PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Beach (ranked 296 p4p, 487 weight class) and Tomomisan Tsuruta (ranked 38 p4p, 70 weight class). 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.

Beach
vs
Tsuruta

194 cm
30
215
19 - 13 - 0

192 cm
34
209
23 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Offseason nutrition & LAUNDRY (115$-160Q)
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Voodoo Nutrition
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sammy Beach!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomisan Tsuruta!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsuruta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tsuruta cracks Beach with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Tsuruta darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tsuruta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tsuruta is pressing down on Beach's thigh, looking to free his foot. Beach is holding on for now.
Tsuruta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tsuruta takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta misses with a head shot. Beach uses the momentum to regain guard.
Tsuruta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta controlling from the top position.
Tsuruta in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tsuruta accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Beach working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta throwing strikes from guard but Beach blocks nicely.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beach working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tsuruta.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sammy Beach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuruta cracks a nice hook into Beach's ribs.
Beach misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Beach takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beach shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsuruta is just out of range.
Beach has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beach.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beach tries to clinch but Tsuruta moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Beach.
Some wild striking there from Beach.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Beach just misses with a punch to the body.
Beach tries to clinch up
and Tsuruta counters with a left to the body.
Beach looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tsuruta changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Tsuruta throws a lazy right hand but Beach sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beach jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsuruta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Beach throws a series of punches but Tsuruta moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beach tries to clinch there but Tsuruta circles away.
Tsuruta lands with a straight right. Beach didn't see that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tsuruta.
Beach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beach tries to clinch up.
Beach lands a lovely overhand right.
Tsuruta slips a jab from Beach.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beach doesn't manage to clinch there - Tsuruta circles away.
Tsuruta feints the counter takedown.
Tsuruta bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beach's head.
Tsuruta slips a jab from Beach.
Beach takes a swing at Tsuruta's ribcage but misses.
Tsuruta throws a body punch but Beach moves out of range.
Beach misses with a jab to the body

and Tsuruta counters with a shoot takedown. Beach fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsuruta lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta trying to control the position from guard on top but Beach is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tsuruta loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tsuruta throwing strikes but missing.
Tsuruta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tsuruta is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Tsuruta is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Beach holds on and takes a little breather.
Beach keeping moving, preventing Tsuruta from controlling successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tomomisan Tsuruta dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Beach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Beach swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Tsuruta counters with a takedown into side control.
Tsuruta wants to control but Beach is keeping him busy.
Beach wants to control but Tsuruta postures up.
Tsuruta landing a few strikes.
Tsuruta throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tsuruta fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Beach tries to escape but Tsuruta is in control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta wants to control but Beach is keeping him busy.
Tsuruta tries to move into full mount but can't pass Beach's legs.
Tsuruta scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Beach to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach regains half guard, as Tsuruta was trying to land strikes.
Tsuruta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tsuruta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tsuruta lands with a punch from half guard.
Beach blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tsuruta.
Beach trying to control here.
Tsuruta working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tsuruta working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Beach has one foot on Tsuruta's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Beach misses with a hook
and Tsuruta counters with a stiff right hand.
Beach ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Beach tries to clinch but Tsuruta is having none of it.
Tsuruta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsuruta throws a body punch but Beach moves out of range.
Beach takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beach tries to clinch but Tsuruta moves out of range.
Beach works the jab nicely.
Beach cracks Tsuruta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Tomomisan Tsuruta has been cut.
Beach is looking to wear down Tsuruta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Beach is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsuruta.
Beach ducks under a wild hook from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Tsuruta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta looks to land a combination. Beach sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Beach misses with a wild body shot.
Beach takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Beach tries to close the distance and clinch but Tsuruta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Beach rushes Tsuruta and presses him up against the cage.
Beach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tsuruta wants to stall.

Beach's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beach throws a big shot that misses.
Beach looks to score with a jab to the body but Tsuruta is just out of range.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab, jab by Beach - just one landing.
Beach scores with a decent looking hook.

Tsuruta is rocked!
Tsuruta takes a swing at Beach's ribcage but misses.
Tsuruta is still on wobbly legs! Can Beach finish him?
Nice body punch from Tsuruta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsuruta lands with a good body shot.

Beach clinches with his opponent.
Tsuruta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tsuruta is looking for a takedown.
Clinched against the cage, Beach lands a big elbow that drops Tsuruta! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Tsuruta is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sammy Beach!
Sammy Beach retains his light heavyweight title!
Sammy Beach gave a mention to FUClothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).