PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Isamu Natsuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tokhtakhounov comes to the cage accompanied by Ministry - Thieves. 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.

Tokhtakhounov
vs
Natsuki

187 cm
27
220 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

190 cm
28
220 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Isamu Natsuki!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Natsuki lands a jab to Tokhtakhounov's midsection.
Tokhtakhounov misses with a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tokhtakhounov.
Natsuki throws a leg kick
letting Tokhtakhounov counter with a right hand.
Tokhtakhounov thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Natsuki if he has to take too many more of those.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tokhtakhounov.
Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tokhtakhounov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tokhtakhounov. That's going to slow Natsuki down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tokhtakhounov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Natsuki's head.
Natsuki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tokhtakhounov lands a nice looking body kick.
Natsuki scores with a punch to the head.
Tokhtakhounov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good standup being displayed there by Natsuki as he connects with a hook.
Natsuki walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tokhtakhounov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Tokhtakhounov tenderised Natsuki's leg. Natsuki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tokhtakhounov throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Natsuki looks winded!
Tokhtakhounov thumps Natsuki with a low kick.
Tokhtakhounov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Natsuki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for Tokhtakhounov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Natsuki misses its intended target.
Natsuki needs to keep his hands up - Tokhtakhounov had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Isamu Natsuki has been cut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tokhtakhounov.
Natsuki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tokhtakhounov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tokhtakhounov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tokhtakhounov tests Natsuki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No luck for Natsuki with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokhtakhounov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tokhtakhounov lands a jab.
Natsuki blocks a low kick nicely.
Natsuki misses with an uppercut.
Natsuki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tokhtakhounov is fending him off so far but Natsuki persists. Nope, Tokhtakhounov circles away and we're back to standing.
Tokhtakhounov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That kick from Tokhtakhounov tenderised Natsuki's leg. Natsuki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Natsuki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tokhtakhounov.
Tokhtakhounov lands a high kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Tokhtakhounov!
Natsuki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tokhtakhounov can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natsuki needs to keep his hands up - Tokhtakhounov had a free shot at his head there.
Natsuki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tokhtakhounov throws a sloppy head kick and Natsuki moves out of range easily.
Natsuki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tokhtakhounov can pounce on him.
Whack! Tokhtakhounov lands a heavy head kick that drops Natsuki. The ref tackles Tokhtakhounov to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Natsuki was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov!
During a confident post fight interview, Tursunovich Tokhtakhounov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.