PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Tsushima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gregoire Lefevre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tsushima comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Till I Collapse. Lefevre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Gregoire Lefevre enters the cage!

Tsushima
vs
Lefevre

184 cm
28
216 lbs
23 - 6 - 3

188 cm
23
218 lbs
11 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 6 - 3, fighting out of Tokyo, Lewis Tsushima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gregoire Lefevre!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsushima will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lefevre looks to throw the jab but Tsushima is out of range.
Lefevre swings for the body but Tsushima moves out of range.
Tsushima shoots in and drives through. Lefevre sprawls well.
Lefevre leaves Tsushima with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tsushima lands with a good body shot.
A jab from Tsushima finds it's way through Lefevre's defenses.
Tsushima connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tsushima misses with a double jab
and Lefevre counters with a nice uppercut.
Tsushima moves away from the strike by Lefevre.
Tsushima misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lefevre.
Tsushima lands a jab to the head.
Tsushima is looking to land body kicks.
That kick from Tsushima tenderised Lefevre's leg. Lefevre is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tsushima - that will leave a mark!
Lefevre looks gassed!
Tsushima fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lefevre manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lefevre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tsushima fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lefevre looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsushima is just out of range.
Lefevre takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tsushima connects with a high kick.
Tsushima takes a swing at Lefevre's ribcage but misses.
Tsushima fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tsushima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tsushima takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsushima throws a solid leg kick but Lefevre takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tsushima.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tsushima.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tsushima, right into the meat.
Lefevre avoids the body shot from Tsushima.
Tsushima misses with a head kick.
Tsushima throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tsushima.
Tsushima lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tsushima shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lefevre as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lewis Tsushima. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tsushima.
Tsushima throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tsushima.
Tsushima listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tsushima goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tsushima.
Tsushima cracks Lefevre with an open hand slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tsushima.

Tsushima closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tsushima lands in his opponent's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tsushima throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima works over Lefevre with some ground and pound from guard.
Tsushima is pushing down on Lefevre's leg trying to pass to half guard. Lefevre is fighting to maintain full guard but Tsushima has managed to sneak the leg through.
Tsushima works his way into side control.

Tsushima tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tsushima has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tsushima controls the position from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsushima lands a few punches from side control.
Lefevre takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Tsushima stalls from top position.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tsushima wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lefevre, who protects the arm well.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tsushima wants to control but Lefevre is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lewis Tsushima dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Lefevre moves out of range of the body kick from Tsushima.
Tsushima tries to clinch up but Lefevre circles away and keeps his distance.
Tsushima scores with a nice right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Tsushima.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tsushima.
Lefevre sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tsushima feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lefevre's calf.
Tsushima is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lefevre can do to turn this around?
Lefevre on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Lefevre is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lefevre circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Tsushima. Lefevre falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Tsushima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lewis Tsushima!