PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kazumi Okamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odin Tualasamony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Odin Tualasamony will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Okamura
vs
Tualasamony

174 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
188 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear
Zombie Nutrition - LOD

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazumi Okamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Odin Tualasamony!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tualasamony is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tualasamony is looking to clinch.
Tualasamony looks to clinch
and Okamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Okamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Okamura keeps the fight on the outside.
Okamura just misses with a punch to the body.
Tualasamony tries to clinch but Okamura is having none of it.

Tualasamony has Okamura up against the cage in a clinch.
Tualasamony landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tualasamony lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tualasamony lands a knee to the body.
Okamura is breathing heavily.
Tualasamony with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Okamura definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tualasamony scores a nice knee to the body.
Tualasamony putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Okamura in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tualasamony connects with a nasty looking knee right to Okamura's face.
Tualasamony working Okamura over with knees to the body.
Tualasamony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tualasamony misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Okamura.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tualasamony is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tualasamony landing knees to the head.
Tualasamony is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Okamura is defending well for now.
Tualasamony misses with a knee strike.
Tualasamony has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Okamura - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Tualasamony, and another! Okamura is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Odin Tualasamony!
Kazumi Okamura spoke after the fight, saying 'Battle Lost but the War continues Team Goroshi - Tokyo United Fightwear - Zombie Nutrition'.