PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Blazkov (ranked 62 p4p, 20 weight class) and Peleki Tuala (ranked 8 p4p, 4 weight class). Tuala has chosen Dock of Fiji as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blazkov
vs
Tuala

194 cm
30
268
22 - 7 - 0

190 cm
36
267
31 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Conviction

Conquer
Shadow Warrior Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ulysses Blazkov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuala pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Tuala moves into range and clinches up with Blazkov.
Tuala misses with some punches.
Blazkov pushes Tuala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tuala lands a nice uppercut.
Tuala's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tuala throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tuala misses with a punch to the body.

Tuala's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blazkov wants to slow Tuala down by chopping away at his legs.
Blazkov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at []—The Zoo—[] in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tuala darts in and clinches Blazkov up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Blazkov.
A right hand to the body from Blazkov.
Blazkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tuala tries to throw a body punch but Blazkov avoids it by throwing Tuala back against the cage.
Tuala takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tuala has a couple of punches blocked by Blazkov.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazkov blocks an uppercut.
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Blazkov avoids the elbow strike from Tuala, against the cage.
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Blazkov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tualas head.
Blazkov cracks Tuala with a nice body shot.
Tuala looks winded!
A body shot lands from Blazkov.
Blazkov lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Blazkov.
Blazkov lands a shot to the body.
Blazkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Blazkov.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blazkov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Blazkov lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Blazkov.
Blazkov struggles to land a body shot inside as Tuala controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Blazkov - that landed with a thud.
Tuala's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Blazkov digs a right hand underneath Tuala's ribcage. Tuala let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blazkov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blazkov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blazkov pushes Tuala back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blazkov lands with a right to the head.

Tuala is rocked!
Blazkov scores with a shoulder strike.
Tuala is still on wobbly legs! Can Blazkov finish him?
Blazkov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tuala backwards.
Blazkov throws a big uppercut that drops Tuala! More strikes from Blazkov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tuala lies dazed against the cage as Blazkov celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ulysses Blazkov!
Ulysses Blazkov is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Ulysses Blazkov, 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.