PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Kamamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kid Kamamoto has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tsuyoshi Tamatso's chin.

Tamatso
vs
Kamamoto

180 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kid Kamamoto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamamoto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Kamamoto.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tamatso is trying to improve his position.
Tamatso gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kamamoto throwing shots but Tamatso is blocking nicely.
Kamamoto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Tamatso looking for submissions off his back.
Kamamoto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kamamoto is thwarting Tamatso's attempts to control the position.
Tamatso regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kamamoto.
Kamamoto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kamamoto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tamatso stuffs the takedown.

Kamamoto looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tamatso!
Kamamoto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tamatso. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kamamoto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tamatso tries to hold on but Kamamoto postures up.
Kamamoto looking to ground and pound but Tamatso is blocking nicely.
Tamatso wants to control but Kamamoto is having none of it.
Kamamoto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kamamoto thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Tamatso really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tamatso manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Tamatso looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamamoto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kamamoto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tamatso defending well though.
Tamatso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kamamoto scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tamatso regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kamamoto.
Kamamoto is in close to Tamatso's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kamamoto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kamamoto looks gassed!
Tamatso tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Tamatso shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kamamoto keeping moving, preventing Tamatso from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tamatso pushing down on Kamamoto's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tamatso prevents Kamamoto from improving his position.
Tamatso wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kamamoto keeps working.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kamamoto can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamamoto wants to get back to full guard.
Kamamoto is not content to let Tamatso control the position.
Tamatso blocks the strikes from Kamamoto.

Tamatso is looking for a kimura here.
Tamatso is tying to control. Kamamoto wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tamatso is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kamamoto is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tamatso with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tamatso misses with a takedown attempt - Kamamoto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Kamamoto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso looking for a sweep. Not yet Tamatso, not yet.
Tamatso trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kamamoto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kamamoto postures up and lands a big shot to Tamatso's brow.
Kamamoto must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Kamamoto works over Tamatso with some ground and pound from guard.
Tamatso wants to sweep but no luck.

Tamatso looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kamamoto preventing the sweep.
Kamamoto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tamatso is keeping the position for now.
Kamamoto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tamatso is pulling down on Kamamoto's head. It's preventing any offense from Kamamoto, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kid Kamamoto will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kamamoto has his takedown stuffed
and Tamatso counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tamatso cracks a nice hook into Kamamoto's ribs.
Tamatso throws a right and a left that both miss.

Kamamoto shoots in and bounces Tamatso off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Tamatso lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kamamoto!
Tamatso manages to capitalize on a mistake by Kamamoto to take his back!

Tamatso is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kamamoto defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kamamoto is keeping busy.
Kamamoto tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamatso lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Tamatso keeps control of the position as Kamamoto tries to break free.
Kamamoto is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Tamatso.
Kamamoto is trying to break free.

Tamatso is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Kamamoto is really stuck here.

Kamamoto showing good submission defense here.
Kamamoto rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamamoto keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kamamoto is refusing to be controlled, as Tamatso sits in half guard.
Kamamoto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tamatso is trying to control the action in half guard but Kamamoto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tamatso is really struggling to control Kamamoto but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tamatso working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tamatso controlling the action here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tamatso lands a body shot.
Kamamoto shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Kamamoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamamoto misses with a takedown
and Tamatso counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsuyoshi Tamatso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kid Kamamoto.

Tamatso darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tamatso slows the pace down in half guard.
Kamamoto tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ground and pound from Tamatso.
Kamamoto trying to get back to full guard but Tamatso takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Kamamoto has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

Tamatso has his arm under Kamamoto's chin here. Game over son! Tamatso squeezes tightly and Kamamoto is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Tsuyoshi Tamatso!