PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dechlan Tomsett (ranked 3792 p4p, 4147 weight class) and Charles Sobhraj (ranked 239 p4p, 259 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sobhraj's choice of entrance music: hurragutt. The key to victory for Dechlan Tomsett has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Tomsett
vs
Sobhraj

163 cm
26
143
2 - 2 - 0

171 cm
26
135
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dechlan Tomsett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Charles Sobhraj!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sobhraj lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tomsett has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tomsett and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sobhraj shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tomsett as he jumps to the side.
Tomsett fails to land with a series of punches.
Tomsett misses with a straight left.
Sobhraj shoots in looking for a takedown. Tomsett tries to sprawl out of it but Sobhraj keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tomsett manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sobhraj fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tomsett half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dechlan Tomsett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Sobhraj.
Sobhraj misses with a takedown attempt - Tomsett sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sobhraj throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tomsett counters with a left to the body.
We've been told by Tomsett's head coaches at Team Mass Valley Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

Sobhraj gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tomsett is controlling Sobhraj's position as best he can from this difficult position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobhraj prevents Tomsett from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sobhraj lands a nice short elbow.
Sobhraj has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sobhraj slips a nice elbow through Tomsett's hands, connecting with Tomsett's forehead.
Tomsett wants to get back to his feet.
Sobhraj is taking a breather. Tomsett says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sobhraj prevents Tomsett from improving his position.
Tomsett pushes Sobhraj off looking to stand but Sobhraj dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sobhraj controlling the pace.
Tomsett on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sobhraj working Tomsett over with strikes.
Tomsett is looking for a sweep. Sobhraj is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tomsett is trying to stand.
Still in half guard, Sobhraj seems content to control.
Sobhraj scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sobhraj prevents Tomsett from standing back up.
Sobhraj stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobhraj is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Sobhraj is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Tomsett is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Charles Sobhraj!
Charles Sobhraj decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.