PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 2162 p4p, 263 weight class) and Super Akhmed (ranked 24534 p4p, 779 weight class). Tamatso comes to the ring accompanied by The Storm by Bill Conti. Akhmed has chosen Allahu Trapbar as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Tamatso
vs
Akhmed

180 cm
54
191 lbs
31 - 14 - 0

177 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Super Akhmed!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akhmed shoots and misses

and Tamatso counters by moving into the clinch.
Akhmed is looking to take this one to the mat.

Tamatso works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Tamatso distracts Akhmed with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tamatso slips nicely into half guard.
Tamatso has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Akhmed wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tamatso slips a nice elbow through Akhmed's hands, connecting with Akhmed's forehead.
Tamatso seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tamatso scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tamatso is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tamatso's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tamatso is trying to work for a kimura but Akhmed is defending well.
Tamatso scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tamatso works his way into side control.
Tamatso scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Akhmed to see if he's OK.
Tamatso controlling the position.
Tamatso 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.
Tamatso scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akhmed is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

Akhmed is rocked!
Tamatso takes a little break here. Akhmed wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Tamatso scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Akhmed is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Tamatso can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
A relieved looking Tsuyoshi Tamatso thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.