PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pikku Nakarainen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Guillerdo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nakarainen's entrance music is Juice Leskinen - Vaasankin veri vapisee. A fine choice. Guillerdo has chosen Digital Animal as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nakarainen
vs
Guillerdo

152 cm
25
142 lbs
14 - 4 - 2

154 cm
26
141 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Pikku Nakarainen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Francisco Guillerdo!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakarainen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nakarainen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guillerdo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nakarainen, right into the meat.
Pikku Nakarainen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guillerdo lands a right hook to the body.
Nakarainen shoots for a takedown but Guillerdo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nakarainen misses with a hook. Guillerdo ducked under it nicely.
Nakarainen just misses with a punch to the body.
Guillerdo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nakarainen was well out of range. Poor timing from Guillerdo.
Nakarainen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nakarainen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Guillerdo as he avoids it easily.
Nakarainen drops his hands momentarily and Guillerdo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Guillerdo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
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!
Nakarainen swings for the body but Guillerdo moves out of range.
Nakarainen lets loose with a powerful body kick. Guillerdo will feel that in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakarainen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Guillerdo as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pikku Nakarainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Guillerdo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nakarainen tried to score with a low kick but Guillerdo checks it.
Guillerdo checks a leg kick.
Nakarainen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Guillerdo thows a body kick. Nakarainen tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Guillerdo scoring well with a low kick there.
Nakarainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guillerdo was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakarainen.
Nakarainen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guillerdo.
Nakarainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Guillerdo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nakarainen manages to avoid it.
Nakarainen throws a body punch but Guillerdo moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Guillerdo is out of range.
Guillerdo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakarainen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Guillerdo. Beautiful body shot.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Guillerdo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Guillerdo wants to land a leg kick but Nakarainen is out of range.
Guillerdo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nakarainen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nakarainen. That's going to slow Guillerdo down.
Guillerdo checks a low kick from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo 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.
That kick from Nakarainen tenderised Guillerdo's leg. Guillerdo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Guillerdo moves out of range of the leg kick from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A head kick misses from Nakarainen.
Nakarainen is looking to wear down Guillerdo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nakarainen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Guillerdo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Guillerdo throws a nice looking combination but Nakarainen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nakarainen misses the shot to the body.
Nakarainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guillerdo.
Nakarainen connects with a nice looking jab.
Nakarainen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nakarainen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nakarainen throws a head kick but Guillerdo moves out of range.
Nakarainen throws a nice looking combination but Guillerdo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Guillerdo checks a low kick from Nakarainen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo is looking to chop away at Nakarainen's legs.
Nakarainen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Guillerdo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donk. Nakarainen catches Guillerdo right on the button with a cross.
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!
Guillerdo cracks Nakarainen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Guillerdo misses with a body kick.
Nakarainen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nakarainen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Guillerdo avoids it really well and circles away.
Guillerdo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nakarainen is out of range and Guillerdo settles back down.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen lands with a slapping head kick.
Nakarainen scores with a jab to the body.
Guillerdo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nakarainen scores with a jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nakarainen.
Some wild striking there from Guillerdo.
Nakarainen misses with a lunging right hand
and Guillerdo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nakarainen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Guillerdo is out of range and Nakarainen settles back down.
Nakarainen lands a really nice looking cross but Guillerdo seems unphased.
Nakarainen scores with a push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nakarainen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nakarainen blocks a jab.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Guillerdo blocks a leg kick.
Guillerdo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guillerdo throws a wild body kick that Nakarainen sees coming a mile off.
Nakarainen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nakarainen throws a low kick but Guillerdo moves out of range easily.
Nakarainen misses the shot to the body.
Guillerdo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Guillerdo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nakarainen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guillerdo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nakarainen. Nakarainen obviously looking to wear him down.
Nakarainen connects with a solid leg kick.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen scores with a leg kick.
A jab from Guillerdo misses.
Nakarainen throws a low kick but Guillerdo avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Guillerdo.
Guillerdo misses with a wild combination.
Nakarainen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo throws a head kick that half lands.
Nakarainen tries to work over Guillerdo's front leg with a kick but Guillerdo checks it.
Francisco Guillerdo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nakarainen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nakarainen throws a solid leg kick but Guillerdo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nakarainen.
Nakarainen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nakarainen misses with a straight left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Guillerdo checks a leg kick.
Nakarainen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nakarainen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nakarainen shoots for a double leg takedown but Guillerdo sprawls well. He's pushed Nakarainen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nakarainen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nakarainen is looking to score with low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Guillerdo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Guillerdo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Guillerdo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nakarainen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Guillerdo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Nakarainen misses.
Nakarainen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nakarainen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Guillerdo misses with a body kick.
Guillerdo blocks a head kick by Nakarainen.

Nakarainen gets the takedown into side control.
Nakarainen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakarainen taking a break here but Guillerdo is having none of it and regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pikku Nakarainen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Nakarainen ducks right into an uppercut from Guillerdo.
Pikku Nakarainen is winning the standup battle so far.

Nakarainen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nakarainen is working for a kimura but Guillerdo is defending it quite comfortably.
Nakarainen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Guillerdo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Guillerdo is trying to maintain the position but Nakarainen is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guillerdo is trying to stand.
Nakarainen wants to pass to mount but Guillerdo is defending the position.
Nakarainen is stalling here. Guillerdo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nakarainen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Guillerdo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Nakarainen is looking to regain half guard here but Guillerdo keeps moving and retains side control.
Guillerdo remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Nakarainen regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen is looking to improve his position.
Nakarainen moves into full guard.
Nakarainen trying to keep a closed guard but Guillerdo is proving a slippery customer.
Guillerdo preventing the sweep.
Guillerdo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nakarainen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nakarainen trying to keep a closed guard but Guillerdo is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen is really struggling to control Guillerdo but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Nakarainen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Nakarainen has an active guard here but Guillerdo has managed to pass into half guard.
Nakarainen tries to get to full guard but Guillerdo has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Nakarainen.

