PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Masaharu Homma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basil Nightingale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Homma
vs
Nightingale

194 cm
28
205 lbs
14 - 9 - 1

170 cm
27
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Masaharu Homma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Basil Nightingale!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nightingale has his takedown stuffed
and Homma makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice body kick from Homma.

Homma rushes Nightingale and presses him up against the cage.
Nightingale trying to control the position but instead, Homma has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nightingale into the cage.
Nightingale dodges an elbow strike from Homma.
Homma with a knee to the head.

It looks like Basil Nightingale has been cut.
Homma pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nightingale stalling in the clinch but Homma improves position.
Homma lands an elbow inside that Nightingale shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Homma tries to land knees in the clinch but Nightingale avoids the damage to the body.
Homma throws an elbow but it misses.
Homma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nightingale blocks it with crossed arms.
Homma pushes off an throws an elbow but Nightingale leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Homma lands a damaging elbow.

That has opened up Basil Nightingale's cut even more.
Homma throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Homma just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nightingale's brow.
Nightingale takes an elbow to the forehead.
Homma lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Basil Nightingale's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Basil Nightingale's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Masaharu Homma!