PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dr Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiyoshi Tamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamura is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Teriyaki boyz - Tokyo drift. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cox
vs
Tamura

185 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

176 cm
19
189 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dr Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kiyoshi Tamura!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamura is looking to clinch.
Tamura tries to clinch up but Cox circles away and keeps his distance.
Tamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cox is defended easily by Tamura.
Cox will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cox throws a body punch but Tamura moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Tamura. No joy for Cox on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dr Cox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tamura tries to clinch there but Cox circles away.
Tamura wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox swats away the attempt to clinch by Tamura.
Tamura tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cox swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Cox gets the takedown into side control.
Tamura is looking for a sweep.

Cox thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tamura gets back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cox passes to side control.
Cox wants to control but Tamura is keeping him busy.

Cox is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tamura is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tamura is looking to reverse the position.
Tamura is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Cox tries for a kimura but Tamura is defending well.

Cox is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tamura has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cox is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamura regains half guard.

Tamura actively working from the bottom here.
Tamura works his way to full guard. Good work.

Tamura has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Cox should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Tamura has tightened it up now! Cox should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Kiyoshi Tamura!