 19 - 3

185 cm
30
190
16 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Shadow Realm Apparel
Conviction

NARCOS
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gurizuri Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Quebra Cranio!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Cranio.
Nakamura swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Cranio counter with a right hand.
Cranio fails to land with a series of punches.
Nakamura half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Nakamura takes a swing at Cranio's ribcage but misses.
Nakamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cranio looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nakamura takes a swing at Cranio's ribcage but misses.
Nakamura looks to score with a jab to the body but Cranio is just out of range.
Nakamura tries for a takedown but Cranio circles away easily
letting Cranio counter with a right hand.
Nakamura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cranio.
Nakamura ducks under a wild hook from Cranio.
Cranio thuds his right hand into Nakamura's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Nakamura misses.
Cranio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cranio looks to score with a jab to the body but Nakamura is just out of range.
Nakamura slips under a jab from Cranio.
Cranio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranio misses the jab.
Nakamura lands with an uppercut that bounces Cranio off the cage and back into range.
Nakamura looks to land a left hand but Cranio moved out of range nicely.
Cranio misses with a looping left.
Cranio throws a hook to the side of Nakamura's head but Nakamura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nakamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cranio throws out a loose jab but Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cranio loads up on a big right hand but Nakamura slips the punch.
Nakamura displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cranio throws out the jab.
Cranio scores with a jab to the head.
Cranio misses with a hook.
Nakamura takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cranio takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cranio has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cranio moves forwards but Nakamura connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nakamura ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nakamura drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cranio sprawls and moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cranio has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cranio there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranio scores with a punch to the head.
Nakamura lands a jab.
Nakamura throws a jab but it's blocked by Cranio.
Nakamura lands a nice looking body shot.
Nakamura misses the jab.
Cranio looks to land a left hand but Nakamura moved out of range nicely.
Nakamura looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cranio throws a hook but Nakamura avoids it easily.

Nakamura fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cranio sprawls well initially but Nakamura persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

Cranio kicks off Nakamura and gets to his feet.
Nakamura tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cranio was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakamura.
Cranio appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nakamura keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cranio.
Cranio lands the left hand.
Nakamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cranio manages to avoid it.
Nakamura fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cranio manages to avoid it.
Nakamura misses with a takedown attempt - Cranio sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cranio.
Cranio throws a jab but it's blocked by Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakamura misses with a wild combination.
Cranio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nakamura is looking to wear down Cranio with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nakamura works Cranio's body with a nice hook.

Nakamura shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Nakamura landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nakamura thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cranio's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nakamura sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cranio defending well though.
Nakamura drops an elbow to the side of Cranio's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cranio preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Nakamura working the head and body with strikes.

It looks like Quebra Cranio has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cranio trying to hold on to Nakamura's head to control him but Nakamura postures up.
Cranio is not content to let Nakamura control the position.
Nakamura seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cranio wants to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Quebra Cranio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Quebra Cranio's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Cranio walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A slow jab from Cranio misses its intended target.
Cranio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakamura.
Cranio takes a swing at Nakamura's ribcage but misses.
Nakamura tries to counter with a takedown but Cranio is quick to defend against it.
Nakamura drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nakamura shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nakamura with a jab.
Nakamura swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cranio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nakamura fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nakamura moves away from the strike by Cranio.
A combination from Nakamura does no damage.
Nakamura connects with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cranio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nakamura.
A big left from Nakamura misses.
Cranio throws a hook to the side of Nakamura's head but Nakamura sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cranio throws a good cross that connects.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cranio lands a jab.
Nakamura pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cranio back to the cage. Nakamura follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cranio keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakamura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cranio moves away.
Cranio is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nakamura scores with a hook.
Nakamura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cranio.
Cranio avoids the body shot from Nakamura.
Cranio walks into a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nakamura darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cranio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nakamura.
Quebra Cranio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cranio misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a wild body shot.
Nakamura stuns Cranio with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cranio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Cranio misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cranio. Nakamura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cranio misses with a looping right.
Cranio ducks under a wild hook from Nakamura.
A little jabbing left from Cranio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nakamura throws a hook to the side of Cranio's head but Cranio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nakamura moves out of range as Cranio strikes.
Nakamura misses with a body shot.
Nakamura misses with a body shot.
Nakamura misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cranio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nakamura throws out a powerful jab.
Nice jab there from Nakamura.
Cranio throws out a loose jab but Nakamura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nakamura drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cranio sprawls and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cranio missing with a left hand there. Nakamura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cranio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nakamura looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cranio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cranio misses with a few strikes there.
Nakamura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nakamura slips a jab from Cranio.
Nakamura misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Cranio misses its intended target.
Nakamura takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fighters circling - Cranio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nakamura paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cranio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
Cranio ducks under a wild hook from Nakamura.
Nakamura slips a straight right by Cranio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cranio throws an off balance right hand

