PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Cat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SunOf Kirosawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirosawa has chosen This is War - 30 Seconds to Mars as his entrance music. 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.

Cat
vs
Kirosawa

200 cm
20
265 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

195 cm
27
287 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Cat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, SunOf Kirosawa!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kirosawa takes a swing at Cat's ribcage but misses.
Kirosawa misses with a body shot
and Cat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Kirosawa gets caught flat footed, as Cat shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Kirosawa scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Cat ducks under a wild hook from Kirosawa.

Cat shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Kirosawa is looking to escape.
Cat seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cat working over Kirosawa with some ground and pound. Kirosawa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Cat is looking for a kimura but Kirosawa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cat to get the leverage.
Cat thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kirosawa's head.
Kirosawa pushes Cat off looking to stand but Cat dives back in and keeps control.
Cat lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cat has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kirosawa is trying to stand.

Kirosawa kicks Cat off and gets back to his feet.
Kirosawa looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kirosawa throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Cat counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Kirosawa!

Cat is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Kirosawa has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cat scoring with strikes but Kirosawa is staying in there.
Cat dominating with strikes here.

It looks like SunOf Kirosawa has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cat with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kirosawa squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Cat landing shots from mount.
Cat cracks Kirosawa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cat fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cat fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Kirosawa is rocked!

Cat is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Cat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tom Cat!