PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roland Deschain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kana Tsugihara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Deschain
vs
Tsugihara

204 cm
19
184 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
23
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Diamond Design Clothing

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roland Deschain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kana Tsugihara!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tsugihara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tsugihara has picked Deschain up - he's going for a ride! Tsugihara dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
It looks like Tsugihara is going to stand back up.

Tsugihara stands up out of the half guard.
Tsugihara tries to close the distance and clinch but Deschain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tsugihara tries to clinch up but Deschain circles away and keeps his distance.
Tsugihara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tsugihara tries to clinch up but Deschain circles away and keeps his distance.
Deschain shoots in but no luck this time.

Tsugihara moves into the clinch.
Tsugihara lands an elbow inside.

Tsugihara breaks the clinch.

Tsugihara has taken the fight to the clinch.
Deschain stops a takedown attempt from Tsugihara.
Tsugihara lands a nice knee to the body.
Tsugihara lands an elbow that stopped Deschain in his tracks for a moment.
Tsugihara gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Deschain.
Deschain is trying to break the clinch but Tsugihara has him pressed against the cage.
Deschain has had enough of the clinch but Tsugihara keeps him there for the moment.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body.
Deschain is breathing heavily.
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!
Tsugihara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.
Tsugihara with a knee to the head.

Tsugihara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tsugihara looks to land a combination but Deschain avoids it well.

Tsugihara closes the distance and clinches.
Tsugihara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tsugihara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Deschain tries to break the clinch but Tsugihara is controlling the position.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the body.
Tsugihara lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tsugihara scores with a knee to the head.
Tsugihara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tsugihara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsugihara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deschain's defenses.
Tsugihara is pushing Deschain up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Tsugihara has Deschain pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Tsugihara pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Deschain tumbling to the mat - Tsugihara dives into Deschain's guard.
Deschain will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tsugihara wants to get up but he can't break Deschain's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsugihara won't allow Deschain to get back to his feet.

Tsugihara gets to his feet. Deschain looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Tsugihara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Deschain tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Tsugihara moves into the clinch.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body.
Tsugihara crunches a lovely knee into Deschain's ribcage.
Tsugihara lands a nice knee to the body.
Tsugihara crunches a lovely knee into Deschain's ribcage.
Tsugihara lands a nice knee to the body.
Deschain wants to get back to striking at distance but Tsugihara won't allow it.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.
Tsugihara lands an elbow inside.
Tsugihara creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Deschain's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deschain really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Tsugihara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsugihara moves in looking to clinch but Deschain pushes him off.
Tsugihara wants to clinch up but Deschain keeps it at a distance.

Tsugihara darts in and clinches Deschain up against the cage.
Deschain tries to pull guard but Tsugihara holds him up against the cage and eventually Deschain drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roland Deschain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsugihara lands an elbow just above Deschain 's eye.
Tsugihara lands an elbow that stopped Deschain in his tracks for a moment.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the body.
Tsugihara lands an elbow inside that Deschain shrugs off.
Tsugihara crunches a lovely knee into Deschain's ribcage.
Tsugihara avoiding damage.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deschain is pressed up against the cage. Tsugihara has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Deschain down to the mat. Deschain avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tsugihara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tsugihara lands a head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deschain can't break the clinch.
Tsugihara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tsugihara is pressed up against the cage. Deschain has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tsugihara down to the mat. Tsugihara avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tsugihara wants to clinch up but Deschain keeps it at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tsugihara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tsugihara lands a nice knee to the body.

Tsugihara pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Tsugihara drives through and clinches with Deschain against the cage.
Tsugihara crunches a lovely knee into Deschain's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees to the body from Tsugihara.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Deschain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tsugihara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tsugihara lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tsugihara with a knee to the head.

Tsugihara is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Deschain can't fight it off and eventually Tsugihara manages to take the fight to the floor. Deschain looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Tsugihara wants to get up but he can't break Deschain's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kana Tsugihara dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tsugihara moves into the clinch successfully.
Tsugihara lands an elbow inside.
Tsugihara can't get the takedown.
Deschain tries to score a body lock takedown but Tsugihara shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tsugihara connects with a nasty looking knee right to Deschain's face.
Tsugihara landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Tsugihara manages to break the clinch.

Tsugihara closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.
Tsugihara lands an elbow that stopped Deschain in his tracks for a moment.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Tsugihara.
Tsugihara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tsugihara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Tsugihara.
Tsugihara landing knees to the head.
Tsugihara displaying some good clinch control by pressing Deschain up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Deschain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsugihara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deschain swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Tsugihara closes the distance and clinches.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Tsugihara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsugihara wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tsugihara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Deschain cracks Tsugihara with a good jab.
Tsugihara tries to clinch up.
Deschain keeps the fight on the outside.
Deschain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsugihara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Deschain swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Tsugihara has Deschain up against the cage in a clinch.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body.
Deschain wants to break free but Tsugihara has control.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the body.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsugihara works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tsugihara crunches a lovely knee into Deschain's ribcage.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tsugihara prevents Deschain from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Tsugihara - that landed with a thud.
Tsugihara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the body.
Deschain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tsugihara has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tsugihara stops a takedown attempt from Deschain.
Deschain fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roland Deschain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara with a knee to the head.
Deschain is trying to break free.
Tsugihara stalls.
Tsugihara trying to land knees to the body.
Tsugihara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Deschain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deschain takes an elbow to the temple.
Tsugihara misses with a knee strike.
Deschain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tsugihara walks away with a smile on his face. Deschain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tsugihara tries to close the distance and clinch but Deschain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Tsugihara instigates a clinch.
Tsugihara lands a nice knee to the body.
Deschain tries to break the clinch but Tsugihara is controlling the position.

