PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Cedor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cedor comes to the cage accompanied by You'll Never Walk Alone... dedicated to Japan and the disaster victims. Tsushima is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eminem - Till I Collapse. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cedor
vs
Tsushima

188 cm
23
211 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

184 cm
27
216 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Cedor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lewis Tsushima!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cedor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tsushima ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tsushima with a jab.

Tsushima shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Cedor is trying to defend but Tsushima finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tsushima trying to control the action but Cedor is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cedor wants to get back to his feet.
Tsushima prevents Cedor from improving his position.
Tsushima trying to pass the guard but Cedor defending well.
Cedor tries to kick Tsushima off but Tsushima keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsushima working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tsushima is looking to advance position but Cedor won't allow it.
Cedor trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Tsushima manages to pass to mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tsushima landing shots from mount.
Cedor working to try and regain half guard.

Tsushima wants to finish this one by submission but Cedor is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tsushima.
Tsushima putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima trying to control but Cedor is having none of it.
Cedor's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Cedor keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cedor is working hard here to advance position.
Tsushima landing punches.
Cedor is in a horrible position here. Tsushima smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Tsushima with good strikes from the mount here!

It looks like Manny Cedor has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cedor really wants to buck Tsushima off and get back to his feet.
Tsushima fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tsushima breaks from Cedor's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cedor wants to hold on but Tsushima pushes him away.
Tsushima cracks Cedor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cedor is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Tsushima is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Tsushima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lewis Tsushima!