PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Thunder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshi Nagasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thunder comes to the cage accompanied by Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin' To F*ck With . Dan Thunder has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Thunder
vs
Nagasaki

177 cm
23
172 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
179 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Thunder!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yoshi Nagasaki!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki is looking to clinch but Thunder is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Thunder misses the target.
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Thunder swinging wildly here.
Nagasaki sizes up Thunder with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thunder misses with a wild combination.
Nagasaki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nagasaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thunder.
Thunder misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thunder pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nagasaki is out of range and Thunder settles back down.
Thunder throws a right hand that Nagasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Nagasaki also avoids with ease.
Nagasaki tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Thunder counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
Thunder swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Thunder.
Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
Thunder misses with a double jab.
Nagasaki defending well as Thunder loads up on a big left hand.
Thunder misses the shot to the body.
Thunder does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nagasaki misses with a head kick.
Thunder swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Nagasaki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thunder.
Thunder throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki cracks the inside of Thunder's front leg.
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
A combination from Thunder does no damage.
Thunder misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagasaki.
Good leg kick by Nagasaki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up.
Dan Thunder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thunder throws a jab but it's blocked by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Thunder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thunder swinging wildly here.
Thunder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thunder misses with a looping right.
A right-left combo lands from Nagasaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Thunder misses with a body punch
and Nagasaki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thunder misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nagasaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thunder misses the shot to the body.
Thunder throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nagasaki counters with an outside leg kick.
Thunder throws a right and a left that Nagasaki avoids nicely.
Nagasaki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Thunder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nagasaki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thunder in his tracks.
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Nagasaki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thunder sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thunder pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nagasaki.
Thunder is looking to wear down Nagasaki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nagasaki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thunder on the side of the head.
Nagasaki swings for the body but Thunder moves out of range.
No joy there for Thunder, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Nagasaki closes the distance and clinches.
Nagasaki misses with an elbow strike.
Nagasaki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nagasaki tries to stall but Thunder uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thunder tries to break the clinch but Nagasaki is controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thunder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nagasaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nagasaki stalling in the clinch.

Thunder breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshi Nagasaki dominated that round.
That's time! Thunder's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A shot to the body from Thunder misses
and Nagasaki counters with a good low kick that Thunder was not able to check.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nagasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thunder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nagasaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dan Thunder is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up but Thunder circles away and keeps his distance.
Thunder misses with a hook.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but Thunder is having none of it.
Thunder dodges the punch combination from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki moves in looking to clinch but Thunder pushes him off.
Thunder swats away the attempt to clinch by Nagasaki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder motions for Nagasaki to come forward. Thunder throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Thunder.
A punch combination from Thunder misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Nagasaki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch but Thunder is avoiding it.
Thunder throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nagasaki should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Thunder swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Thunder punishes Nagasaki's body with a nice straight punch.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thunder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Thunder.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thunder thows a body shot but no joy.
Thunder throws a one two combo.
Nagasaki throws the left hand but Thunder avoids the punch easily.
Thunder takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nagasaki slips under a jab.
Thunder misses the jab.
Yoshi Nagasaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nagasaki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thunder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thunder throws a nice looking combination but Nagasaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A good leg kick by Nagasaki.
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!
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Thunder is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Thunder connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thunder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thunder counters with a left to the body.
Thunder misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Thunder.
A combination from Nagasaki does no damage.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but Thunder is having none of it.
Nagasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thunder thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nagasaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thunder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thunder will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Danga de danga de dang - Thunder scores with a four punch combination!
Thunder takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Thunder has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but Thunder is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Nagasaki.
Thunder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nagasaki connects with a right hand. Thunder shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Thunder will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
Thunder misses with a wild body shot.
Thunder waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nagasaki.
Nagasaki slips a jab from Thunder.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up but Thunder circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Thunder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nagasaki darts in trying to clinch
and Thunder counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder keeps the fight on the outside.
Thunder fails to land with a series of punches.
Thunder swats away the attempt to clinch by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donk. Thunder catches Nagasaki right on the button with a cross.

Nagasaki clinches with his opponent.
Nagasaki misses with a knee strike.
Thunder throws a head punch that misses.
Thunder is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nagasaki is keeping busy.

