PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Valentin Nasimentu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bourne comes to the cage accompanied by Bawitdaba. Nasimentu has chosen ТIК - Бiлi Троянk as his entrance music. John Bourne has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bourne
vs
Nasimentu

200 cm
37
280 lbs
29 - 13 - 1

190 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, John Bourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Valentin Nasimentu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nasimentu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bourne thinking.
Bourne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nasimentu was well out of range. Poor timing from Bourne.
Bourne misses with a jab to the body
and Nasimentu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like John Bourne has been cut.
Nasimentu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bourne is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nasimentu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bourne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bourne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nasimentu. That did some damage!
Bourne moves out of range as Nasimentu strikes.
A big left from Nasimentu misses.
It looked like Bourne wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nasimentu throws a right hand that Bourne ducks under and follows up with a left that Bourne also avoids with ease.

Nasimentu lands a left and a right that sends Bourne crashing to the canvas! Nasimentu dives into mount looking to finish!

Bourne is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Nasimentu looking to isolate an arm here. Bourne doesn't see it coming and as Nasimentu extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Nasimentu!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Valentin Nasimentu!
Valentin Nasimentu bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.