and Nakamura counters with a single leg into guard. Cranio didn't expect that.
Nakamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cranio has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nakamura trying to control the position from guard on top but Cranio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cranio wants to sweep but no luck.
Cranio is controlling Nakamura's posture.
Nakamura throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cranio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Nakamura keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cranio's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gurizuri Nakamura dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Quebra Cranio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Nakamura just misses with a punch to the body.
Cranio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cranio misses the shot to the body.
Nakamura attempts a counter takedown but Cranio avoids it well and moves away.
Cranio might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakamura. Cranio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cranio swings for the body but Nakamura moves out of range.
Donk. Cranio catches Nakamura right on the button with a cross.
Nakamura looks to score with a jab to the body but Cranio is just out of range.
Cranio is looking for the big counter here.
Cranio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
Cranio with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cranio throws a hook but Nakamura avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cranio looks to throw the jab but Nakamura is out of range.
Nakamura jabs at Cranio's body.
Cranio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Cranio was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice uppercut lands for Nakamura. That snapped Cranio's head back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nakamura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a nice looking body shot.
Cranio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakamura.
Quebra Cranio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakamura slips a jab from Cranio.
Nakamura misses with a jab to the body
and Cranio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cranio misses with a looping left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cranio. Nakamura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakamura misses the shot to the body.
Cranio throws out a counter right but Nakamura avoids it with no problem.
Nakamura is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cranio.
Nakamura throws a hook to the side of Cranio's head but Cranio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nakamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakamura throws a body punch but Cranio moves out of range.
A big right from Cranio misses.
Nakamura takes a swing at Cranio's ribcage but misses.
Nakamura staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cranio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nakamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nakamura takes a swing at Cranio's ribcage but misses.
Cranio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nakamura takes a swing at Cranio's ribcage but misses.
Cranio scores with a nice head shot.
Cranio lands with a good body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nakamura missing with a left hand there. Cranio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cranio let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cranio lands a slapping body shot.
Cranio with a nice cross.
Nakamura looks to land a left hand but Cranio moved out of range nicely.
Cranio swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Nakamura looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Cranio!
Nakamura is looking to take a break and control but Cranio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cranio is looking to regain half guard here but Nakamura keeps moving and retains side control.
Cranio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cranio keeps trying to improve his position.
Cranio struggling a bit here.
Nakamura is looking to take a break and control but Cranio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nakamura postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nakamura in side control, throwing shots but Cranio defends.
Cranio tries to bench press Nakamura off him but Nakamura keeps the position.
Nakamura landing strikes.
Nakamura throws a strike aimed at the side of Cranio's head but Cranio avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Nakamura are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cranio regains half guard.
Nakamura tries to pass to full mount but Cranio defends it.
Nakamura not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nakamura 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.
Cranio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nakamura trying to control from half guard but Cranio is working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Quebra Cranio.
I think Cranio has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Gurizuri Nakamura!