PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Di Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hidetoshi Nakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Di Maria
vs
Nakata

182 cm
25
179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

178 cm
28
182 lbs
14 - 9 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Di Maria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidetoshi Nakata!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakata gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Di Maria throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nakata.
Nakata takes one on the button.
No luck for Nakata with that takedown attempt.
Di Maria lands a right hook to the body.
Di Maria scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakata with a poor takedown
and Di Maria counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nakata looks gassed!
Di Maria works the jab nicely.
Di Maria goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nakata shoots in for a takedown but Di Maria shows good takedown defense.
Luis Di Maria has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hidetoshi Nakata.
Nakata wants to clinch but Di Maria slips to the side
and Di Maria counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nakata wants to clinch
and Di Maria counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nakata doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Di Maria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Di Maria as Nakata shoots in.
Luis Di Maria is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Di Maria lands a jab-cross combination.
Di Maria scores with a shot to the body.
Nakata takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Di Maria lands a big uppercut and Nakata crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Nakata looks OK. Di Maria waves Nakata back to his feet!

Nakata is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Di Maria digs a good hook to Nakata's body.
Nakata is still on wobbly legs! Can Di Maria finish him?
Di Maria is looking to wear down Nakata with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Di Maria connects with the punch.
Di Maria closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Nakata! Di Maria dives in looking to finish! Nakata is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Di Maria!