Nakarainen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nakarainen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Guillerdo has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Nakarainen wants to control but Guillerdo is having none of it.
Nakarainen is trying desperately to improve position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen is working hard here to advance position.

Guillerdo is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Guillerdo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nakarainen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Guillerdo.
Nakarainen scores with a head kick. Guillerdo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Francisco Guillerdo has been cut.

Nakarainen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Guillerdo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nakarainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Guillerdo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen stops Guillerdo from standing up.
Nakarainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Guillerdo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakarainen looking to pass the guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakarainen trying to control the position from guard on top but Guillerdo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakarainen slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Nakarainen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Guillerdo has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ground and pound from Nakarainen seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Nakarainen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Nakarainen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Guillerdo keeps working.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Nakarainen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Guillerdo manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Nakarainen is looking to take a break and control but Guillerdo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Guillerdo trying to hold on to Nakarainen's head to control him but Nakarainen postures up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Nakarainen is working for a submission of some sort.
Nakarainen working Guillerdo over with strikes.
Guillerdo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nakarainen thows a huge punch but Guillerdo dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pikku Nakarainen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Francisco Guillerdo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

No luck with that takedown attempt from Nakarainen.
Nakarainen misses with a head kick.
Nakarainen checks a leg kick.
Guillerdo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Guillerdo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Guillerdo with a hook.
Nakarainen misses the shot to the body.
Nakarainen connects with a leg kick. Guillerdo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Guillerdo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nakarainen lands a glancing blow to the side of Guillerdo's head.
Nakarainen misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakarainen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nakarainen throws a jab when Guillerdo was well out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Guillerdo.
Guillerdo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Guillerdo checks a low kick from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo throws a right hand that Nakarainen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakarainen also avoids with ease.
Nakarainen misses with a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Guillerdo as Nakarainen shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pikku Nakarainen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guillerdo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nakarainen is out of range and Guillerdo settles back down.
Good work by Guillerdo as he checks the leg kick.
Nakarainen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo thuds his shin into the meat of Nakarainen's side.
A bone on bone clash there as Guillerdo blocks the leg kick.

Nakarainen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nakarainen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Nakarainen drops back, looking for a kneebar! Guillerdo looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Guillerdo looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Guillerdo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakarainen is letting Guillerdo control him for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Guillerdo stands up and beckons Nakarainen to his feet.
Nakarainen cracks Guillerdo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nakarainen. Guillerdo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nakarainen throws a leg kick
and Guillerdo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nakarainen thinking.
Nakarainen lands a lovely overhand right.
Guillerdo takes a swing at Nakarainen's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Guillerdo misses.
Guillerdo throws a nice head kick!
A solid body kick from Nakarainen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Guillerdo slaps away a takedown attempt from Nakarainen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nakarainen scores with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Guillerdo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakarainen is looking to chop away at Guillerdo's legs.
Jab by Nakarainen.
Nakarainen looks for the body kick but Guillerdo saw that one coming.
Guillerdo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nakarainen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Guillerdo. That's going to slow Nakarainen down.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Guillerdo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nakarainen throws a front kick aimed at Guillerdo's knee but Guillerdo avoids it well.
Guillerdo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A head kick misses from Guillerdo.
Nakarainen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Guillerdo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nakarainen can pounce on him.
Nakarainen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guillerdo was well out of range. Poor timing from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo just misses with a punch to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nakarainen misses with a leg kick.
Guillerdo misses with a wild combination.
Guillerdo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Nakarainen's calf.
Nakarainen throws a wild body kick that Guillerdo sees coming a mile off.
Nakarainen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Guillerdo moves away.
Guillerdo misses the shot to the body.
Nakarainen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Guillerdo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nakarainen missing with a left hand there. Guillerdo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nakarainen throws a leg kick that misses.
Nakarainen looks to score with a jab to the body but Guillerdo is just out of range.
Guillerdo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nakarainen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Guillerdo avoids it really well and circles away.
Nakarainen looks to land a body kick but Guillerdo moved away.
Nice takedown defense from Guillerdo. No joy for Nakarainen on that attempt.
Guillerdo avoids the head kick by Nakarainen.
Nakarainen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Guillerdo.
Guillerdo misses with a body kick.
Nakarainen throws a low kick, looking for Guillerdo's leg but Guillerdo calmly moves out of range.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Guillerdo moves out of range of the leg kick from Nakarainen.
Guillerdo lands a nice shot to the body.
Guillerdo slips a jab and a cross from Nakarainen.
Nakarainen takes a swing at Guillerdo's ribcage but misses.
Guillerdo scores with a shot to the body.
Guillerdo moves away from the strike by Nakarainen.
Guillerdo scores with a spinning back kick!
Nakarainen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Francisco Guillerdo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nakarainen delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakarainen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Guillerdo is able to avoid easily.
Guillerdo misses the shot to the body.
Guillerdo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Nakarainen.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Nakarainen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Guillerdo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Guillerdo is trying to control Nakarainen's posture but Nakarainen avoids it.
Pikku Nakarainen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nakarainen is looking to take a break and control but Guillerdo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Guillerdo sneaks back into half guard.
Pikku Nakarainen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nakarainen stalling.
Guillerdo wants to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pikku Nakarainen.
Well Nakarainen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for Pikku Nakarainen!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Pikku Nakarainen!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Pikku Nakarainen!

Pikku Nakarainen wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Pikku Nakarainen thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.