PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Obama (ranked 3118 p4p, 493 weight class) and Eugeniy Tryastsyn (ranked 360 p4p, 70 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Obama
vs
Tryastsyn

190 cm
30
265
30 - 7 - 0

185 cm
28
222
13 - 8 - 0

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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 30 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Obama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eugeniy Tryastsyn!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obama tries a head kick but it misses.
Obama throws a hook but Tryastsyn avoids it easily.
Tryastsyn looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Obama scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tryastsyn throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Obama's waist but Obama gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tryastsyn off to one side.
Obama cracks a nice hook into Tryastsyn's ribs.
Tryastsyn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Obama.
Tryastsyn moves out of range of the strikes.
Obama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tryastsyn misses with an uppercut
and Obama counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A head kick by Obama misses
and Tryastsyn counters with a nice uppercut.
Obama throws a sloppy head kick and Tryastsyn moves out of range easily.

Obama gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Tryastsyn to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Obama has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tryastsyn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Obama knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tryastsyn on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Tryastsyn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Obama's head.
Tryastsyn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Obama looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Tryastsyn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Tryastsyn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Obama's head.
Tryastsyn postures up in Obama's guard and throws a big left but Obama blocks it.
Tryastsyn trying to control the position from guard on top but Obama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tryastsyn landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tryastsyn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Obama's head.
Obama is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Obama on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Obama tries to get out of the position.
Obama is controlling Tryastsyn's posture.
Tryastsyn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tryastsyn is looking to work some ground and pound but Obama has wrist control.
Tryastsyn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tryastsyn stands up over Obama, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tryastsyn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tryastsyn stopping the sweep attempt from Obama.
Tryastsyn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tryastsyn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tryastsyn lands a couple of elbows.
Tryastsyn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tryastsyn stopping the sweep attempt from Obama.
Tryastsyn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Obama controls Tryastsyn momentarily but Tryastsyn frees himself.
Obama has control of Tryastsyn's left arm, preventing Tryastsyn from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tryastsyn accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Obama is looking to stand up but Tryastsyn isn't so interested in that idea.
Tryastsyn distracts Obama with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tryastsyn chips away with some ground and pound.
Tryastsyn throws a big right hand that misses.
Tryastsyn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Obama has momentary wrist control but Tryastsyn slips an elbow through the middle.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Tryastsyn working his ground and pound in the gym.
Obama managing to control the position.
Tryastsyn postures up and lands a big shot to Obama's brow.
Tryastsyn stands up over Obama, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tryastsyn trying to control but Obama is working from the bottom.
Tryastsyn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Obama is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tryastsyn wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eugeniy Tryastsyn dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tryastsyn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Obama with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tom Obama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obama fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tryastsyn manages to avoid it.
Tryastsyn changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Obama misses with a body shot.
Obama is looking to wear down Tryastsyn with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Tryastsyn scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tryastsyn stops Obama from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tryastsyn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Obama defending well though.
Eugeniy Tryastsyn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tryastsyn is nestled in close to Obama, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tryastsyn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Obama's head.
Obama is looking to improve his position.
Tryastsyn sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Obama defending well though.
Obama is not content to let Tryastsyn control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tryastsyn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Obama on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Tryastsyn maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Obama could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Tryastsyn has cracked it and Obama is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Tryastsyn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eugeniy Tryastsyn!
An out of breath Eugeniy Tryastsyn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.