PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cristiano Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Corbett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corbett has chosen Men at Work - Down Under as his entrance music. Cristiano Nascimento could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nathan Corbett's chin.

Nascimento
vs
Corbett

189 cm
31
214 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

189 cm
29
215 lbs
19 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cristiano Nascimento!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Nathan Corbett!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento misses with a right hand
enabling Corbett to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Cristiano Nascimento has been cut.
Corbett keeps the fight on the outside.
Corbett throws a right and a left that both miss.
Corbett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Corbett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Corbett.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corbett loads up on a big right hand but Nascimento slips the punch.
A lazy body kick from Corbett

and Nascimento moves into the clinch.
Corbett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Corbett looking to slow down the pace here.
A head punch on the inside from Nascimento fails to land.
Corbett working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

It looks like Nathan Corbett has been cut.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corbett.
Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nascimento has a couple of punches blocked by Corbett.
Corbett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nascimento is keeping busy.
Nascimento works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nascimento scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nascimento blocking some punches.
Corbett lands an elbow just above Nascimento 's eye.
Nascimento misses with a body punch.
Nascimento misses with some punches.
Corbett stalling in the clinch but Nascimento improves position.
A right hook to the body lands for Nascimento.
Corbett wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Corbett.
Nascimento pushes Corbett back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corbett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nascimento throws a head punch that misses.
Nascimento blocks the elbow strike.
Nascimento throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nascimento blocks the elbow strike.
Nascimento doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Corbett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nascimento takes one to the side of the head.
Corbett 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.
Nascimento tries to land a front kick but Corbett steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Corbett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nascimento tries to clinch there but Corbett circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Corbett pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corbett looks to score with a jab to the body but Nascimento is just out of range.
Nascimento takes one to the chin there.
Corbett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nascimento fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nascimento takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Corbett swings widly with a right hand

and Nascimento counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Corbett takes a shot to the head.
Nascimento lands a hook that snaps the head of Corbett backwards.
Corbett blocking some punches.
Corbett trying to stall but Nascimento improves his position.
Nascimento blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Corbett ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Corbett no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento is stalling in the full guard.
Corbett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nascimento content to stall in guard here.

Nascimento gets to his feet. Corbett looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nascimento showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Corbett.

Nascimento instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corbett is trying to break free.
Nascimento has a couple of punches blocked by Corbett.
Corbett is trying to pull guard but Nascimento has him pressed against the cage.
Corbett trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cristiano Nascimento will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Corbett throws the left hand but Nascimento avoids the punch easily.
Corbett throws a head kick but Nascimento moves out of range.

Nascimento has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nascimento lands a shoulder strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nascimento lands with a right to the head.
Nascimento tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corbett's elbow.
Corbett is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nascimento is keeping busy.
Cristiano Nascimento has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nascimento lands an uppercut.
Corbett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nascimento.
Corbett can't break the clinch.
Corbett comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento lands a nice uppercut.
Nascimento lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Corbett backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Nascimento.
Nascimento lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nascimento.
Nascimento lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Corbett backwards.
A short right from Nascimento on the inside.

Nascimento drops Corbett onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Corbett is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Corbett is rocked!
Corbett is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nascimento dips a shoulder and cracks Corbett with a mighty uppercut! Corbett falls back against the cage and Nascimento unloads with a barrage of strikes! Corbett is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Nascimento screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cristiano Nascimento!
A victorious Cristiano Nascimento thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.