PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ranji Katoor (ranked 3970 p4p, 459 weight class) and Tomomisan Tsuruta (ranked 1197 p4p, 178 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Katoor
vs
Tsuruta

182 cm
23
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
209 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ranji Katoor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomisan Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuruta scores with a shot to the body.
Katoor walks into a straight right hand from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta throws a hook to the side of Katoor's head but Katoor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Tsuruta looks to move away, Katoor throws a big counter combo but Tsuruta just gets out of the way.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Katoor's ribcage but misses.
Katoor appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tsuruta misses with a looping left.
Katoor throws a counter high kick but Tsuruta was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katoor swats away the attempt to clinch by Tsuruta.
Katoor seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Katoor seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Katoor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tsuruta misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Katoor was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tsuruta.
Katoor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tsuruta gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Katoor counter with a right hand.
Tsuruta is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Katoor rather than just go for the knockout.
Tsuruta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Katoor pinned against the cage. Katoor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tsuruta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katoor seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tsuruta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katoor on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Tsuruta forces Katoor back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with a short punch on the inside.

Tsuruta lands a takedown into guard.
Katoor utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tsuruta with a nice head shot there.
Katoor is looking to stand up but Tsuruta isn't so interested in that idea.
Tsuruta with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tsuruta working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Katoor's head.
Tsuruta stops Katoor from standing up.
Tsuruta with a nice head shot there.
Tsuruta slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Katoor bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Tsuruta throws a right hand that misses
and Katoor counters with a right hand to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Tsuruta gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with a body punch.

Tsuruta gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Tsuruta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tsuruta slips nicely into half guard.
Katoor tries to kick Tsuruta off but Tsuruta keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tsuruta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Katoor is trying to stand.
Tsuruta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Katoor pushes Tsuruta off looking to stand but Tsuruta dives back in and keeps control.
Tsuruta wants to take a breather but Katoor is having none of it.
Katoor is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tsuruta scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tsuruta connects with a nice short shot to Katoor's temple.
Tsuruta lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomomisan Tsuruta dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tsuruta misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Katoor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tsuruta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Katoor looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Ranji Katoor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsuruta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Katoor throws a big counter combination but Tsuruta scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A jab from Tsuruta misses.
Katoor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Katoor slips under a jab from Tsuruta.
Katoor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tsuruta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Katoor was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katoor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katoor appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.
Katoor throws a counter high kick but Tsuruta was just alert enough to avoid it.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Katoor's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Tsuruta darts in and clinches Katoor up against the cage.
Katoor misses with an elbow strike.

Katoor breaks from the clinch.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Tsuruta misses its intended target.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.
Katoor throws a quick counter head kick but Tsuruta was just out of range.
Tsuruta connects with a body shot.
Tsuruta darts in looking for a takedown but Katoor gets double underhooks and turns Tsuruta into the cage.
Katoor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
It looked like Katoor was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tsuruta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ranji Katoor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Katoor gets tackled into the cage by Tsuruta. Tsuruta maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta blocks an elbow strike from Katoor.
Tsuruta is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Katoor's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tsuruta lands with a short shot to the head.
Katoor misses with some punches.

Katoor breaks the clinch.
Tsuruta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katoor.
Tsuruta scores with a hook to the body. Katoor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Katoor has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Katoor there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tsuruta misses with a takedown attempt
and Katoor counters with a head kick. That will keep Tsuruta thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ranji Katoor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomomisan Tsuruta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tsuruta moves into the clinch successfully.
Katoor is trying to break the clinch but Tsuruta is controlling him.
Tsuruta is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Katoor is defending well.
A hook to the body from Katoor.
Katoor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Katoor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Katoor breaks the clinch.

Tsuruta closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Katoor did well to prevent Tsuruta getting side control.
Katoor wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Katoor pushes Tsuruta off and gets back to his feet.
Tomomisan Tsuruta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katoor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomomisan Tsuruta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Tsuruta misses with a lunging right hand
and Katoor counters with a head kick. That will keep Tsuruta thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Katoor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tsuruta thuds a left hand into Katoor's body.
A swing and a miss from Tsuruta.
Katoor appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tsuruta throws a right hand that misses
and Katoor counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Katoor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Tsuruta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice sprawl there from Katoor as Tsuruta shoots in.
A counter left hand to the body from Katoor misses its target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Katoor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tsuruta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Katoor as he jumps to the side.
Katoor blocks a jab.
Katoor is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ranji Katoor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Tsuruta misses.
Tsuruta misses with an uppercut.
Katoor is looking to counter with head kicks.
Tsuruta throws the left hand but Katoor avoids the punch easily.
Katoor stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Katoor wants it to stay on the feet.
Ranji Katoor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomomisan Tsuruta.
Tsuruta looks to score with a jab to the body but Katoor is just out of range.
Katoor is looking for a counter combo.
Tsuruta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands with a good body shot.
Tsuruta misses the shot to the body.
Tsuruta swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Katoor.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tsuruta is defended easily by Katoor.
It looked like Katoor was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Tomomisan Tsuruta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuruta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Katoor.
Tomomisan Tsuruta is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katoor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Katoor on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tsuruta misses with a straight right.
Tsuruta misses with a body punch
and Katoor counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Tsuruta badly! Katoor follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Tsuruta out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Katoor finished him against the cage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ranji Katoor!