PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Eastman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matsufubu Rofuru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eastman comes to the cage accompanied by Van Halen - Poundcake. Rofuru has chosen Tetsuya Komuro - Speed 2 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Tyrone Eastman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Eastman
vs
Rofuru

165 cm
23
164 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

172 cm
29
164 lbs
13 - 7 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyrone Eastman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Matsufubu Rofuru!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rofuru circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rofuru loads up on a big right hand but Eastman slips the punch.
A punch combination from Eastman misses.
Eastman avoids the body shot from Rofuru.

Rofuru changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Eastman looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Eastman can't do much from the bottom here.
Eastman managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rofuru.
Rofuru misses with the ground and pound.
Eastman tries to improve position but can't.
Rofuru gets to mount! Eastman was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Eastman can't escape the position.
Rofuru trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rofuru has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rofuru cracks Eastman with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rofuru lands with some strikes.
Eastman wants to hold on but Rofuru pushes him away.
Eastman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Eastman wants to control but Rofuru is having none of it.
Rofuru trying to control but Eastman is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eastman tries to hold on but Rofuru pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eastman slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

Eastman actively working from the bottom here.
Rofuru controlling the action here.
Eastman tries to roll over but Rofuru keeps him under control.
Rofuru moves into full mount! Eastman won't be happy about that!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eastman is looking to improve his position but Rofuru isn't that keen on the idea.
Rofuru scoring with strikes but Eastman is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastman is looking to improve his position but Rofuru isn't that keen on the idea.
Rofuru avoids the attempt from Eastman to control.
Rofuru is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Eastman tries to reverse the position but Rofuru maintains control.
Rofuru landing shots from mount.
Eastman is in a horrible position here. Rofuru smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rofuru landing strikes from the mount and Eastman is in trouble!
Rofuru landing shots from mount.
Eastman is trying desperately to improve position.
Rofuru content just to control the position here.
Rofuru tries to control but Eastman wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Eastman is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matsufubu Rofuru dominated that round.
That's time! Eastman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Eastman walks into a jab.
Rofuru thuds a left hand into Eastman's body.
Eastman misses with a takedown attempt

and Rofuru counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rofuru sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Rofuru is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Eastman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rofuru.
Rofuru is looking to take a break and control but Eastman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rofuru is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Well, if Rofuru is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rofuru thows a huge punch but Eastman dodges it nicely.
Rofuru wants to take a breather but Eastman is having none of it.
Rofuru throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Eastman controlling the position well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eastman wants to control but Rofuru is keeping busy.
Rofuru lands with a punch from half guard.
Eastman wants to improve his position but Rofuru is controlling well.
Rofuru throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Eastman is looking for a sweep. Rofuru is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Matsufubu Rofuru has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rofuru is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Eastman is trying to maintain the position but Rofuru is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastman manages to get to full guard.
Eastman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rofuru wants to control from the top but Eastman keeps moving.
Rofuru sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Eastman looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Eastman. That snapped Rofuru's head back.
Rofuru misses with a body kick.

Rofuru shoots in and bounces Eastman off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Eastman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rofuru seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Eastman wants to sweep here but Rofuru controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matsufubu Rofuru showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Eastman misses with a series of wild punches.
Rofuru misses with a hook. Eastman ducked under it nicely.
Eastman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Eastman just misses with a punch to the body.
Rofuru shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Eastman counters with a nice body shot.
Rofuru feints a jab promting Eastman to slip. Rofuru then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Eastman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Rofuru looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rofuru shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Eastman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tyrone Eastman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matsufubu Rofuru.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eastman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rofuru.
Rofuru with a poor takedown

and Eastman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Eastman trying to control but Rofuru is working from the bottom.
Rofuru has Eastman pulled in close to control his posture.
Eastman throws and elbow that misses. Rofuru uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Eastman's guard. Nice move by Rofuru!
Rofuru postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rofuru postures up.
Eastman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Eastman with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Eastman working Rofuru over with strikes here.
Eastman thowing shots but they're missing.
Rofuru tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tyrone Eastman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eastman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eastman wants to control but instead Rofuru manages to regain half guard.
Rofuru is not content to let Eastman control the position.
Rofuru has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Eastman is working away from the top position though.
Eastman wants to advance to full mount but Rofuru doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Eastman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rofuru swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Eastman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Eastmanis looking to pass into half guard but Rofuru pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Rofuru is in guard.
Eastman being controlled here, momentarily.
Eastman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rofuru is working Eastman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Eastman escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rofuru gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Eastman pulls Rofuru in close to prevent any damage.
Rofuru advances position into side control!

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Eastman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rofuru has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matsufubu Rofuru!