Deschain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsugihara tries to clinch but Deschain moves out of range.
Tsugihara tries to clinch but Deschain moves out of range.
Deschain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Deschain looks for a takedown but Tsugihara sprawls well.
Tsugihara tries to clinch but Deschain is having none of it.

Tsugihara moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.
A right handed body shot lands from Tsugihara.
Knees to the body from Tsugihara.
Deschain takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsugihara lands an elbow that stopped Deschain in his tracks for a moment.
Tsugihara drops down looking for an ankle pick but Deschain pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tsugihara tries to clinch up but Deschain circles away and keeps his distance.
Deschain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tsugihara.

Tsugihara fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Deschain, pushing him back against the cage.
Tsugihara lands an elbow inside that Deschain shrugs off.
Tsugihara lands an elbow that stopped Deschain in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tsugihara.
Deschain tries to break the clinch but Tsugihara is controlling the position.
Tsugihara landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tsugihara connects with a nasty looking knee right to Deschain's face.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara tries to land knees in the clinch but Deschain avoids the damage to the body.
Deschain can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Deschain takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short body shot lands from Deschain as the two fighters clinch.
Deschain gets underhooks to prevent Tsugihara's takedown attempt.
Tsugihara misses with a hook to the ribs.
Deschain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tsugihara walks away with a smile on his face. Deschain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kana Tsugihara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tsugihara darts in trying to clinch
letting Deschain counter with a right hand.
Tsugihara with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Deschain to score with a decent uppercut.
Tsugihara tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Deschain counters with a straight right hand.

Tsugihara forces Deschain back against the cage and clinches.
Deschain is trying to break the clinch but Tsugihara has him pressed against the cage.

Tsugihara wants the takedown. Deschain is fighting it off but Tsugihara persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Deschain's guard against the cage.
Tsugihara would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Tsugihara decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Deschain misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tsugihara clinches up against the cage.
Deschain is trying to break the clinch but Tsugihara has him pressed against the cage.
Deschain wants to break free but Tsugihara has control.
Deschain tries to break the clinch but Tsugihara is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deschain wants to break free but Tsugihara has control.
Deschain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tsugihara lands a damaging elbow.
Tsugihara lands an elbow inside that Deschain shrugs off.
Tsugihara lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Tsugihara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Deschain is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Deschain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tsugihara circles away quickly and effectively.
Deschain circles away from the clinch attempt.

Tsugihara moves into the clinch.
Tsugihara scores with a knee to the head.
Tsugihara managing to block the knees to the body from Deschain.

Tsugihara has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Deschain regains guard immediately.
Tsugihara wanted to stand there but Deschain had control of the position.
Deschain is trying to keep Tsugihara in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tsugihara stands up and waves to Deschain to follow him.
Deschain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tsugihara has a takedown stuffed.

Tsugihara rushes Deschain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tsugihara lands with a short shot to the head.
Deschain stops a takedown attempt from Tsugihara.

Deschain pulls guard successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Deschain is on top in guard.
Deschain trying to control but Tsugihara is working from the bottom.

Tsugihara kicks Deschain off and gets to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsugihara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Deschain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tsugihara tries to clinch
and Deschain counters with a body kick that stops Tsugihara in his tracks momentarily.
Tsugihara tries to clinch but Deschain moves out of range.
Tsugihara moves in looking to clinch but Deschain pushes him off.

Tsugihara rushes Deschain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Deschain has Tsugihara pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tsugihara manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsugihara lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Deschain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tsugihara is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from Tsugihara.

Tsugihara breaks from the clinch.
Roland Deschain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Deschain looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Deschain moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Deschain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tsugihara moves into the clinch.
Tsugihara connects with a nasty looking knee right to Deschain's face.
Tsugihara comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Tsugihara.
Deschain goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tsugihara prevents it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deschain takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Tsugihara.
Tsugihara connects with a nasty looking knee right to Deschain's face.
Knees to the body from Tsugihara.
Tsugihara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Deschain wants to break free but Tsugihara has control.
Tsugihara unloads a knee to the mid-section. Deschain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Deschain tries to stall but Tsugihara uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Deschain is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tsugihara pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roland Deschain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsugihara with a knee to the head.
Tsugihara working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Deschain tries to break the clinch but Tsugihara is controlling the position.
Tsugihara using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roland Deschain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Deschain pushes Tsugihara off and gets back to his feet.
Kana Tsugihara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Tsugihara closes the distance and pushes Deschain back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kana Tsugihara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Tsugihara winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 26:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kana Tsugihara!