PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aran Schmeck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Tamatso
vs
Schmeck

180 cm
36
191 lbs
28 - 11 - 0

175 cm
31
158 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Aran Schmeck!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamatso stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Tamatso wants it to stay on the feet.
Tamatso slaps away a takedown attempt from Schmeck, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Schmeck has his takedown stuffed

and Tamatso counters with a shoot takedown. Schmeck fights it but they end up in guard.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aran Schmeck.
Tamatso stopping the sweep attempt from Schmeck.
Tamatso trying to control the position from guard on top but Schmeck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Schmeck looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Tamatso passes into side control.
Tamatso working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmeck is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tamatso trying to control the action but Schmeck is working from the bottom.
Schmeck is looking to reverse the position.
Tamatso working away.
Schmeck being controlled for a moment.
Schmeck can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso wants to control but Schmeck is keeping him busy.
Schmeck looking for a sweep but Tamatso has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Tamatso looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tamatso looking to control but Schmeck is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tamatso looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Schmeck wants to hold on but Tamatso pushes him away.
Schmeck is wriggling around trying to escape.
We've been hearing good reports from Tamatso's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Schmeck wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

Tamatso has managed to slip his arm under Schmeck's chin. This could be all over... yep, Schmeck is tapping out! Submission win for Tamatso.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
Tsuyoshi Tamatso seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.