PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hidetoshi Nakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Tsuyoshi Tamatso has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tsuyoshi Tamatso seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Tamatso
vs
Nakata

180 cm
28
178 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

178 cm
30
182 lbs
18 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Hidetoshi Nakata!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakata shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tamatso defends it nicely.
Nakata with a poor takedown
and Tamatso makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nakata misses with a takedown

and Tamatso counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hidetoshi Nakata.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Tamatso content to control rather than advance.
Tamatso is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Nakata looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Nakata is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Tamatso pulls his head out easily.
Tamatso lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tamatso is trying to work for a kimura but Nakata is defending well.
Tamatso working the head and body with strikes.

Nakata actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamatso looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Tamatso looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nakata has hold of Tamatso's hands but Tamatso slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tamatso is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Nakata looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamatso lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tamatso slows the pace down in half guard.
Tamatso 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.
Tamatso is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakata on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tamatso slips a nice elbow through Nakata's hands, connecting with Nakata's forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Tamatso.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tamatso connects with a nice short shot to Nakata's temple.
Tamatso working over Nakata with some ground and pound. Nakata looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Tamatso is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Tamatso has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Nakata defend it? Tamatso steps over the head and cranks it - Nakata is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Tamatso!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
An out of breath Tsuyoshi Tamatso thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.