PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seppo Seppo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Tumbling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tumbling has chosen Sexbomb as his entrance music. Ben Tumbling is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Seppo
vs
Tumbling

170 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
22
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seppo Seppo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ben Tumbling!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Seppo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tumbling moves out of range of the strikes.
Tumbling is looking to clinch but Seppo is avoiding it.
Seppo lands a jab.
Seppo looks to land a combination but Tumbling avoids it well.
Seppo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tumbling.
Seppo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tumbling is just out of range.
Tumbling fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seppo throws a series of punches but Tumbling moves out of range.
Seppo misses the jab.
Seppo falls off balance throwing a combination

and Tumbling counters by clinching up.
Tumbling is looking to control Seppo's arms but Seppo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tumbling has his back to the ropes.
Tumbling is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Seppo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tumbling.
Seppo Seppo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Tumbling.

Tumbling breaks the clinch.
Seppo misses with a jab to the body

and Tumbling counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tumbling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seppo is trying to force a seperation but Tumbling has the dominant position.

Seppo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Seppo misses with a straight right.
Seppo throws a lazy right hand but Tumbling sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tumbling avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seppo scores with a hook.
Seppo throws a combination that misses

and Tumbling counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tumbling.
Tumbling lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Tumbling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Seppo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seppo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tumbling moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tumbling!
Tumbling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seppo moves away.
Seppo Seppo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Seppo misses.
Seppo tries to bum rush Tumbling with a series of wild strikes but Tumbling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tumbling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seppo.
Seppo is breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Seppo.
Seppo scores with a jab to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tumbling with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seppo to score with a decent uppercut.

Tumbling clinches up with Seppo and pushes him back against the ropes.
Seppo tries to circle away but Tumbling has him pinned against the ropes.
Tumbling is working for takedown but Seppo is calmly controlling the position for now.

Tumbling manages to break the clinch.
Seppo misses with a straight right.
Seppo throws a big shot that misses.
Seppo throws a combination that misses
and Tumbling counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Seppo misses its intended target.
Tumbling lands a nice shot to the body.
Seppo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tumbling connects with a crisp jab.

Tumbling gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Tumbling manages to pull guard.
Seppo wants to control from the top but Tumbling keeps moving.
Tumbling has a closed guard, preventing Seppo from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tumbling throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tumbling trying to control the position.

Seppo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tumbling has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Seppo has managed to get both his arms back between Tumbling's legs - danger averted.
Seppo works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Seppo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Tumbling is defending against the submission attempts here by Seppo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tumbling is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tumbling lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Seppo wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Seppo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tumbling does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Seppo passes to full mount!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tumbling throwing hammer fists to the chest of Seppo. What's that going to do exactly?
Seppo looking to control and managing it successfully.

Tumbling has left one of his arms exposed and Seppo doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Tumbling screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Seppo Seppo!