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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gatot Kaca (ranked 831 p4p, 2149 weight class) and Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 119 p4p, 313 weight class). Gatot Kaca has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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8 - 2 - 0 |
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192 cm
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4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gatot Kaca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaca throws a jab when Tsuruta was well out of range.
Tsuruta changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Kaca throws a body shot but no joy.
Kaca lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Tomomi Tsuruta has been cut.
Kaca looks to land a right hand but Tsuruta moved out of range.
Tsuruta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kaca stuns Tsuruta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kaca smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tsuruta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kaca is fending him off so far but Tsuruta persists. Nope, Kaca circles away and we're back to standing.
Tsuruta closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kaca did well to prevent Tsuruta getting side control.
Tsuruta is keen to just control but Kaca is a slippery customer.
Kaca knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tsuruta on the ground.
Ground and pound from Tsuruta.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaca is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tsuruta scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kaca wants to sweep but Tsuruta has passed to side control!
Tsuruta working the head and body with strikes.
Kaca is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Tsuruta controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta wants to control but Kaca is keeping him busy.
Tsuruta working the head and body with strikes.
Tsuruta landing strikes.
Kaca on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kaca tries to get out of the position.
Kaca on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tsuruta is putting a hurting on Kaca here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kaca takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kaca is trying to control Tsuruta's posture but Tsuruta avoids it.
Tsuruta wants to control but Kaca is keeping him busy.
Check out the look on Tsuruta's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Tsuruta controlling from side mount.
Kaca is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands some shots froms side control.
Tsuruta landing strikes.
Tsuruta in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Tsuruta connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kaca some visible discomfort.
Tsuruta lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kaca tries to buck Tsuruta off but Tsuruta is having none of it.
Kaca takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsuruta working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Kaca's face as Tsuruta controls the position.
Tsuruta lands an elbow.
Kaca is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tsuruta is controlling him well.
Tsuruta scores with punches from side control.
Tsuruta lands a decent elbow from side control.
Kaca is trying to get back to half guard.
Tsuruta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tsuruta lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kaca down.
Tsuruta working the ground and pound.
Tsuruta scores with punches from side control.
Tsuruta cracks Kaca with a big elbow.
Kaca wants to get back to his feet.
Tsuruta is chipping away with strikes.
Tsuruta in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kaca is rocked!
A big shot lands for Tsuruta! That's hurt Kaca! Will he recover? Tsuruta fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomomi Tsuruta!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tomomi Tsuruta made sure he mentioned FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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