PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatsumi Fujinami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Real Deal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Real Deal will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Fujinami
vs
Deal

178 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tatsumi Fujinami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Real Deal!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deal fails to land with a series of punches.
Fujinami closes the distance and clinches up with Deal, looking for a takedown. Fujinami pushes Deal against the cage but Deal circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Deal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Fujinami misses.
Decent striking displayed by Deal there.
Fujinami jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Real Deal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Fujinami gets the takedown into side control.
Fujinami throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Deal defending against the ground and pound.
Fujinami creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Deal sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Fujinami lands a nice forearm strike.
An elbow from Fujinami crashes against the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fujinami wants to lay and pray for a moment but Deal keeps working.
Fujinami in side control, throwing shots but Deal defends.
Fujinami is looking to take a break and control but Deal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujinami in side control, throwing shots but Deal defends.
Deal dodges the ground and pound from Fujinami.
Fujinami working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Fujinami fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fujinami throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Fujinami postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Fujinami wants to control but Deal is keeping him busy.
Fujinami looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Deal is avoiding damage well.
The ground and pound from Fujinami seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fujinami wants to control but Deal is keeping him busy.
Deal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Deal looks gassed!
Fujinami trying to control the action but Deal is working from the bottom.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujinami taking a breather here.
Fujinami lands some shots froms side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujinami lands a few punches from side control.
Fujinami trying to control the action but Deal is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fujinami creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Deal sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Fujinami lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Deal down.
Fujinami in side control, throwing shots but Deal defends.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Deal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fujinami.
Fujinami landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fujinami staying calm.
Fujinami seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Deal for as long as he can get away with.
Fujinami landing a few strikes.
Deal is not content to let Fujinami control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fujinami working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tatsumi Fujinami dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fujinami looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fujinami thows a huge punch but Deal dodges it nicely.
Deal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fujinami.
Tatsumi Fujinami overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Deal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Deal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fujinami uses his free foot to push down on Deal's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Deal.
Fujinami landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fujinami 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fujinami trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fujinami with good strikes from the mount here!
Deal is breathing heavily.
Deal is bucking up trying to escape but Fujinami cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujinami is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Deal is rocked!
Oooh a big shot lands for Fujinami! Deal is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tatsumi Fujinami!
Our winner, Tatsumi Fujinami, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.