PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kiyoshi Tamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamura comes to the cage accompanied by Teriyaki boyz - Tokyo drift. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tamura
vs
Bravo

176 cm
23
188 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

182 cm
25
180 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kiyoshi Tamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mario Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bravo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bravo lands a nice shot that snaps Tamura's head back.
Bravo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Kiyoshi Tamura has been cut.
Bravo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tamura.
No joy there for Bravo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tamura takes a swing at Bravo's ribcage but misses.
A swing and a miss from Bravo.
Bravo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tamura avoids the head kick by Bravo.
Bravo cracks Tamura with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bravo 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.
Tamura takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tamura drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tamura throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bravo throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Tamura to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bravo!
Bravo misses with a hook.
Bravo swings widly with a right hand
and Bravo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bravo swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamura.
Bravo missing with a left hand there. Tamura was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo throws a right hand that misses
and Tamura counters with a left to the body.
Tamura moves out of range of the strikes.
Bravo throws a looping overhand right but Tamura ducks down to avoid it.
Bravo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bravo cracks Tamura with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tamura avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tamura throws a hook to the side of Bravo's head but Bravo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamura misses with a straight right.
Bravo misses with a left hand
and Tamura makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bravo misses the jab.
Bravo misses with a lunging right hand
and Tamura connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bravo throws a combination that misses
and Tamura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tamura loads up on a big right hand but Bravo slips the punch.
Bravo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bravo throws a hook but Tamura blocks it.
Tamura throws the left hand but Bravo avoids the punch easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Bravo.
Bravo swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamura.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tamura closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Bravo counter with a right hand.
Tamura throws a series of punches but Bravo avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bravo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tamura.
Tamura uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bravo.
Tamura tries to clinch but Bravo is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Bravo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kiyoshi Tamura's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bravo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bravo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tamura staying out of range there.
Tamura tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Bravo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Tamura throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tamura avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tamura tries to clinch
enabling Bravo to counter with a crisp jab.
Bravo throws an overhand right that lands on Tamura's shoulder, as Tamura tries to avoid the shot.
Mario Bravo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Bravo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tamura scores with the left hand. Bravo knows he should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Bravo throws a right hand that Tamura ducks under and follows up with a left that Tamura also avoids with ease.
Bravo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tamura takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tamura misses with a two punch combination.
A punch lands to the side of Tamura 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bravo swings widly with a right hand
enabling Tamura to counter with a crisp jab.
Bravo throws a hook but Tamura avoids it easily.
Mario Bravo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tamura tries to clinch but Bravo is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamura will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bravo slips a straight right by Tamura.
Bravo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tamura tries to clinch
and Bravo counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bravo throws a lazy right hand but Tamura sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tamura wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bravo misses with an uppercut
and Tamura counters with a left to the body.
Bravo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bravo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bravo misses with a straight left.
Tamura ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bravo moves away.
Tamura tries to clinch but Bravo is having none of it.
Tamura is looking to clinch.
Tamura doesn't manage to clinch there - Bravo circles away.
Tamura misses with a looping left.
Tamura fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bravo takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bravo scores with a jab.
Tamura tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Bravo counter with a right hand.
Tamura fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tamura tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bravo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamura tries to close the distance and clinch but Bravo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tamura tries to clinch up.
Bravo throws a right and a left that Tamura avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Kiyoshi Tamura will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kiyoshi Tamura's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Bravo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tamura counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tamura darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bravo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bravo slips under a jab from Tamura.
Bravo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tamura uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bravo.
Bravo slips under a jab from Tamura.
Tamura swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Bravo misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo throws a nice looking combination but Tamura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Bravo misses.
Bravo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bravo catches Tamura with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bravo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tamura wants to clinch up but Bravo keeps it at a distance.
Tamura tries to clinch there but Bravo circles away.
Jab, jab by Tamura - just one landing.

Bravo is rocked!
Bravo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tamura counters with a left right combination that sends Bravo crashing to the mat - Tamura wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Bravo out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kiyoshi Tamura!
An intense looking Kiyoshi Tamura took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I would like to move to the lightweight division! and also i wanna say - Privet Sanya Mamontov!'.