PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilya Porunov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiyoshi Tamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tamura's choice of entrance music: Teriyaki boyz - Tokyo drift. Kiyoshi Tamura has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Porunov
vs
Tamura

190 cm
19
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

176 cm
21
189 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Russian Top Team Nutrition

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilya Porunov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kiyoshi Tamura!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Porunov.
Ilya Porunov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Porunov fails with a takedown attempt.
Porunov shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tamura pinned against the cage. Tamura gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ilya Porunov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tamura will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porunov shoots in and drives through. Tamura sprawls well.
Tamura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Porunov fails with the takedown
and Tamura counters with a three punch combo that has Porunov backing up. Porunov nods at Tamura to acknowledge the strikes.
Tamura stuffs the takedown.

Porunov shoots in and bounces Tamura off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Tamura escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Porunov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Porunov throws a big right hand that misses.
Porunov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Porunov trying to control but Tamura is working from the bottom.

Tamura escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Porunov gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Tamura is looking for a triangle but Porunov pushes his legs off easily.
Porunov works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Tamura is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Porunov pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Porunov controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porunov moves into full mount! Tamura won't be happy about that!
Tamura is looking to get to half guard.

Porunov looking for a guillotine from mount but Tamura is having none of it.
Porunov controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamura sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Porunov passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tamura!

Porunov looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Tamura can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamura is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Porunov looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

Tamura defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Porunov.
Tamura is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Porunov controlling his opponent.
Porunov with the ground and pound from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tamura working to try and regain half guard.
Tamura wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Tamura tries to escape but Porunov has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kiyoshi Tamura will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tamura misses the shot to the body.

Tamura gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Porunov to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Tamura is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Porunov passes into half guard.
Tamura wants to improve his position but Porunov is controlling well.

Tamura looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Tamura looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tamura looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Tamura looking for submissions off his back.
Porunov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Tamura actively working from the bottom here.
Porunov slows the pace down in half guard.

Porunov is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Porunov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tamura sees it coming and defends easily.
Porunov tries to pass to full mount but Tamura defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tamura looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Tamura is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Porunov pulls his head out easily.

Tamura looking for submissions off his back.
Porunov wants to control but Tamura is keeping him busy.

Tamura looking for subs from the bottom but Porunov mounts him!
Porunov prevents Tamura from getting the reversal.
Tamura is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Porunov thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Porunov controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Porunov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tamura is looking to escape.
Porunov controlling from the full mount.

Porunov looking for a guillotine from mount but Tamura is having none of it.
Porunov sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Tamura is working to get back to half guard.
Tamura is squirming around, avoiding Porunov's attempts to control the action.
Porunov misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamura is working to get back to half guard.
Ilya Porunov overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Porunov throws some wild stikes that Tamura manages to avoid easily.
Porunov seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Tamura is holding on tight.
Porunov prevents Tamura from getting the reversal.

Porunov gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Porunov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Porunov shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tamura defends it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Porunov slips a jab and a cross from Tamura.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ilya Porunov dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Porunov is defended easily by Tamura.
Decent striking displayed by Tamura there.
Tamura misses the shot to the body.
Porunov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tamura sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Porunov somewhat.
Porunov fails with the takedown
and Tamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ilya Porunov. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porunov fails with a takedown attempt.
Tamura displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Porunov.
Kiyoshi Tamura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Porunov on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamura misses with a body shot.
Tamura misses with a series of wild punches.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Porunov.
Tamura is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Porunov tries for a kimura but Tamura is defending well.
Porunov trying to control the action but Tamura is working from the bottom.

Porunov thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tamura is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tamura manages to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porunov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Porunov slows the pace down in half guard.

Tamura looking for submissions off his back.

Porunov is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tamura sees it coming and defends easily.

Porunov is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tamura is staying active underneath Porunov, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Porunov is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tamura defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kiyoshi Tamura.
I think Tamura 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Kiyoshi Tamura!