PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tsimmi Tsangga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Tsimmi Tsangga had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Tsimmi Tsangga is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Tsangga
vs
Black

200 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tsimmi Tsangga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Black!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black moves in looking to clinch but Tsangga pushes him off.
Black misses with a head kick.
Black tries to clinch up.
Tsangga rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Black moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Black misses with a double jab
and Tsangga counters with a nice uppercut.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tsangga counters with a left and a right that stings Black.
Black with a poor takedown
and Tsangga counters with a two punch combo.
Black fails with the takedown.
Tsimmi Tsangga has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Black.

Black shoots in and gets a takedown into Tsangga's guard.

Black stands and steps away. Tsangga gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tsangga throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
Tsangga is breathing heavily.
Tsangga fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsangga circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tsangga fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Black on the side of the head.
Black shoots in and drives through. Tsangga sprawls well.
Black fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Black has managed to clinch.

Black's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black passes into half guard.

Black is trying to work for a kimura but Tsangga is defending well.
Black perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Black.
Black missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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!
Black trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black winds up and cracks Tsangga with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Black looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tsangga with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

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

Black stands up from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Tsangga pushes him off.

Tsangga tries to sprawl but Black drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Black landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Black is working for a kimura but Tsangga is defending it quite comfortably.
Black is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Black dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Black shoots in and drives through. Tsangga sprawls well.
Tsangga throws out a loose jab but Black uses good head movement to avoid it.

Black shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tsangga is trying to defend but Black finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Black sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tsangga defending well though.

Black seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Tsangga is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ryan Black!