PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Roussel (ranked 2782 p4p, 3378 weight class) and Seiji Tanikawa (ranked 359 p4p, 431 weight class). Roussel comes to the cage accompanied by Manau - J'ai laissé là bas . Seiji Tanikawa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Roussel
vs
Tanikawa

185 cm
17
203
2 - 0 - 0

191 cm
19
210
1 - 1 - 0

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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dexter Roussel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Seiji Tanikawa!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanikawa scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Dexter Roussel has been cut.

Roussel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tanikawa, pushing him back against the cage.
Roussel blocking some punches.
Roussel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roussel stalls.
Roussel is struggling to control the position.
Tanikawa trying to land knees to the body.
Tanikawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Roussel scores with a shot to the side of Tanikawa's head.
Roussel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tanikawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanikawa.
Tanikawa missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Roussel.
Tanikawa can't find room to land a body shot as Roussel controls the action.
Roussel stalling in the clinch.
Roussel lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanikawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Roussel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roussel lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanikawa blocks an uppercut.
Tanikawa blocks an uppercut.
Roussel lands a shoulder strike.
Roussel misses with a punch on the inside.
Tanikawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanikawa blocks an uppercut.
Roussel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roussel swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanikawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roussel scores with a shoulder strike.
Tanikawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanikawa tries to work over Roussel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tanikawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanikawa has a couple of punches blocked by Roussel.
Tanikawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roussel lands with a light punch inside.
Tanikawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roussel slows down the pace here.
Roussel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roussel turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanikawa tries to buck Roussel off but Roussel is having none of it.
Roussel working the ground and pound from side control.
We've been hearing good reports from Roussel's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Roussel creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Tanikawa's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tanikawa is looking for a sweep.
Tanikawa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Check out the look on Roussel's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Roussel scores with a couple of short elbows.
Roussel cracks Tanikawa with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tanikawa takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tanikawa can't do much from the bottom here.
Tanikawa taking a bit of punishment here - Roussel scoring with strikes.
Tanikawa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tanikawa keeps trying to improve his position.
Roussel lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roussel lands some shots froms side control.
Roussel creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Tanikawa is rocked!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tanikawa taking a bit of punishment here - Roussel scoring with strikes.
Tanikawa is still in real trouble! Can Roussel finish him?
Tanikawa is trying to work for a sweep but Roussel has mounted him!
Roussel cracks Tanikawa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tanikawa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Roussel postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Tanikawa is out cold - huge knockout for Roussel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dexter Roussel!
Dexter Roussel decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.