PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hiromitsu Tanaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aulis Tyrmaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tanaka
vs
Tyrmaaja

185 cm
29
175 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

178 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

[IMMA] DTK Designs (Laundry)

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hiromitsu Tanaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aulis Tyrmaaja!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tanaka.

Tanaka has closed the distance and engaged Tyrmaaja in a clinch.
Tyrmaaja has Tanaka pushed against the cage.
Tyrmaaja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tanaka is working for takedown but Tyrmaaja is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tanaka goes for a takedown attempt but Tyrmaaja pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiromitsu Tanaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tanaka fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tyrmaaja, pushing him back against the cage.
Tyrmaaja stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tyrmaaja scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Tanaka fails to land.
Tanaka has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tyrmaaja after a bit of a struggle.
Tyrmaaja lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyrmaaja'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.
Tyrmaaja cracks Tanaka with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrmaaja scores with a shoulder strike.
Tanaka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tyrmaaja avoids it.
Tyrmaaja working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A bit of stalling here from Tyrmaaja.
Tyrmaaja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Tanaka gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tyrmaaja is looking to improve his position.
Tyrmaaja controlling the position for now.
Tyrmaaja keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tyrmaaja is trying to get back to full guard.
Tanaka working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Tyrmaaja's thigh. Tyrmaaja counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka throws a big elbow that misses.
Tanaka is looking to advance position but Tyrmaaja has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Tyrmaaja punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyrmaaja with a couple of short strikes.
Tyrmaaja cracks Tanaka with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tyrmaaja punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tyrmaaja dominating with strikes here.
Tanaka wants to hold on but Tyrmaaja pushes him away.
Tyrmaaja is landing with some decent strikes but Tanaka is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tyrmaaja working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrmaaja tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tyrmaaja looking to control but Tanaka is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tyrmaaja is trying to control here but Tanaka has managed to regain half guard.
Tyrmaaja trying to control the pace.
It looks like Tyrmaaja is going to stand back up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tyrmaaja stops Tanaka from getting back to his feet.
Tyrmaaja is thwarting Tanaka's attempts to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tanaka is looking to control Tyrmaaja's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tanaka avoid being mounted?

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tyrmaaja cracks a nice hook into Tanaka's ribs.

Tanaka rushes Tyrmaaja and presses him up against the cage.
Tyrmaaja effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but Tyrmaaja blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Tanaka.
Tanaka blocks a body shot from Tyrmaaja.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aulis Tyrmaaja dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tanaka, right into the meat.
Hiromitsu Tanaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyrmaaja stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tyrmaaja falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tanaka counters with a left to the body.
Tanaka misses with a body kick.
Tyrmaaja lands a slapping body shot.
Tanaka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tyrmaaja stuffs the takedown attempt from Tanaka. Tanaka gets slowly back to his feet.
Tanaka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tyrmaaja feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tanaka's calf.
Tyrmaaja connects with a crisp jab.
Tanaka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tyrmaaja can pounce on 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!
Tanaka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Tanaka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tanaka has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tyrmaaja after a bit of a struggle.
Tyrmaaja slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrmaaja tries to work over Tanaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyrmaaja lands with a light punch inside.
Tyrmaaja lands with a left to the head.
Tyrmaaja lands an uppercut.
Tyrmaaja will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tanaka up against the cage.
Tyrmaaja scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tyrmaaja lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyrmaaja misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanaka has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tyrmaaja avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hiromitsu Tanaka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tyrmaaja avoiding damage as Tanaka throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Tyrmaaja.

Tanaka is rocked!
Tyrmaaja is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tyrmaaja avoiding damage as Tanaka throws knees to the body.
Tanaka holding his opponent close, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrmaaja gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Tanaka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tanaka breaks from the clinch.
Tanaka seems to have got his legs back now.
Tanaka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tyrmaaja as he avoids it easily.

Tanaka has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyrmaaja scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tanaka tries to break the clinch but Tyrmaaja is controlling the position.
Tyrmaaja pushes Tanaka back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tyrmaaja leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tyrmaaja digs a right hand underneath Tanaka's ribcage. Tanaka let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Tanaka breaks the clinch.
Tyrmaaja dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tanaka. That did some damage!

Tanaka closes the distance and pushes Tyrmaaja back into the cage.
Tyrmaaja content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tanaka tries to throw a body punch but Tyrmaaja avoids it by throwing Tanaka back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tyrmaaja.
Tanaka wants a takedown.
Tyrmaaja is working Tanaka over against the cage.
Tyrmaaja stalling in the clinch but Tanaka improves position.
Tyrmaaja working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tanaka is trying to stall.
Tyrmaaja lands with a light punch inside.
Tyrmaaja scores with a hook to the body.
Tyrmaaja stalling in the clinch.
Tyrmaaja lands a hook that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
Tyrmaaja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Tyrmaaja.
A short right from Tyrmaaja.
Tyrmaaja looking to slow down the pace here.
Tanaka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for Tyrmaaja to work.
Good body shot from Tyrmaaja.
Tyrmaaja pushes Tanaka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyrmaaja lands with a short shot to the head.
Tyrmaaja just leaning against Tanaka, taking a breather.
Tanaka is trying to push Tyrmaaja away but Tyrmaaja has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tyrmaaja creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tanaka's defenses.
Aulis Tyrmaaja seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tyrmaaja lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyrmaaja lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
Tyrmaaja tries a body shot but Tanaka blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tyrmaaja lands a shot to the body.
Tanaka tries for a takedown but Tyrmaaja manages to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tyrmaaja gets underhooks to prevent Tanaka's takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aulis Tyrmaaja showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tyrmaaja cracks Tanaka with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Tanaka tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Tyrmaaja pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Tanaka is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aulis Tyrmaaja!