PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Curran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Tsuruta
vs
Curran

192 cm
25
255 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

193 cm
25
254 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear

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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Curran!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Valeri Chadov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuruta fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Curran lands with a kick to the ribs.
Curran lands a high kick!

It looks like Tomomi Tsuruta has been cut.
Curran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Curran looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curran throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Curran's ribcage but misses.
Tsuruta lands a slapping body shot.
Tsuruta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Curran throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tsuruta connects with a body shot.
Curran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tsuruta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Tsuruta. That snapped Curran's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Curran drops Tsuruta with a beautiful combination! Tsuruta stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Curran is looking for the KO!

Tsuruta is rocked!
Curran looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Oh Tsuruta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Curran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tsuruta.
Tsuruta seems to have got his legs back now.
Curran ducks right into an uppercut from Tsuruta.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran leaves Tsuruta with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tsuruta scores with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Curran misses.
A quick step to the side and Tsuruta tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curran moves away from the strike by Tsuruta.
Curran takes one to the chin there.
Tsuruta lands a nice looking body shot.
Curran scores with the left hand. Tsuruta knows he should have avoided that one.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Curran on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tsuruta shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomomi Tsuruta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice body punch from Tsuruta.
Curran takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tsuruta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tsuruta is looking to wear down Curran with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Tsuruta clinches up with Curran and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta goes for a takedown attempt but Curran pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Curran tries to land a front kick but Tsuruta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Curran ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
Curran looks to land a body kick but Tsuruta moved away.
Curran takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Curran.
Tsuruta moves away from the strike by Curran.
Tsuruta moves out of range of the body kick from Curran.
Curran shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Curran scores with a leg kick.
Curran throws a looping overhand right but Tsuruta ducks down to avoid it.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsuruta tries to clinch up but Curran circles away and keeps his distance.
Curran throws a leg kick but Tsuruta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Curran's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Curran's ribcage but misses.

Tsuruta moves into the clinch.
Curran wants to stall.
Curran blocking some punches.
Tsuruta misses with a body punch.
Curran has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta swings wildly with an uppercut but Curran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curran blocks a body shot from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Curran blocks an uppercut.
Curran throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta is looking to control Curran's arms but Curran gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tsuruta has his back to the cage.
A short right from Tsuruta on the inside.
Tsuruta tries for a takedown. No joy.
Curran looking to stall.
Tsuruta looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta goes for a takedown attempt but Curran pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Curran looks for the body kick but Tsuruta saw that one coming.
Tsuruta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curran connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tsuruta momentarily.

Tsuruta closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Curran quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsuruta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Curran trying to control from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Tsuruta has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Tsuruta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Curran is looking for a sweep. Tsuruta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tsuruta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Curran avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tsuruta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsuruta trying to pass the guard but Curran defending well.
Tsuruta scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tsuruta has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Curran regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Tomomi Tsuruta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tomomi Tsuruta's cut.
That's time! Tsuruta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
Curran throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curran throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Curran defending well as Tsuruta loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Tsuruta.
Curran looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Curran looks to land a left hand but Tsuruta moved out of range nicely.
Curran throws a body punch but Tsuruta moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Curran does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curran gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Curran throws out a powerful jab.
Randy Curran seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curran takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Curran cracks Tsuruta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsuruta blocks a head kick by Curran.
Curran throws a hook but Tsuruta blocks it.
A jab from Curran misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curran keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Curran jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tsuruta looks to score with a jab to the body but Curran is just out of range.
Curran punishes Tsuruta's body with a nice straight punch.
Tsuruta misses with a looping left.
Tsuruta throws a looping overhand right but Curran ducks down to avoid it.
Tsuruta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tsuruta missing with a left hand there. Curran was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tsuruta fails with the takedown.
It seemed like Curran was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice body punch from Curran.

Curran cracks Tsuruta with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Curran has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tsuruta to stand back up!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curran misses with an uppercut

and Tsuruta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curran struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsuruta controls his hands.
Tsuruta misses with a punch to the body.
Curran can't find room to land a body shot as Tsuruta controls the action.
Curran lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Curran scores with a nice short uppercut.
Curran lands a shot to the body.
Curran's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Curran manages to break the clinch.
Curran throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

Curran lands a big right hand that sends Tsuruta crashing to the mat! Curran stays standing though and waves Tsuruta back to his feet!

Tomomi Tsuruta's cut is getting worse.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Curran.
Crack! Curran connects with the perfect overhand right and Tsuruta falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Curran!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Randy Curran!
During a confident post fight interview, Randy Curran thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.