PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomo Tsuru (ranked 3153 p4p, 2718 weight class) and Owen Styles (ranked 436 p4p, 387 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tsuru
vs
Styles

192 cm
26
209
2 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
215
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tomo Tsuru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Owen Styles!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Styles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tsuru moves away.
Tsuru looks to throw the jab but Styles is out of range.
Owen Styles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Styles throws the left hand but Tsuru avoids the punch easily.
Styles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tsuru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Styles.
Styles throws a big shot that misses.

Tsuru closes the distance and pushes Styles back into the cage.
Styles struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsuru controls his hands.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsuru lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Tsuru.
Tsuru lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tsuru lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Styles tries to throw a body punch but Tsuru avoids it by throwing Styles back against the cage.
Tsuru scores with a nice hook to the head.
Styles swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsuru leaning his opponent against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Styles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tsuru walks away with a smile on his face. Styles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tsuru manages to avoid it.
Tsuru tries to counter by clinching up but Styles breaks away and moves out of range.
Styles fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tsuru avoids it really well and circles away.
Styles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tsuru uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Styles.
Styles swings widly with a right hand

and Tsuru counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tsuru.
Tsuru lands an uppercut.
Tsuru lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Tsuru's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tsuru lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Styles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Styles looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short left from Tsuru.
A right hand to the body from Tsuru.
Tsuru lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Styles backwards.
Tsuru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tsuru scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A bit of stalling here from Tsuru.
Tsuru lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Styles backwards.
Tsuru lands a left hand that snaps the head of Styles backwards.
Tsuru lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Styles or not.
Styles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tsuru working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Styles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tsuru lands a left hand.

Styles is rocked!
Tsuru misses with a punch on the inside.
Styles is still on wobbly legs! Can Tsuru finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Styles.
Tsuru throws a punch but it's blocked by Styles.
Tsuru has a couple of punches blocked by Styles.
Styles blocks an uppercut.
Styles blocking some punches.
Tsuru misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuru fails to land.
Tsuru lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Styles.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuru fails to land.
Tsuru working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tsuru.
Tsuru throws a head punch that misses.
Tsuru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Styles seems to have recovered his senses.
Tsuru works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tsuru stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tsuru throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Styless head.
A right handed body shot lands from Tsuru.
Styles looks winded!
Tsuru is working Styles over against the cage.
Styles misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuru lands a hook that snaps the head of Styles backwards.
Tsuru throws a big uppercut that drops Styles! More strikes from Tsuru and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Styles lies dazed against the cage as Tsuru celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomo Tsuru!