PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between yasushi mikiato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryce Nelson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

mikiato
vs
Nelson

180 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, yasushi mikiato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bryce Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mikiato fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Nelson.
mikiato tries to clinch but Nelson moves out of range.
mikiato fails with a takedown attempt.
Nelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nelson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nelson scores with a jab to the body.
mikiato throws a body kick that misses.
mikiato is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nelson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

mikiato drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
mikiato trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
mikiato 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.
Nelson keeping moving, preventing mikiato from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
mikiato is stalling in the full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Nelson seems keen to control mikiato's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because yasushi mikiato just wasn't active enough.
mikiato digs a good hook to Nelson's body.
No luck for mikiato with that takedown attempt.
mikiato doesn't manage to clinch there - Nelson circles away.
Nelson misses with a wild combination.
Nelson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from mikiato.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for yasushi mikiato. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from mikiato.
mikiato is breathing heavily.
Nelson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nelson.
Nelson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
mikiato takes a jab right on the kisser.
mikiato takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
mikiato takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

mikiato is rocked!
Nelson drops mikiato with a straight right hand, right on the button! Nelson follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryce Nelson!