PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Chestner (ranked 1143 p4p, 723 weight class) and Tomomisan Tsuruta (ranked 159 p4p, 104 weight class). Chestner's entrance music is Black Eyed Bruiser. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chestner
vs
Tsuruta

190 cm
29
207
11 - 3 - 0

192 cm
35
209
24 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Brooklyn Apothecary

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brad Chestner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomisan Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chestner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tsuruta is struggling to control the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chestner pushes Tsuruta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsuruta.

Chestner pulls guard.
Tsuruta stays in close to Chestner's body and controls the position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tsuruta working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tsuruta postures up.
Tsuruta throwing strikes from guard but Chestner blocks nicely.
Tsuruta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Chestner is trying to keep Tsuruta in close.
Tsuruta looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chestner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tsuruta connects with a couple of short punches.

Chestner working for submissions but it's allowed Tsuruta to get to half guard.
Chestner is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Nap or Tap, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Chestner is not content to let Tsuruta control the position.
Chestner has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tsuruta is working away from the top position though.
Tsuruta misses with a head shot. Chestner uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tsuruta chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tsuruta stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Chestner throws up his legs and catches Tsuruta in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Tsuruta tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Chestner! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Brad Chestner!
After the fight, Brad Chestner was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.