PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomisan Tsuruta (ranked 1155 p4p, 2675 weight class) and Isaiah Sturridge (ranked 172 p4p, 363 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sturridge's choice of entrance music: Gimmie The Loot - By: The Notorious BIG. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tsuruta
vs
Sturridge

192 cm
31
209
18 - 11 - 1

188 cm
37
218
20 - 20 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Voodoo Nutrition
Urban Fighter

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 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomisan Tsuruta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaiah Sturridge!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturridge throws a shot from downtown. Tsuruta moves away and avoids it.
Tsuruta is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sturridge.
Tsuruta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sturridge tries a head kick but it misses.
Tsuruta feinted with a counter takedown.
Sturridge takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sturridge throws a hook but Tsuruta blocks it.
Tsuruta catches Sturridge with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Tsuruta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tsuruta lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Tsuruta turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
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!
Tsuruta creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Tsuruta 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.
Sturridge wants to control but Tsuruta postures up.
Tsuruta cracks Sturridge with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sturridge is looking to reverse the position.
Tsuruta cracks Sturridge with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tsuruta scores with a couple of short elbows.
Sturridge can't do much from the bottom here.
Tsuruta is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta scoring with punches from side control.
Sturridge tries to improve position but can't.
Sturridge trying to control but Tsuruta flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Tsuruta keeps control of the position as Sturridge tries to break free.
Sturridge is trapped and Tsuruta is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Sturridge is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Tsuruta.
Sturridge can't escape the position.
Can Sturridge hold on?! Tsuruta is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Sturridge tries to break free.
Sturridge is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Tsuruta off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Tsuruta scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Sturridge is looking for a way out.
Tsuruta lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Sturridge hold on?!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sturridge is in bad spot here.
Tsuruta lands shots from the back.

Sturridge is rocked!

It looks like Isaiah Sturridge has been cut.
Tsuruta cracks Sturridge with a big right hand from the back mount! Sturridge immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Tsuruta takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomomisan Tsuruta!
Tomomisan Tsuruta gave a mention to Voodoo Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).