PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giro Inhanamoto (ranked 1094 p4p, 1185 weight class) and Chris Tamburello (ranked 137 p4p, 153 weight class). Tamburello has chosen Going Out of Style - Dropkick Murphys as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Inhanamoto
vs
Tamburello

192 cm
28
263
19 - 9 - 0

192 cm
31
255
14 - 16 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Â© Trap House
Conviction

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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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Giro Inhanamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Tamburello!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamburello blocks a low kick nicely.
Tamburello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tamburello with a nice cross.
Tamburello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Inhanamoto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tamburello tries to close the distance and clinch up but Inhanamoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tamburello misses the jab.

Tamburello has managed to clinch.
Tamburello tries to throw a body punch but Inhanamoto avoids it by throwing Tamburello back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tamburello fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Tamburello.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Inhanamoto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Inhanamoto wants to break free but Tamburello has control.
Tamburello tries to throw a body punch but Inhanamoto avoids it by throwing Tamburello back against the cage.
Tamburello can't find room to land a body shot as Inhanamoto controls the action.
Inhanamoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Tamburello has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Inhanamoto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Inhanamoto pushes Tamburello back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Inhanamoto presses Tamburello against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tamburello struggles to land a body shot inside as Inhanamoto controls his hands.
Inhanamoto gets underhooks to prevent Tamburello's takedown attempt.
Tamburello misses with a short punch on the inside.
Inhanamoto blocks an uppercut.
Tamburello has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Inhanamoto avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tamburello goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tamburello misses with a punch to the body.
Tamburello misses with a hook to the ribs.
Inhanamoto lands a body shot in the clinch.

Inhanamoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Inhanamoto cracks Tamburello with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Tamburello looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Inhanamoto finish him?

Tamburello is rocked!

It looks like Chris Tamburello has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Inhanamoto lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Tamburello up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Inhanamoto from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Tamburello's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Giro Inhanamoto!
Giro Inhanamoto thanked the fans post fight for their support.