PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Omari Akhmedov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Akhmedov might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Jason Derulo - . Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Akhmedov
vs
Tsuruta

183 cm
22
219 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

192 cm
22
255 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Mohito Fightwear
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omari Akhmedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Akhmedov drives through and clinches with Tsuruta against the ropes.
Tsuruta lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Akhmedov.
Akhmedov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tsuruta struggles to land a body shot inside as Akhmedov controls his hands.
Tsuruta keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Akhmedov's efforts to push away.
Tsuruta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tsuruta can't find room to land a body shot as Akhmedov controls the action.
Akhmedov working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tsuruta can't find room to land a body shot as Akhmedov controls the action.
Akhmedov is trying to force a seperation but Tsuruta has the dominant position.
Tsuruta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Akhmedov tries to break the clinch but Tsuruta is controlling the position.
Tsuruta looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tsuruta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Akhmedov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Akhmedov prevents a body shot from Tsuruta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Akhmedov after a bit of a struggle.
Akhmedov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tsuruta has him pressed against the ropes.
Tsuruta misses with some punches.
Akhmedov stops a takedown attempt from Tsuruta.
Akhmedov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've been hearing reports that Akhmedov has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Akhmedov can't break the clinch.

Tsuruta gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Tsuruta is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Akhmedov!
Akhmedov is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Tsuruta controlling his opponent.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tsuruta working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tsuruta misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Akhmedov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tsuruta on the ground.
Tsuruta scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Akhmedov?
Tsuruta with a couple of short strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsuruta lands a big shot there that rocks Akhmedov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tsuruta raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Akhmedov hang on?
Tsuruta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Akhmedov is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Tsuruta putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Akhmedov is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Tsuruta looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Akhmedov is rocked!
Tsuruta postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Akhmedov out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Tsuruta goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tomomi Tsuruta!