PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nascimento is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Psirico - Lepo Lepo. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Rage
vs
Nascimento

196 cm
25
274 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

192 cm
22
274 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duke Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Flavio Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nascimento lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rage stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nascimento.
Rage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nascimento.
Rage throws a right and a left that Nascimento avoids nicely.
Rage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nascimento.
Nascimento will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nascimento moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nascimento slips under a jab from Rage.
Nascimento lands with a cross.
We've been told by Rage's head coaches at Body Pain_14elite_650$+VM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good leg kick by Nascimento there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nascimento connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rage's hands.
An inside leg kick from Nascimento misses.
Nascimento moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rage fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rage.
Rage chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nascimento can pounce on him.
Nascimento throws out a leg kick but Rage moves out of range and Nascimento only half commits.
Nascimento chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rage throws a jab but it's blocked by Nascimento.
Rage lands a jab to the head.
Nascimento misses with a looping left.
It looked like Rage was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Nascimento is looking to slow Rage down with leg kicks.
Flavio Nascimento seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nascimento goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nascimento fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rage.
Rage throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rage moves in looking to clinch but Nascimento pushes him off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rage throws a body punch but Nascimento moves out of range.
Rage looks to land a combination. Nascimento sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage misses with a wild body shot.
Flavio Nascimento is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rage swings for the body but Nascimento moves out of range.
Rage misses the shot to the body.
Rage throws a hook but Nascimento blocks it.
Rage throws a body shot but no joy.
Rage misses with a wild combination.
Nascimento cracks a nice hook into Rage's ribs.
Rage fails to land with a series of punches.
Rage moves to clinch but Nascimento breaks away
letting Nascimento counter with a right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nascimento.
Nascimento looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nascimento fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rage manages to avoid it.
Nascimento feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rage's calf.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Some wild striking there from Rage.
Rage misses with the combination.
Nascimento throws a leg kick
and Rage counters with a series of strikes. Nascimento will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rage throws a nice looking combination but Nascimento bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A leg kick checked by Rage.
A nice combination there by Nascimento.
Rage misses with a double jab
and Nascimento counters with a right hand to the body.
Rage is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rage gets tackled into the ropes by Nascimento. Nascimento maintains the clinch.
Nascimento leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Nascimento lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rage backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nascimento.
Nascimento tries to work over Rage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rage will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nascimento up against the ropes.
Nascimento lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nascimento working aggressively here.
Rage is trying to maintain a safe position but Nascimento gets an underhook and turns Rage into the ropes.
Nascimento throws a punch but it's blocked by Rage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nascimento can't find room to land a body shot as Rage controls the action.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nascimento tries to work over Rage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rage stalling in the clinch but Nascimento improves position.
Rage softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rage misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Nascimento does it's job there.
Rage displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nascimento throws out the jab.
Nascimento keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nascimento fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nascimento.
Rage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rage shoots in for a takedown but Nascimento shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nascimento connects with a body shot that sends Rage's belly button to the back.
Rage tries to clinch there but Nascimento circles away.
Nascimento checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nascimento has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rage is looking to score with low kicks.
Rage throws a looping overhand right but Nascimento ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nascimento! But no joy.
Duke Rage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rage tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nascimento is looking to score with low kicks.
Rage is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nascimento scores with a jab. Rage acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento 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 moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Nascimento.
Rage misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rage misses with a body shot
and Nascimento counters with a huge left! Rage is in big trouble! He's backing up but Nascimento isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Rage from any more damage. A dominating finish by Nascimento!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flavio Nascimento!