PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Bertuccio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatenda Ihejirika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bertuccio's entrance music is He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother. A fine choice. Giovanni Bertuccio is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bertuccio
vs
Ihejirika

195 cm
22
265 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

165 cm
22
261 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Pitt Nutrition (160 Recovery, Stamina and Muscle)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Giovanni Bertuccio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tatenda Ihejirika!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ihejirika looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bertuccio is fending him off so far but Ihejirika persists. Nope, Bertuccio circles away and we're back to standing.
Ihejirika fails to land the takedown.
Ihejirika goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Giovanni Bertuccio has been cut.
Ihejirika fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Giovanni Bertuccio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tatenda Ihejirika.

Ihejirika changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bertuccio looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bertuccio is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ihejirika controls the position from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ihejirika has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Bertuccio is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ihejirika yanks on the arm and Bertuccio is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ihejirika.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tatenda Ihejirika!
Tatenda Ihejirika seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.