PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Ignacio Cresta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odin Tualasamony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cresta comes to the cage accompanied by The black keys - I got mine. 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.

Ignacio Cresta
vs
Tualasamony

185 cm
29
189 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
188 lbs
12 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Ignacio Cresta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Odin Tualasamony!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cresta misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tualasamony, right into the meat.
We've been hearing reports that Cresta has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Cresta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cresta takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Cresta drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cresta gets to mount! Tualasamony was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Tualasamony really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cresta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cresta working Tualasamony over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tualasamony is bucking up trying to escape but Cresta cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cresta scoring with strikes but Tualasamony is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tualasamony wants to hold on but Cresta pushes him away.
Cresta unloading with bombs!

Tualasamony is rocked!
Tualasamony taking shots to the head.
Tualasamony is still in real trouble! Can Cresta finish him?
Cresta postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Tualasamony in real trouble here! The ref calls for Tualasamony to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Ignacio Cresta!
Juan Ignacio Cresta took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.