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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 3765 p4p, 477 weight class) and Kord Celbuir (ranked 22782 p4p, 790 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kord Celbuir!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuruta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Celbuir scores with a jab to the body.
Celbuir throws an off balance right hand
and Celbuir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Celbuir lands with a right hand.
Tsuruta throws a hook but Celbuir blocks it.
Tsuruta throws a looping overhand right but Celbuir ducks down to avoid it.
Tsuruta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Celbuir missing with a left hand there. Tsuruta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Celbuir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tsuruta.
Celbuir scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tsuruta in his tracks.
Tsuruta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsuruta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Celbuir moves out of range as Tsuruta strikes.
Tsuruta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Celbuir.
Tsuruta misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Celbuir lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands with a nice body punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Celbuir as he connects with a hook.
Celbuir misses with a left hand
and Tsuruta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Celbuir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Celbuir defending well as Tsuruta loads up on a big left hand.
Celbuir fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Celbuir misses with a right hand
and Tsuruta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Celbuir takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Celbuir looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsuruta is just out of range.
Tsuruta seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Celbuir gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Celbuir misses with a body shot
and Tsuruta counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Celbuir avoids the body shot from Tsuruta.
Celbuir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sloppy strikes from Tsuruta. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Celbuir misses its intended target.
Celbuir throws a hook but Tsuruta avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Celbuir misses with a right hand
enabling Tsuruta to counter with a crisp jab.
Celbuir keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Celbuir looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsuruta is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Celbuir.
Tsuruta throwing a counter right hand but Celbuir manages to avoid it.
Tsuruta closes the distance and pushes Celbuir back into the cage.
Celbuir is trying to break free.
A short right from Tsuruta on the inside.
Tsuruta lands a shot to the body.
Tsuruta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuruta gets through Celbuir's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tsuruta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Celbuir backwards.
Tsuruta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Celbuirs head.
Tsuruta misses with a punch to the body.
Tsuruta lands with a light punch inside.
Tsuruta misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Tsuruta - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tsuruta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Celbuir backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Tsuruta.
Celbuir is looking to break free of the clinch but Tsuruta has double underhooks.
Celbuir blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for Tsuruta to work.
Tsuruta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tsuruta throws a head punch that misses.
I was talking to Tsuruta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tsuruta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuruta swings wildly with an uppercut but Celbuir uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Tsuruta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands with a left to the head.
Tsuruta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Tsuruta.
A nice left hand lands by Tsuruta.
Celbuir can't break the clinch.
Tsuruta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Celbuir backwards.
A short right from Tsuruta on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tsuruta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Celbuir backwards.
Celbuir is rocked!
Celbuir is trying to break the clinch but Tsuruta has him pressed against the cage.
Celbuir blocks a body shot from Tsuruta.
A short uppercut from Tsuruta.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tsuruta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Celbuir is still on wobbly legs! Can Tsuruta finish him?
Tsuruta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tsuruta digs a right hand underneath Celbuir's ribcage. Celbuir let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tsuruta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomomi Tsuruta dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Celbuir waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tsuruta.
Celbuir seems to have recovered his senses.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Celbuir.
Tsuruta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Celbuir throws a jab when Tsuruta was well out of range.
Tsuruta is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Celbuir.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
Celbuir throws a series of punches but Tsuruta avoids them all with ease.
Tsuruta swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tsuruta avoids the body shot from Celbuir.
Tsuruta slips under a jab.
Tsuruta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Celbuir moves away.
Kord Celbuir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsuruta just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta closes the distance and clinches.
Tsuruta scores with a shot to the side of Celbuir's head.
A right handed body shot lands from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Celbuir up against the cage.
Celbuir prevents a body shot from Tsuruta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta misses with some punches.
Celbuir tries to break the clinch but Tsuruta is controlling the position.
Tsuruta lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tsuruta.
A shot in the inside from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tsuruta is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tsuruta lands a left hand.
Celbuir has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tsuruta content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tsuruta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tsuruta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Celbuir manages to break the clinch.
Tsuruta lands an uppercut, right on the button! Celbuir tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tomomi Tsuruta!
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FIGHT
RATING
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