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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Tosanesti (ranked 1913 p4p, 2746 weight class) and Tau Masunwendinghamar (ranked 240 p4p, 319 weight class). Masunwendinghamar is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Weltschmerz. Tau Masunwendinghamar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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12 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Tosanesti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tau Masunwendinghamar!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masunwendinghamar misses with a hook
and Tosanesti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tosanesti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've been hearing reports that Tosanesti has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Masunwendinghamar slips a jab and a cross from Tosanesti.
Masunwendinghamar misses with a lunging right hand
and Masunwendinghamar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Masunwendinghamar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masunwendinghamar throws a jab when Tosanesti was well out of range.
Tosanesti drives through with a takedown into Masunwendinghamar's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Masunwendinghamar wants to stand and escape but Tosanesti is having none of it.
Masunwendinghamar keeping moving, preventing Tosanesti from controlling successfully.
Tosanesti throws a big right hand that misses.
Tosanesti controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tosanesti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tosanesti is working Masunwendinghamar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Masunwendinghamar wants to stand but Tosanesti is controlling the position.
Tosanesti wants to control from the top but Masunwendinghamar keeps moving.
Masunwendinghamar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tosanesti. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosanesti showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tosanesti's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tosanesti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tosanesti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Masunwendinghamar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Masunwendinghamar keeping moving, preventing Tosanesti from controlling successfully.
Masunwendinghamar has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gold Samurai's Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Tosanesti looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Masunwendinghamar keeping moving, preventing Tosanesti from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tosanesti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tosanesti looking to pass the guard.
Tosanesti with a nice head shot there.
Masunwendinghamar keeping moving, preventing Tosanesti from controlling successfully.
Tosanesti with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tosanesti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Masunwendinghamar can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Tosanesti controls the pace.
Tosanesti prevents Masunwendinghamar from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosanesti slips nicely into half guard.
Tosanesti takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tosanesti lands with a punch from half guard.
Tosanesti lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Masunwendinghamar looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tosanesti lands a nice short elbow.
Tosanesti controlling the pace.
Tosanesti is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tosanesti 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.
Tosanesti 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masunwendinghamar tries to kick Tosanesti off in order to stand up. Tosanesti Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Tosanesti wants to take a breather but Masunwendinghamar manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Tosanesti.
Tosanesti landing some decent shots from guard.
Tosanesti looking to pass the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tosanesti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tosanesti looking to pass the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Tosanesti dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tosanesti fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tosanesti fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tosanesti loads up on a big right hand but Masunwendinghamar slips the punch.
Tosanesti shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Masunwendinghamar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Masunwendinghamar wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Tosanesti manages to pass to side control.
Masunwendinghamar looks like he's trying to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tosanesti performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tosanesti works his way into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosanesti landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tosanesti has hold of Masunwendinghamar's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Masunwendinghamar tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Tosanesti cranks the arm and Masunwendinghamar screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Masunwendinghamar, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Chris Tosanesti!
After winning the bout, Chris Tosanesti thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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