Thunder manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder throws a hook but Nagasaki avoids it easily.
Thunder swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki looks to land a left hand but Thunder moved out of range nicely.
Thunder swats away the attempt to clinch by Nagasaki.
Thunder misses with a wild body shot.
Thunder misses the jab.
Nagasaki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nagasaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thunder swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki slips a jab and a cross from Thunder.
Nagasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Thunder.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Thunder.
Nagasaki wants to clinch.
Thunder swats away the attempt to clinch by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch but Thunder is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagasaki moves away.
Nagasaki swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Thunder.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up but Thunder circles away and keeps his distance.
Thunder takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thunder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thunder throws a body kick the misses
and Nagasaki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nagasaki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagasaki fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nagasaki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thunder misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Yoshi Nagasaki just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nagasaki scoring well with a low kick there.

Nagasaki has closed the distance and engaged Thunder in a clinch.
Nagasaki lands a nice uppercut.
Thunder tries to circle away but Nagasaki has him pinned against the cage.
Nagasaki is looking to control Thunder's arms but Thunder gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagasaki has his back to the cage.
Thunder is looking to break free of the clinch but Nagasaki has double underhooks.

Thunder breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thunder tries to bum rush Nagasaki with a series of wild strikes but Nagasaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Thunder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nagasaki closes the distance looking to clinch
and Thunder counters with a left and a right that stings Nagasaki.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nagasaki, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Nagasaki tries to clinch there but Thunder circles away.
Thunder looks to land a combination but Nagasaki avoids it well.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Nagasaki wants to clinch.
Thunder throws a big shot that misses.
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Thunder swinging wildly here.
Nagasaki tries to clinch but Thunder moves out of range.
Thunder scores with a decent looking hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thunder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch.
Nagasaki staying out of range there.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up but Thunder circles away and keeps his distance.
Nagasaki explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nagasaki is looking to slow Thunder down with leg kicks.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thunder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Thunder's ribcage but misses.
Thunder keeps the fight on the outside.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch.
Nagasaki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thunder paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Nagasaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Thunder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nagasaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thunder throws out the jab.
Thunder avoids the body shot from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki fails to land with a series of punches.
Thunder throws a left and a right that both miss

and Nagasaki moves into the clinch.
Thunder dodges an elbow strike from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nagasaki trying to stall but Thunder improves his position.
Thunder is looking to break free of the clinch but Nagasaki has double underhooks.
Thunder lands a shoulder strike.
Nagasaki is stalling here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki blocks a body shot from Thunder.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Thunder is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thunder stalls.
Nagasaki trying to land knees to the body.
Nagasaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Thunder controls his hands.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagasaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nagasaki looking to stall.
Nagasaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Thunder avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yoshi Nagasaki dominated that fourth round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Thunder throws a head kick but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
Nagasaki doesn't manage to clinch there - Thunder circles away.
Thunder thows a body shot but no joy.
Nagasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thunder has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nagasaki.

Nagasaki rushes Thunder and presses him up against the cage.
The referee calls for Nagasaki to work.
Thunder misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thunder blocks it with crossed arms.
Thunder wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nagasaki is pushing Thunder up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Thunder managing to block the knees to the body from Nagasaki.
A left hand lands to the body for Nagasaki.
Nagasaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Nagasaki stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Yoshi Nagasaki.
Thunder misses with a lunging right hand
and Nagasaki counters with an inside leg kick.
Thunder lands the left hand.
Thunder misses with a looping left.
Sloppy strikes from Thunder. Those never looked like landing.
Thunder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nagasaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nagasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nagasaki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nagasaki moves to clinch but Thunder breaks away
and Thunder counters with a right hand to the body.
Nagasaki is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Thunder misses with an uppercut. Nagasaki saw that one coming.
Nagasaki throws a leg kick which misses Thunder's front leg but catches the back leg as Thunder tries to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thunder.
Nagasaki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nagasaki wants to clinch.
Thunder keeps the fight on the outside.
Dan Thunder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yoshi Nagasaki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Thunder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki blocks a jab.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up.
Thunder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagasaki moves away.
Nagasaki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thunder.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thunder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagasaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Thunder.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Nagasaki clinches up against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Nagasaki.
Thunder is looking to break free of the clinch but Nagasaki has double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nagasaki landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thunder is trying to break the clinch but Nagasaki has him pressed against the cage.
Nagasaki blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yoshi Nagasaki.
Well Nagasaki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 46:50
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 47:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshi Nagasaki!
Yoshi Nagasaki is the new welterweight champion!