PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomo Tsuru (ranked 1645 p4p, 410 weight class) and Killer Mike (ranked 260 p4p, 63 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.

Tsuru
vs
Mike

192 cm
27
209
6 - 4 - 0

190 cm
27
215
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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 6 - 4 - 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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Killer Mike!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mike looks to land a right hand but Tsuru moved out of range.

Mike has managed to clinch.
Tsuru throws a head punch that misses.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mike 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.
Mike is trying to stall.
Tsuru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mike prevents a body shot from Tsuru.
Tsuru softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mike makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mike blocks an uppercut.
Mike scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tsuru.
Mike lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tsuru misses with a body punch.
Tsuru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru looking to slow down the pace here.
Mike can't find room to land a body shot as Tsuru controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mike can't find room to land a body shot as Tsuru controls the action.
Tsuru misses with some punches.
Tsuru swings wildly with an uppercut but Mike uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike lands an uppercut.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tsuru.
Mike scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mike lands with a right to the head.
Tsuru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mike throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuru.
A shot in the inside from Mike.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsuru blocks an uppercut.
Tsuru tries a body shot but Mike blocks it.
Mike blocks an uppercut.
Tsuru taking a breather.
Tsuru lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuru fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsuru misses with the head strike.
Mike lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mike scores with a shot to the side of Tsuru's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuru throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mikes head.
Mike gets through Tsuru's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Tsuru is rocked!
Tsuru blocking some punches.
Oh Tsuru is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsuru.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike misses with the head strike.
Tsuru blocking some punches.
Mike misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Mike misses with the head strike.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mike blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mike misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsuru.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsuru blocks an uppercut.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mike tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mike throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuru.
Mike misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Mike misses with some punches.
Mike throws a head punch that misses.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mike misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Tsuru blocking some punches.
Mike throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuru.
Mike tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
Mike has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Tsuru seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Mike can turn it around.
Mike misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsuru.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru has a couple of punches blocked by Mike.
Mike misses with a punch on the inside.
Mike fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mike fails to land.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tsuru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsuru blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Mike working aggressively here.
Mike throws a head punch that misses.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mike swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuru uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mike throws a head punch that misses.
Tsuru blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mike misses with some punches.
Tsuru seems to have got his legs back now.
Tsuru tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mike misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Tsuru.

It looks like Killer Mike has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuru lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tsuru gets through Mike's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mike doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsuru.
Mike tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tsuru doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tsuru tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mike's elbow.
Mike misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mike tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tsuru's elbow.
Tsuru lands a shot to the body.
Mike looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Tsuru scores with a shoulder strike.
Tsuru tries to work over Mike's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tsuru.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tsuru misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuru fails to land.
Mike blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsuru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mike backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Killer Mike dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Killer Mike's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Mike scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Tsuru clinches up against the cage.
Mike throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuru.
Mike has a couple of punches blocked by Tsuru.
Mike swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mike as Tsuru tries to tie him up.
Tsuru lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tsuru pushes Mike back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mike.
Tsuru misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tsuru makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Mike.
Tsuru has a couple of punches blocked by Mike.
Mike gets through Tsuru's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Tsuru scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mike's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mike throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuru.
Tsuru fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mike.
Tsuru lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mike or not.
Tsuru working aggressively here.
Killer Mike seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuru tries to work over Mike's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mike lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mike.
Tsuru blocking some punches.
Mike struggles to land a body shot inside as Tsuru controls his hands.
Tsuru swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuru fails to land.
Mike misses with a punch to the body.
Tsuru scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mike blocks an uppercut.
Mike tries to work over Tsuru's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mike misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mike.
Tsuru lands with a right to the head.
Mike blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsuru blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mike misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mike prevents a body shot from Tsuru.
Mike pushes Tsuru against the cage. Mike is working some dirty boxing. Mike pushes off with a quick right hook! Tsuru goes down! Tsuru tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Mike moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Killer Mike!