PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shinjii Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Haags (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinjii Nakamura has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nakamura
vs
Haags

188 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shinjii Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Haags!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Haags but Haags pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Haags gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nakamura to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Haags controls Nakamura momentarily but Nakamura frees himself.
Nakamura tries to free his leg and advance position but Haags is retaining full guard.
Nakamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Haags wants to get back to his feet but Nakamura is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nakamura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nakamura will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nakamura scoring with some ground and pound.
Haags utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Haags utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nakamura throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura tries to free his leg and advance position but Haags is retaining full guard.
Nakamura stands up over Haags, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nakamura postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nakamura trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nakamura's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Haags utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nakamura wants to pass the guard but Haags is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haags utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Nakamura distracts Haags with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nakamura throwing strikes but missing.
Nakamura sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura postures up in Haags's guard and throws a big left but Haags blocks it.
Nakamura throws a big elbow that misses.
Nakamura lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nakamura working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nakamura distracts Haags with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Haags looks gassed!
Nakamura trying to control the position from guard on top but Haags is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakamura is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nakamura accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nakamura landing with the ground and pound.
Nakamura is in close to Haags's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nakamura working some strikes from top position.
Nakamura landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamura lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Nakamura lands a couple of elbows.
Nakamura seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nakamura stands up over Haags, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nakamura working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nakamura postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Haags is rocked!
Nakamura landing with the ground and pound.
Haags is still in real trouble! Can Nakamura finish him?
Nakamura content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Nakamura working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Haags seems to have recovered his senses.
Nakamura chips away with some ground and pound.
Nakamura showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

Nakamura stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Haags sprawls well. Haags wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nakamura gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinjii Nakamura dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nakamura tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Haags swivels and escapes.
Nakamura takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nakamura shoots in for a takedown but Haags shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nakamura is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haags can do to turn this around?
Haags scores with a nice strike.
Nakamura slips under a jab from Haags.
Haags jabs at Nakamura's body.
Haags waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nakamura.

Nakamura shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Nakamura forces his way into half guard.
Haags is breathing heavily.
Nakamura lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nakamura working over Haags with some ground and pound. Haags looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nakamura working Haags over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nakamura is taking a breather. Haags says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nakamura lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nakamura moves nicely into side control.
Nakamura wants to lay and pray for a moment but Haags keeps working.
Nakamura scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nakamura in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakamura in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Haags takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Haags taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura lands some shots froms side control.
Nakamura crunches a massive hammerfist down on Haags - he's out! Nakamura Holds back on further strikes and jumps to his feet to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shinjii Nakamura!