PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 124 p4p, 148 weight class) and Badr Al Din (ranked 23 p4p, 30 weight class). Al Din comes into a darkened arena with his song building. RUNNING BACK kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Tsuruta
vs
Al Din

192 cm
33
209
26 - 13 - 0

187 cm
33
204
19 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Conviction

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 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Badr Al Din!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Din throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Tsuruta misses the target.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Din uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsuruta.
A little jabbing left from Al Din on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Al Din keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsuruta throws a sloppy body shot
and Al Din counters with a good, hard body kick but Tsuruta shrugs it off.
Tsuruta misses with a lunging right hand
and Al Din counters with a slapping leg kick.
Al Din lands a leg kick that knocks Tsuruta off balance momentarily.
Tsuruta throws an off balance right hand
and Al Din counters with a good low kick that Tsuruta was not able to check.
Al Din is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Al Din sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tsuruta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsuruta slips a straight right by Al Din.
Al Din throws a lazy right hand but Tsuruta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Al Din has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Din ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta thuds a left hand into Al Din's body.
Tomomi Tsuruta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Din feints and then cracks Tsuruta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tsuruta down.
Tsuruta scores with a jab to the body.
Tsuruta throws a hook but Al Din blocks it.
Tsuruta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsuruta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Al Din takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tsuruta connects with a crisp jab.
Al Din moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Al Din looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta throws a body punch but Al Din moves out of range.
Tsuruta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Din moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Tsuruta.
Al Din lands a nice shot to the body.
Tsuruta throws a sloppy body shot
and Al Din counters with a nice uppercut.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Al Din counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tsuruta is looking to wear down Al Din with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tsuruta lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nice defenses there by Tsuruta.
Al Din uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Al Din on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Al Din takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tsuruta misses with a straight right.
Tsuruta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Al Din.
Tsuruta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Al Din.
Al Din looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta misses with a jab to the body
and Tsuruta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Din avoids the body shot from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tsuruta misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Al Din cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.
A shot to the liver by Tsuruta. Beautiful body shot.
Al Din keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsuruta misses with a double jab
and Al Din counters with an outside leg kick.
Tsuruta connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Tsuruta. Beautiful body shot.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.
Al Din thinks about the counter body kick.
Al Din takes a shot to the body in his stride.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Al Din counters with a low kick, right behind Tsuruta 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Din keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Al Din lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tsuruta's sensitive parts.
Al Din slips a straight right by Tsuruta.
A shot to the body from Tsuruta misses

and Al Din counters with a nice right hand that sends Tsuruta toppling to the canvas! Tsuruta scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Al Din finish him?!
Tsuruta is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tsuruta lands a jab.
A swing and a miss from Tsuruta.
Al Din pounces like a tiger and cracks Tsuruta with a vicious hook! Tsuruta is down but not out! Al Din follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Badr Al Din!
Badr Al Din thanked the fans post fight for their support.