PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Tuilagi (ranked 3646 p4p, 4017 weight class) and Geezer Butler (ranked 487 p4p, 521 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Tuilagi
vs
Butler

190 cm
25
210
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
210
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Tuilagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Geezer Butler!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Tuilagi.
Tuilagi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Tuilagi misses.
Butler is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tuilagi with a body shot.
Butler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tuilagi with a nice cross.
Butler throws out a loose jab but Tuilagi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tuilagi seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Joe Tuilagi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuilagi misses with a looping right.
Tuilagi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Butler makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Butler moves out of range as Tuilagi strikes.
Tuilagi throws a hook but Butler avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuilagi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Butler was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuilagi.
Tuilagi jabs Butler to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tuilagi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Butler releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Butler scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler misses the shot to the body.
Tuilagi misses with a straight right.
Tuilagi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Butler throws out the jab.
Butler throws a one two combo.
Butler slips under a jab.
Butler keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tuilagi.
Butler misses with a body shot.
Tuilagi swings widly with a right hand
and Butler scores with a counter punch that sends Tuilagi to the canvas! Butler smells blood - he's punishing Tuilagi with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Tuilagi has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geezer Butler!
A victorious Geezer Butler thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.