PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Bosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muraki Tunamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bosh
vs
Tunamoto

194 cm
39
195 lbs
32 - 22 - 0

180 cm
38
194 lbs
31 - 28 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Bosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Muraki Tunamoto!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tunamoto has closed the distance and engaged Bosh in a clinch.

Tunamoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tunamoto throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bosh lands a jab.
Tunamoto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bosh.
Tunamoto fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bosh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Bosh decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bosh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tunamoto keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tunamoto tries to kick Bosh off but Bosh keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Bosh will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Bosh is trying to control the action in half guard but Tunamoto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bosh with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Bosh wants to pass the guard but Tunamoto is defending well.
Bosh works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tunamoto is bucking up trying to escape but Bosh cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tunamoto is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosh unloading with bombs!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bosh looking to isolate an arm here. Tunamoto doesn't see it coming and as Bosh extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Bosh!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chris Bosh!
A very excited looking Chris Bosh made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.