PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Echart Tolle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinobu Tsukasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinobu Tsukasa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Tolle
vs
Tsukasa

180 cm
29
182 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

188 cm
26
174 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Echart Tolle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shinobu Tsukasa!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Tsukasa.
Tsukasa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tsukasa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tolle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tsukasa just misses with a punch to the body.
Tolle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tsukasa lands a jab to the head.
Tsukasa stuffs the takedown attempt from Tolle. Tolle gets slowly back to his feet.
Tsukasa misses with a looping right.
Shinobu Tsukasa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsukasa cracks Tolle with a good jab.
Tsukasa throws a hook but Tolle blocks it.
Tsukasa throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tolle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsukasa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tsukasa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsukasa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A cross from Tsukasa lands.
Tolle tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tsukasa defends well and Tolle ends up having to push Tsukasa into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tsukasa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tsukasa lands an elbow inside that Tolle shrugs off.
Tsukasa lands an elbow just above Tolle 's eye.
Tsukasa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tolle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tsukasa landing knees to the head.

Tolle is rocked!
Tsukasa crunches a lovely knee into Tolle's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsukasa with a knee to the head.
Tsukasa scores with a knee to the head.
Tsukasa lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tsukasa.
Oh Tolle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tsukasa drops Tolle with a big knee straight up the middle! Tolle is covering up against the ropes but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsukasa drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Tolle right on the button. Tolle goes down! Tsukasa follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Tsukasa gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinobu Tsukasa!