PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chibi Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Di Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis Di Maria has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tsushima
vs
Di Maria

160 cm
21
178 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
179 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Strikefirst Nutrion

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chibi Tsushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Di Maria!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsushima slips a jab and a cross from Di Maria.
Di Maria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tsushima connects with a solid leg kick.
Tsushima blocks a jab.
Di Maria throws a hook to the side of Tsushima's head but Tsushima sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tsushima looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tsushima lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Di Maria scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Chibi Tsushima has been cut.
Di Maria misses with the combination.
Tsushima throws a sloppy head kick and Di Maria moves out of range easily.
Tsushima connects with a right hand. Di Maria shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Maria scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Di Maria misses with a straight right.
Tsushima throws a push kick but Di Maria slaps the foot to one side.
Tsushima takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tsushima tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Di Maria paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Di Maria tries to keep at a distance but Tsushima has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tsushima struggles to land a body shot inside as Di Maria controls his hands.

Di Maria manages to break the clinch.
Tsushima connects with a good right hand that stumbles Di Maria. Di Maria circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tsushima tries to close the distance and clinch but Di Maria swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tsushima misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima shoots and misses
and Tsushima takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No joy there for Di Maria, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tsushima tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Di Maria paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Di Maria scores with the left hand. Tsushima knows he should have avoided that one.
Tsushima displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Di Maria throws out the jab.
Tsushima uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Di Maria.
Tsushima tried to score with a low kick but Di Maria checks it.
Di Maria stuns Tsushima with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Di Maria throws a right and a left that Tsushima avoids nicely.
Tsushima doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima misses with a body kick.
Di Maria with a hook.
Tsushima staying out of range there.
A punch combination from Di Maria misses.
Di Maria takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tsushima scores with a crisp jab that stopped Di Maria in his tracks.

Tsushima changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Di Maria looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tsushima lands a nice forearm strike.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Di Maria struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Di Maria takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tsushima trying to control the action but Di Maria is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsushima lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Di Maria down.
Di Maria is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tsushima is controlling him well.
Tsushima scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tsushima cracks Di Maria with a big right hand but Di Maria just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tsushima postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Di Maria on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tsushima in side control lands a decent elbow.
Tsushima scoring with punches and elbows.
Tsushima wants to control but Di Maria is keeping him busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tsushima scoring with punches and elbows.
Tsushima is putting a hurting on Di Maria here, landing some big shots from side control.

Tsushima is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Di Maria is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Di Maria is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chibi Tsushima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chibi Tsushima's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Tsushima. Di Maria does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tsushima gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Di Maria.
Di Maria fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tsushima fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Di Maria bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tsushima's head backwards.
Tsushima uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Di Maria.
Tsushima misses with a head kick.
Tsushima slips a jab and a cross from Di Maria.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Maria swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tsushima misses with a takedown
and Di Maria counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tsushima thinking.
Di Maria steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tsushima.
Tsushima slips under a jab from Di Maria.
Di Maria lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tsushima tries for a takedown but Di Maria sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chibi Tsushima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsushima keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Di Maria.

Tsushima shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Di Maria is trying to defend but Tsushima finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Di Maria trying to control but Tsushima postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Di Maria trying to control here.
Di Maria is trying to stand up here but Tsushima is controlling him well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsushima controlling the pace.
Tsushima is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Di Maria blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tsushima.
Tsushima wants to take a breather but Di Maria is having none of it.
Di Maria is trying to maintain the position but Tsushima is very close to passing his half guard.
Di Maria wants to get back to his feet.
Di Maria trying to control from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima working over Di Maria with some ground and pound. Di Maria looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tsushima controlling the action here.
Tsushima is looking to take a break and control but Di Maria is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tsushima passes to full mount!
Di Maria is squirming around, avoiding Tsushima's attempts to control the action.
Di Maria is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tsushima dominating with strikes here.
Tsushima avoids the attempt from Di Maria to control.
Di Maria is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima lands a nice shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tsushima lands a big shot to the head and Di Maria winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chibi Tsushima!