PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Lice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takahiro Tamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamura is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: TaikOz. 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.

Lice
vs
Tamura

182 cm
29
200 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kimbo Lice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Takahiro Tamura!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamura misses with a body kick.
Tamura pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Donk. Tamura catches Lice right on the button with a cross.
Tamura lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Lice uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tamura has time to react.
Tamura misses with a few strikes there.
Lice ducks right into an uppercut from Tamura.
Tamura throws a head kick that misses
and Lice counters with a straight right hand.
Lice avoids the head kick by Tamura.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamura throws a body kick that misses.
Lice connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tamura's hands.
A punch combination from Tamura misses.
A punch combination from Tamura misses.
Tamura looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tamura counters with a stiff right hand.
Lice takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tamura sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tamura misses with a few strikes there.
Tamura blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Lice takes a swing at Tamura's ribcage but misses.
Lice wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tamura looks gassed!
Lice uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tamura has time to react.
Tamura looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lice cracks a nice hook into Tamura's ribs.
Lice lands with an overhand left.

Tamura is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lice drops Tamura with a naaaaasty hook - Tamura is in real trouble here! Lice dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimbo Lice!
A very excited looking Kimbo Lice made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.