PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Colt (ranked 4409 p4p, 486 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 4249 p4p, 475 weight class). Tamatso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Storm by Bill Conti kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Colt
vs
Tamatso

183 cm
28
193 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

180 cm
57
191 lbs
35 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Sportivité

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Colt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamatso takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tamatso takes one to the side of the head.
Tamatso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Colt manages to avoid it.
Tamatso scores with a nice right hand.
Tamatso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Colt.
A head kick by Colt misses
and Tamatso counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Colt looks to land a combination but Tamatso avoids it well.
Tamatso sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Colt looks to land a combination but Tamatso avoids it well.
Crunch! Colt slams his shin into Tamatso's torso.
Tamatso misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tamatso gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Colt counters with a straight right hand.
Tamatso misses the jab.
A counter left hand to the body from Colt misses its target.
Tamatso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tamatso closes the distance and clinches up with Colt, looking for a takedown. Tamatso pushes Colt against the cage but Colt circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tamatso stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Colt.
Colt throws a hook but Tamatso blocks it.
Colt throws a series of punches but Tamatso avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Colt throws a leg kick which misses Tamatso's front leg but catches the back leg as Tamatso tries to avoid it.
Tamatso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Colt was well out of range. Poor timing from Tamatso.
Tamatso throws a right hand that misses
and Colt counters with a nice body kick.
Tamatso throws a lazy right hand but Colt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tamatso misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Colt stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tamatso misses with a series of wild punches.
Colt looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Colt slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Colt connects with a single shot there.

Tamatso decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamatso is pressing down on Colt's thigh, looking to free his foot. Colt is holding on for now.
Colt is looking to improve his position.
Colt is pressing down on Tamatso's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso trying to control the position from guard on top but Colt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Colt is adopting a defensive guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Colt is on top in guard.

Colt stands up over Tamatso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Colt avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Colt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tamatso is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colt wants to control from the top but Tamatso keeps moving.
Tamatso keeping full guard, as Colt tries to pass.
Tamatso pulls Colt in close to his closed guard and prevents Colt from doing any damage or advancing position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Colt throwing strikes but missing.
Colt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tamatso works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Colt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tamatso is trying to control the position but Colt postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Colt with a flurry of punches that miss.
Colt is working Tamatso over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tamatso seems keen to control Colt's posture.
Tamatso keeping moving, preventing Colt from controlling successfully.
Colt makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Colt stands up over Tamatso, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Tamatso is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tamatso is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tamatso is still in real trouble! Can Colt finish him?
Colt gets to his feet and stands over Tamatso, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Tamatso felt that one! Colt unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Tamatso from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Colt!
Brian Colt spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.