PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manu Tuilagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gauss Elimination (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gauss Elimination will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Tuilagi
vs
Elimination

174 cm
25
175 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

175 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Decent elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manu Tuilagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gauss Elimination!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Elimination shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Elimination was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Elimination wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuilagi keeps working.
Tuilagi throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Tuilagi is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tuilagi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Elimination working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Tuilagi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tuilagi wants to improve his position but Elimination is controlling well.
Tuilagi gets back to full guard.
Tuilagi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Elimination wants to control from the top but Tuilagi keeps moving.
Tuilagi is trying to keep Elimination in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elimination wants to control from the top but Tuilagi keeps moving.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Manu Tuilagi just wasn't active enough.
Tuilagi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Elimination just misses with a punch to the body.
Tuilagi blocks the body kick.
Elimination lands a nice hook to Tuilagi's body. Tuilagi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Elimination throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tuilagi throws a solid leg kick but Elimination takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tuilagi.
Elimination throws a head kick that misses.
Tuilagi looks to score with a jab to the body but Elimination is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elimination takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tuilagi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Elimination.

Elimination closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tuilagi missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tuilagi tries to get to full guard but Elimination has control of the leg.
Tuilagi is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Brown House that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Tuilagi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Elimination.

Tuilagi looking for submissions off his back.
Tuilagi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Elimination working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Elimination prevents Tuilagi from improving his position.
Elimination sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tuilagi defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi is looking for a sweep. Elimination is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Elimination sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tuilagi defending well though.
Tuilagi is trying to get back to full guard.

Tuilagi actively working from the bottom here.
Elimination lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Elimination winds up and cracks Tuilagi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Elimination throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tuilagi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Elimination.
Tuilagi tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Tuilagi trying to control from the bottom.
Tuilagi holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Tuilagi has hold of Elimination's hands but Elimination slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tuilagi wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Elimination lands strikes from half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Elimination landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Elimination thows a huge punch but Tuilagi dodges it nicely.
Elimination lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Elimination winds up and cracks Tuilagi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Elimination is thwarting Tuilagi's attempts to control the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tuilagi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tuilagi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tuilagi wants to sweep here but Elimination controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Elimination trying to control the position from guard on top but Tuilagi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Tuilagi has his foot on Elimination's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Elimination works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gauss Elimination dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Danga de danga de dang - Tuilagi scores with a four punch combination!
Tuilagi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Elimination fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tuilagi manages to avoid it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Elimination - that will leave a mark!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Elimination enables Tuilagi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Elimination manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tuilagi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Elimination is keeping the position for now.
Elimination is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Elimination is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gauss Elimination has got the better of the ground game so far.
Elimination not landing any meaningful shots this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tuilagi wants to control but Elimination is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuilagi wants to improve his position but Elimination is controlling well.
Tuilagi flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tuilagi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Elimination chips away with some ground and pound.
Tuilagi looking to control but Elimination passes into half guard.
Tuilagi tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Tuilagi is trying to get back to full guard.
Tuilagi trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tuilagi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Elimination is working Tuilagi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tuilagi looking for a sweep. Not yet Tuilagi, not yet.
Tuilagi striking off his back, scoring a few points.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elimination stopping the sweep attempt from Tuilagi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elimination slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Tuilagi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Elimination wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuilagi keeps working.
Elimination creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tuilagi sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Elimination connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tuilagi some visible discomfort.
Elimination sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tuilagi is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Elimination wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuilagi keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elimination scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tuilagi to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi sneaks back into half guard.
Tuilagi is trying to control but can't.
Tuilagi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Elimination working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tuilagi's head.
Elimination won't allow Tuilagi to sweep him here.
Elimination scoring with some ground and pound.
Tuilagi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tuilagi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Elimination's guard.
Tuilagi wants to control from the top but Elimination keeps moving.
Elimination looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tuilagi is one step ahead there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tuilagi wants to control from the top but Elimination keeps moving.
Tuilagi landing some decent shots from guard.
Tuilagi pushes down on Elimination's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Elimination tries to roll over but Tuilagi keeps him under control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tuilagi is trying to control. Elimination wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manu Tuilagi will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Elimination buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Tuilagi misses.
Nice cross by Elimination.
Elimination lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Elimination shoots in and bounces Tuilagi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tuilagi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Elimination throwing strikes but missing.
Elimination scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Tuilagi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Elimination gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tuilagi is looking to sweep but instead, Elimination has passed into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elimination looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tuilagi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Elimination slips a nice elbow through Tuilagi's hands, connecting with Tuilagi's forehead.
Tuilagi is looking to improve his position.
Elimination tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tuilagi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Elimination missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tuilagi trying to hold on to Elimination's head to control him but Elimination postures up.
Elimination lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Elimination.
Tuilagi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Elimination scores with a couple of nice shots.
Elimination is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Elimination is trying to control. Tuilagi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elimination landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Elimination landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tuilagi wants to control but Elimination is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tuilagi has hold of Elimination's hands but Elimination slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tuilagi is looking to control Elimination's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tuilagi avoid being mounted?
Elimination drops an elbow to the side of Tuilagi's head.
Elimination throwing shots but Tuilagi is blocking nicely.
Tuilagi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Elimination.
Tuilagi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Elimination.
Elimination takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tuilagi tries to get to full guard but Elimination has control of the leg.
Tuilagi flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elimination scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tuilagi throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Elimination manages to pass to side control.
Tuilagi sneaks back into half guard.
Tuilagi wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Elimination sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tuilagi defending well though.
Elimination looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tuilagi is looking to control Elimination's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tuilagi avoid being mounted?
Elimination wants to control but Tuilagi is keeping him busy.
Elimination scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Tuilagi is rocked!
Elimination thows a huge punch but Tuilagi dodges it nicely.
Elimination working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oh Tuilagi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tuilagi tries to get to full guard but Elimination has control of the leg.
Tuilagi seems to have got his legs back now.
Tuilagi is looking to control Elimination's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tuilagi avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi punching from the bottom.
Elimination is trying to control the action in half guard but Tuilagi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Elimination lands a nice short elbow.
Tuilagi is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tuilagi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Elimination lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Elimination is sitting in close to Tuilagi's body. Tuilagi has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Elimination is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Elimination is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Tuilagi.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Manu Tuilagi!
Manu Tuilagi took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Jazzify for their support in the buildup to the fight.