PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksey Ivanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Ivanov
vs
Tamatso

180 cm
32
188 lbs
22 - 9 - 1

180 cm
34
178 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sex Panther Supplements
Conviction

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksey Ivanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanov will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ivanov looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tamatso is fending him off so far but Ivanov persists. Nope, Tamatso circles away and we're back to standing.
Ivanov stuffs the takedown.
Tamatso closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ivanov circles away.
Tamatso misses with a takedown attempt

and Ivanov counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tamatso's guard now.
Aleksey Ivanov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tsuyoshi Tamatso.
Tamatso has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ivanov has passed into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Ivanov.
Ivanov scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tamatso to see if he's OK.

Ivanov tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
You can see the frustration on Tamatso's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ivanov misses with the ground and pound.
Ivanov tries to move to mount but Tamatso blocks the move with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ivanov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tamatso, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Ivanov seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tamatso takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tamatso is trying to work for a sweep but Ivanov has mounted him!
Tamatso is trying to escape the mount.
Ivanov in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tamatso can't escape the position.
Ivanov is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ivanov has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ivanov lands a big shot there that rocks Tamatso but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Tamatso is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tamatso manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tamatso is still in real trouble! Can Ivanov finish him?
Ivanov lands with a punch from half guard.
Ivanov controlling the pace.

Ivanov seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Tamatso is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Aleksey Ivanov!
After winning the bout, Aleksey Ivanov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.