PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryuu Tatsuya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rural Advantage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatsuya comes to the cage accompanied by DBZ. Advantage has chosen Drain the Blood as his entrance music. Ryuu Tatsuya could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rural Advantage's chin.

Tatsuya
vs
Advantage

180 cm
27
176 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

180 cm
28
172 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryuu Tatsuya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Rural Advantage!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Advantage checks a low kick from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Advantage manages to avoid it.
Tatsuya lands a high kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Advantage. Tatsuya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Advantage throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tatsuya goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Advantage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tatsuya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tatsuya scores with a hook.
Tatsuya digs a good hook to Advantage's body.
Advantage scores with a nice head shot.
Tatsuya throws a head kick but Advantage moves out of range.
Tatsuya throws a leg kick which misses Advantage's front leg but catches the back leg as Advantage tries to avoid it.
Tatsuya throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tatsuya lands a jab.
Jab by Tatsuya.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuya looks to land a left hand but Advantage moved out of range nicely.
Advantage throws a body punch but Tatsuya moves out of range.
Tatsuya displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Advantage throws out the jab.
Advantage swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tatsuya counters with a nice body kick.

Advantage forces Tatsuya back against the cage and clinches.
Advantage wants to get back to striking at distance but Tatsuya won't allow it.
Tatsuya gets through Advantage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tatsuya works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A frustrated look appears on Advantage's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tatsuya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Rural Advantage has been cut.
Advantage lands a nice knee to the body.
Advantage leaning against his opponent.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Advantage is blocking nicely.
Tatsuya is stalling here.
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!
Tatsuya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Advantage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tatsuya trying to stall but Advantage improves his position.
Advantage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Advantage as Tatsuya tries to tie him up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tatsuya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tatsuya looking to throw knees to the head but Advantage is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Advantage - that landed with a thud.
Advantage displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tatsuya up against the cage.
Advantage is trying to break free.
Advantage is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya is trying to maintain a safe position but Advantage gets an underhook and turns Tatsuya into the cage.
Tatsuya unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tatsuya's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tatsuya unloads a knee to the mid-section. Advantage lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tatsuya pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tatsuya pushes Advantage back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tatsuya trying to stall but Advantage improves his position.
Advantage has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tatsuya throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Advantage's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rural Advantage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Tatsuya.
Advantage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tatsuya defending well as Advantage loads up on a big left hand.
Advantage chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tatsuya can pounce on him.
Advantage takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Advantage clinches with his opponent.

Advantage breaks the clinch.
Tatsuya throws a nice inside leg kick.

Tatsuya closes the distance and clinches.
Advantage throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Advantage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Advantage letting Tatsuya take a breather here.
Advantage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tatsuya landing knees to the body.
Advantage takes a shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tatsuya - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Advantage tries to break free but Tatsuya pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tatsuya looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Advantage is looking to clinch.
Nice body punch from Tatsuya.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tatsuya.
Advantage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tatsuya.
Tatsuya lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Advantage is rocked!
Tatsuya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Advantage misses with a lunging right hand
and Tatsuya counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Advantage ducks right into an uppercut from Tatsuya.
Advantage is still on wobbly legs! Can Tatsuya finish him?
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!
Tatsuya fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tatsuya with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Advantage tries to clinch but Tatsuya moves out of range.
Tatsuya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Advantage seems to have recovered his senses.
Advantage moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatsuya fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Advantage's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tatsuya lands a nice looking body shot.
Tatsuya fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Advantage has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Advantage is breathing heavily.
Advantage takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Tatsuya moves into the clinch.
Advantage working Tatsuya over with knees to the body.
Tatsuya lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Advantage tries to break the clinch but Tatsuya is controlling the position.
Advantage wants to break free but Tatsuya has control.
Advantage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Advantage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tatsuya circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Advantage drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Tatsuya follows Advantage to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryuu Tatsuya!
Ryuu Tatsuya very nearly forgot to thank L.A. Elite Clothing Co amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.